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• Mirroring Reality

  

  I watched Oculus for two reasons: it kept coming up as a “freebie” on a service I use, and I’d been thinking about haunted mirrors. Well, three reasons—I also... Read more

  The 23 october 2025 by   Steveawiggins
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• Too Many Nuts In That Building!

  

  Political Cartoon is by Walt Handelsman in the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Read more

  The 23 october 2025 by   Jobsanger
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• Most Say Trump Has Gone Too Far And Is Becoming A Dangerous Dictator

  

  The charts above are from the Public Religion Research Institute survey -- done between August 15th and September 8th of a nationwide sample of 5,543 adults,... Read more

  The 23 october 2025 by   Jobsanger
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• Author Pages

  

  It takes me awhile, sometimes.  Maybe it’s a generational thing.  I’ve been blogging for sixteen years now (my blog is a teenager! Read more

  The 22 october 2025 by   Steveawiggins
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• Pronoun Problems and the State of the Nation

  

  The New York State Writers Institute’s annual book festival is always a great event. One program this year had Robert Boyers in talk with John McWhorter. Read more

  The 21 october 2025 by   Fsrcoin
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• Hungry Madness

  

  It’s been on my wishlist of movies to watch for a few years, In the Mouth of Madness. A tribute to Lovecraftian horror, as well as a probing of insanity, it is ... Read more

  The 21 october 2025 by   Steveawiggins
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• Hallowed Halls

  

  Every time I read a short story collection I tell myself I should do so more often. Knowing that you’re only committing yourself for maybe thirty or forty... Read more

  The 20 october 2025 by   Steveawiggins
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• “No Kings” — Loving America

  

  Albany’s October 18 “No Kings” protest stretched along Western Avenue from Manning to Stuyvesant Plaza, a couple miles. I walked it from one end to the other,... Read more

  The 19 october 2025 by   Fsrcoin
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• House Spiders

  

  I give them names, the spiders who choose to live in our house.  That’s how I named Henry, shown in the photo.  I grew up with an almost debilitating... Read more

  The 19 october 2025 by   Steveawiggins
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• Colorful Space

  

  Lovecraftian horror translates to film unevenly. Even when it’s successful, as in Color Out of Space, it really isn’t that close to reading Lovecraft. “The... Read more

  The 18 october 2025 by   Steveawiggins
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