Monthly Archives: December 2011

Resolutions for 2012

Posted on December 31, 2011 by thevenerablecorvex

I have a fairly terrible track record when it comes to actually keeping my New Years resolutions. But it is considered customary to make them, on the grounds that, allegedly, we could all stand some measure of self-improvement, so here … Continue reading →

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Predictions for 2012

Posted on December 31, 2011 by thevenerablecorvex

Here are some predictions that I’m going to make concerning national and world affairs in the coming year. As you have probably guessed, I cannot see the future (and neither can you!), so you probably shouldn’t be betting the farm … Continue reading →

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The Hour I Last Believed

Posted on December 31, 2011 by thevenerablecorvex

I used to suffer periodic bouts of  Sleep Paralysis. For those  who are both not in “the know” and too lazy to click on the given link, this is a rather bizarre medical condition in which (as the name would … Continue reading →

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Alas, It Has Come To This…

Posted on December 30, 2011 by thevenerablecorvex

A meme. I do appologize for this; I used to be much bigger on filling-out memes back in the day, but lately I have all but ceased. Even so, I still like to make an annual tradition of doing the … Continue reading →

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Enough With the Damn Zombies Already

Posted on December 29, 2011 by thevenerablecorvex

Okay, we get it: everybody loves Zombies. Everybody loves Zombies because everyone (i) retains a morbid fascination with death and decay, likely left over from the very first time we found out that we were going to die; (ii) is, … Continue reading →

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The Experiment

Posted on December 27, 2011 by thevenerablecorvex

(Right, so as promised here is one of my stories. Not, by any measure, my best, but I selected it for the very simple reason that it is the shortest story that I have bothered to type-up. It’s probably best … Continue reading →

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When Everything Turns to Garbage

Posted on December 27, 2011 by thevenerablecorvex

I recall promising, in my very post on this blog, that I would share some of my fiction with you at some point. Obviously that has yet to happen. The problem is two-fold; first of all, I do the overwhelming … Continue reading →

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A Modern Invocation

Posted on December 27, 2011 by thevenerablecorvex

(This one is inspired by a piece that an old friend/deranged, pathologically lying narcissist once wrote. It was an invocation in the classical style, containing the usual literary references to Greek mythology, Tristan and Isolde, and the like. I got … Continue reading →

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How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bohm.

Posted on December 26, 2011 by thevenerablecorvex

I suspect that, in the coming decades, the Bohm interpretation of Quantum Mechanics will end up making a bit of a come-back; and, when I say a “come-back,” understand that what I mean is that people will actually have to … Continue reading →

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Concerning Great Aunt Hester

Posted on December 26, 2011 by thevenerablecorvex

My parents are geniuses. I suppose that there’s always a problem offloading unglamourous but necessary things like socks and underwear on children for Christmas. You can give them out yourself, and disappoint your kids, or you can let “Santa” do … Continue reading →

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