60+ three-time immigrant, whose life in Africa, Australia, and America, work with industrial and medical quality & safety, and obsession with mortality data and accidents, results in morbid short stories.
I write fiction #shortstories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey’s Paw” (W. W. Jacobs, 1902). A little bit Poe, a touch of Dahl, and a hint of Gorey.
When I am not writing, I do bare-bow archery, walk a husky, and pick up other people's litter.
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Rhyms.
I've never yet met someone who was really into national pride who wasn't also a giant festering turd
Ditto religion, teams, etc, really
Excessive "patriotism" is always a cover for some personal failing or other. It's been that way forever, in every nation in the world.
If you're cruel and stupid, and can't meaningfully and constructively contribute to society yourself, you shout loudly about flags and blame someone else for all your own inadequacies.
As it was, so shall it ever be.
Society could use some real effort spent on teaching folks what to do with rejection.
People absolutely suck at handling the word "no," and preparing for what comes next.
Walking into someone else's decision just hoping for the best and with no plan for being declined is just really, really bad, and yet few folks seem to get any structured advice or teaching on dealing with this inevitability of living in a society with others.
Name the occupation that has the most benefit to society, and the one that has the least
What is the most relevant difference between them?
Wind and solar just generated more electricity on Earth than fossil gas.
In April 2026, wind and sunshine supplied 22% of the world’s electricity compared with fossil gas at 20%
May he contract an interesting disease that gets many posthumous scientific articles, and may the syndrome of a rectum falling out during a coughing fit, bear his name for eternity
The Sleight Doctor 🃏🍉
The Duke of Fall 
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