Monthly Archives: August 2019

The View from Here

Posted on August 28, 2019 by midiguru

I’m strictly an amateur armchair cosmology fanboy. If I wanted to do the math that physicists do, I’d have to spend five or six years studying full-time, and even then it would be a struggle. But it’s fun to think … Continue reading →

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The Sleep of Reason

Posted on August 19, 2019 by midiguru

Sometimes I have to think about things for a while, in a vague and disorganized way, before what’s bugging me snaps into focus. As I’ve continued to mull over the controversy within which the Unitarian Universalist community has lately become … Continue reading →

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Do I Hear the Fat Lady Singing?

Posted on August 17, 2019 by midiguru

No, it’s not over. (And in case you think my headline is an insult to people who are carrying around some extra body weight, perhaps I should explain that I was being deliberately ironic in running that risk. See how … Continue reading →

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Hand-Waving at Plot

Posted on August 14, 2019 by midiguru

If you read books about how to write fiction, or attend workshops, you’ll pick up lots of bits of useful advice. The trick is in understanding how to apply what you’re learning. A few people had recommended Samantha Shannon’s The … Continue reading →

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Sync or Swym

Posted on August 12, 2019 by midiguru

Carl Jung was either the mystic for psychologists or the psychologist for mystics, take your pick. For reasons that will become apparent in a moment, I recently tackled his essay on synchronicity. After 50 pages or so, I’ve been forced … Continue reading →

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