Book III of The Watcher series has been in development for a while, but I never had the time set aside to finish it until this year. I started in February with a pretty good idea of where it was going, and now that it is done, I can say my plans were one thing. The results another entirely. This book was supposed to take place entirely on a different planet. But considering how things are at home at the…
Days after the U.S. men’s hockey team won Olympic Gold, they are still getting roasted by hockey fans, the punditry class and straight media alike after their locker-room hangout with FBI Director Kash Patel and that ill-timed chuckle at one of Trump’s tasteless jokes — the one about “having to invite the women’s team to the White House too.” Ever since, the internet’s been calling the players tone-deaf, disrespectful, and even sexist. Fans are online demanding that the Ottawa Senators…
Do Beatle-Bots Cross the Line? The Beatles have been in the world’s spotlight for more than 60 years, and somehow they’re still finding new ways to inject themselves into the zeitgeist. Not by releasing new music, there isn’t anymore coming, we’re told, nor by becoming outdated or suddenly irrelevant for the first time since they appeared on Ed Sullivan’s stage. No, due to their seemingly indestructible longevity, they are in the middle of one of the biggest ethical questions in…
Alberta’s separatists are back in the headlines – and this time, they’re not just venting on talk radio. They’re bragging about trips to Washington, D.C., and meetings with officials from the U.S. State Department as they chase political and financial backing for an independent Alberta. At the same time, Alberta’s premier is facilitating a referendum process while carefully avoiding a clear, simple sentence Canadians deserve to hear: “Alberta must remain in Canada.” This moment is bigger than one province’s frustration….
Not this second, of course, but there are chapters that have been written, and that means Basil, Duncan and Doris will return to do what they do best. Screw up, and then try to fix it, where the stakes are just the survival of all humanity…. So stay tuned, and if you have a great idea on how this should all turn out, let me know!
The sequel to the smash hit The Long Watch is out and available online! All they want is some well-deserved “me time”, but no. The universe has other plans… It’s not every day that you get to save the world. Especially after you had to die several times along the way, but now that it is saved, that doesn’t mean everything is fine. It’s just the opposite as planet Earth is in worse trouble than before, but what’s even more…
So, ya. I did the writing thing again. My first book was a mid-life crisis in book form, whining about my life and career stagnation in 2017, but told in an oh-so-amusing manner, with Time Travel & Beatles goodness sprinkled in. This one is different, however, as it has nothing to do with me but rather a deep dive into loneliness and loss and again told in an oh-so-amusing manner, but this time with aliens and global armageddon. Just a…
JK Rowling produced a world of magic and tolerance that changed a generation and weirdly she’s turning her back on all of that. When the author of the Harry Potter series revealed that Dumbledore was gay in 2007, she didn’t write it into the books. And she didn’t put it into the movies. But she did act astonished at the idea that everybody hadn’t already realised that Dumbledore was gay. I didn’t know, to be honest. I always thought he and Minerva McGonigal…
Nope! It’s not. Unless you choose to self-medicate, and heavily, there will be stress, simply due to the nature of the beast. Preparing a meal for a large number of people will always be stressful. Have you ever met a professional chef? Were they in any way calm? Point made. So, what can you do, to at least take the edge off and get to the point where you’re not contemplating finding a nice dark spot to hide and assume…
As a marketing guy, I can’t help but apply that lens when observing the shitstorm that is sweeping our southern neighbours, and that is the presidential campaign of Donald Trump. While everyone is trying to figure how it is possible that a disastrously spray-tanned xenophobic, misogynistic racist is leading the GOP field, it’s pretty obvious why. It’s all about marketing. More specifically, Trump is a direct reaction to a remarkably effective, all-encompassing branding strategy run by the Republican party for…