And so another year closes its eyes to rest and be no more. It’s been emotional, 2009. It surely has. I look at what I wanted to do with 2009 when it first waxed into few. I had a plan to write a lot more, and to marry my gorgeous girl. I look back on [...]
Posted on December 30th, 2009 by ryan
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Look what I found, lurking about on the Lindsay Tartan covered chest I keep my old comics in, I found this week’s comics, and they just won’t shut up. Might as well have a chat, what do you say? Alright, Spider-Woman, wow, I didn’t expect to see an Alex Maleev comic up first. How are [...]
Posted on December 29th, 2009 by ryan
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Edgar Rice Burroughs paints us two portraits in his book; one of a dense and historic Martian landscape where warfare is business and business is good, and another of a gentleman from the olde school who can duel to end life just as easily as he can strip all armour and profess undying connection to [...]
Posted on December 28th, 2009 by ryan
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It’s the end of the year and I got a lotta problems with you people, and now you’re gonna hear about them. Yes, I’m celebrating Festivus, as usual, and the feat of strength is to find a top entrant for each arbitrary aspect of the year I feel like grieving about. Well, what are we [...]
Posted on December 27th, 2009 by ryan
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This movie is a deconstruction of love after the fact. And that’s my line, I plan on using it again for my own gain, so no stealing it. Anyway, this movie picks out the little things that make and break a relationship. Some scenes take only 15 seconds but that is all we need sometimes [...]
Posted on December 26th, 2009 by ryan
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Things have been pretty slack lately, or at least in the department of words it has been. Here are my many, and paltry, excuses: I got married. Granted, during the ceremony I did get to read the vows I wrote, and then later read the speech I wrote, with much ad-libbing, but otherwise an unproductive [...]
Posted on December 23rd, 2009 by ryan
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I went to the store at the end of last week and picked up a paltry three titles. But they were pretty good titles, let’s us have a chat with them, yes? First, and in order of my reading, let’s welcome The Boys to the room. Today’s issue centred around the origin of Frenchie. My [...]
Posted on December 15th, 2009 by ryan
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I have an idea for a novel, or a novel about an idea, and either way it feels like the most organic, free-form thing I will have written so far. It’s not about crime or mystery. It’s doesn’t have anyone getting beat up or killers tracking their prey steadily and emotionless. It’s something else entirely [...]
Posted on December 14th, 2009 by ryan
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Sometimes a story works well when given in small doses. You get in, you get out, you enjoy the shit out of it and you fondly remember that time. Short stories can punch you in the gut far greater than some bloated novels will try. Snappy songs in two minutes can be better than some [...]
Posted on December 9th, 2009 by ryan
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I love words. They mean everything to me, I want to work with them professionally one day, I express myself through them, and I simply enjoy being around them. Writing them is bliss, and there are certain words that I love, simply put. I like what they mean, what they sound like, and usually most [...]
Posted on December 7th, 2009 by ryan
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