Jim Stitzel

Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of Words

Excerpts from Life

Ben Stein’s Sucking on His Own Feet Again

Ben Stein's an idiot: The people who have been laid off and cannot find work are generally people with poor work habits and poor personalities. I say “generally” because there are exceptions. But in general, as I survey the ranks of those who are unemployed, I see...

The LXD

The LXD. The League of Extraordinary Dancers. At first glance it sounds like it might be pretty corny, right? Wrong. This is an amazing and ambitious new webseries that puts a wholly new spin on the superhero genre where the power of dance can be used for great good,...

Use the BCC for Your Bulk Mailings

It's gotta be said because I see people constantly falling prone to this simple bit of Internet etiquette: whenever you send a bulk email out a lot of people, it's generally considered good practice to send your email to yourself as the 'To:' recipient and put...

Fiction

Light, Faith, and Sacrament

Orthael kissed the symbol and took a deep breath, feeling the power of his god like a warm wash of water. The exhalation is a release: a surrender of all that comprises him, an acknowledgement of his weakness and an acceptance of strength that is not his own. It is...

Rust, Blood, and Flame

Malika paced steadily deeper into the woods, sword out to the side. Pale blue flames, barely visible, licked along the blade's length. Near the base, just above the hilt, the only space not utterly consumed by rust, was etched a single word. Truth. It was not, Malika...

Paladin

The man strode rather than walked into the forest. He had the mass of his Church behind him, and so he had nothing to fear. The creatures of the night howled and cried to each other, but he was unmoved. His defenses were stalwart, and any attack would break itself on...