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I checked Google Maps when I hit my first gas station. Apparently my destination was exactly 666 miles away. A lot of people in my life were concerned. I told everyone I’d start driving after work on Sunday, hit a motel around Dubuque then finish the drive the next day. Now here I was on Monday, less than an hour from home, prepared to go the whole distance in one sitting. This is the story, as uncensored as I’ll allow myself to be, of the dumbest goddamn thing I’ve ever done. It’s the ugly, messy story of the happiest and freest I’ve ever let myself be. It’s also, unless you’re disturbingly invested in me as a person, a completely worthless piece of writing. Here there be no morals, no lessons, no themes at all. Sound and fury signifying nothing greater than my own incessant desire for sound and fury. The trip started off on a blisteringly normal note. A couple hours on the open road, music loud as I’m comfortable with, phone charging in the cup holder with the GPS up, Kwik Tr...

Faction Paradox: A Somewhat Sloppy Beginners' Guide I Wrote on my Work Breaks Last Week

November 19, 2024

Faction Paradox has garnered a reputation among Doctor Who fans as the series’ most obtuse, inaccessible spin-off. This isn’t entirely unfair, it’s been saddled with some awful marketing over the years and it’s certainly plenty alienating at times. It’s kind of hard to explain to people, even close friends who know I’ve followed it closely since high school. After carefully considering things for a while I've come up with the following post, which is split in two parts: an introduction to Faction Paradox, the fictional setting and an introduction to Faction Paradox, the series. The latter is the more important matter, in my opinion, but the former is also obviously really important to a newcomer. So, ah. If you want to imagine the world of Faction Paradox it wouldn't be a bad idea to take a look at how Eccleston and Tenannt used to describe the Time War. Before it actually appeared, it seemed like this impossible mythical clash between factions of gods who could change all of h...

Aimless Thoughts: Sex, Dogs and Rocky Roads

February 10, 2025

Every single name in this story has been changed, sans the name of anybody I’ve written about before. The reasons for this will become obvious pretty quickly. About two weeks before, in a parking lot “Didja know he used to sleep with a police radio on and bike over to anything happening close to the house?” “That sounds exactly like something my dad would do.” “No shit?” “Yeah.” “...” “I hope they can settle their shit before they die.” “Me too.” “Dad’s just so fuckin’ stubborn. I figured your grandpa might be more willing to say hi, with how bubbly and nice he is.” “Don’t let him fool you, grandpa’s just as stubborn as your dad.” “I guess they are brothers.” “Yeah. That’s all we got in this family, isn’t it? Just a buncha stubborn men.” About two weeks before, after finishing an episode of Breaking Bad “I’m on Walter’s side, honestly.” “I dunno, I’d hate to be Skyler here. Just trying to keep your husband alive and he refuses everything you offer him.” “Well, it’s his choice.” “...

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