Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
Receipts
And hey, while I'm on the topic of rants, a friend's Facebook status inspired the following comment, and I felt like it probably deserved its own post. I've noticed that store receipts seem to be getting longer and longer lately -- and only 25-30% of the receipt lists...
Credit Scores Are Bullshit
Credit Scores Are Bullshit - "I used to think a credit score was all about your ability to pay, but it's clear now it's more about how profitable you will be to banks." I have very little doubt about this. It became clear to me a few years ago that credit cards...
Feathered Flight
If this doesn't get you jazzed about space flight, I don't know what will. It looks like Virgin Galactic may have licked the re-entry problem for space flight by building a plane that literally folds itself in half for a more controlled re-entry. It's an amazing bit...
Fiction
Weeping in the Willows
The child sits at the base of the tree, silently weeping. Her arms are crossed over her upraised knees, her face buried in her arms. Tears fall from her cheeks, staining her pants and the soil on which she sits. A few even land on the tree roots. A gentle touch on her...
My Defiance
It soared out of midnight, all gas envelope and aerosolized Nightmare, propelled by only God knows what. It carried a tiny bomber bay, loaded with a lethality that would have made any nation quake to its roots, if any knew it existed. The airship was black as night...
A Warm Glow
Orthael watched the child raise her weapon to point at him, felt the Judgement shiver slightly in recognition. Through it, the All-Consumer whispered of times long past, when demigods and archangels had come to the lands of men to fight darkness. The triple-flamed...