I used to think SRB Syndrome was largely confined to the USA and its (pre)teen inhabitants. Kids raised in a digital age of internet instant gratification and parents who either just don’t know how to cope with technology or don’t care. Generation “NOW NOW NOW” seems to be budding into maturity, and watch out if they don’t get their way. A hissy fit is coming!

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It’s depressing when you’re trying to run to the pump the second the news hits to fill up your tank before the gas stations catch wind of the price rising. It seems that for every dollar a barrel of oil shoots up, a gallon of gas goes up 10 cents. Right now in AZ, we’re paying around $3.20 a gallon (which is about 1/4 of 1 Euro right now. ) … and I hear California is up around $4.

It’s affecting everything too. Because of the mass increase of price, food has shot up a ridiculous amount as well. Moving it from one place to another is only half the reason. A lot of the corn and wheat supply is now going to ethanol production. Which in turn raises the cost of Feed for livestock, which makes the price of meat go way up IN ADDITION to the price of transportation. Read the rest of this entry »

Yet another bit of writing I did a while back for an idea I had for a book. The Characters were to be derived from others I had played or had played with via some form of MMORPG or other. I always had been facinated with creating character backgrounds for games I’ve played that leaves it wide open for that, something I started on with both D&D and Ultima Online. I’ve since re-read this one and realize what a mess it is, and have since abandoned this particular idea, but not the characters. Read the rest of this entry »

Another short story I wrote, this one dating about 2002, or around about there. It’s pretty deranged, and it’s got absolutely nothing to do with my state of mind back then, but I did have a lot of fun writing this one. It’s a little immature going over and re-reading it, but I was young and didn’t really know a whole lot about writing. Not that I do now, mind you, but its all fun and games until someone gets shot in the head with a nail gun. (oooh, cryptic foreshadowing!)

Trix Rabbit: Chronicals

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This (incredibly) short story was written in response to a contest being held by a band I enjoy immensely: Elvenking. Based on a song off their first album, Heathenreel, called “The Regality Dance”, I don’t really have a title for this particular story. I had a great time writing this one, was able to imagine the scene vividly, and pulled more influence from The Forgotten Relams’ stories involving Eilistraee and the surface drow, who I have become enamoured with through books written by amazing authors. Without further ado here:

Dance of The Elvenkind

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