The Small Dark Light’s mission statement
My previous post was about who I am, this post is about what I write. Read on if you’re curious about what this publication is for and where I hope it ends up going. Hint: you may be involved.
Are our heroes finally going to escape? Read on
Both of them sat there, more profoundly motionless than sarcophagi. After what seemed like an endless expanse of dead, wasted time, one of them began to spasm restlessly. ‘Alex?’
‘My name’s not Alex.’
‘Alexa?’
‘My name doesn’t even share a letter with Alexa.’
‘What about with Alex?’
‘I hate talking…
Sex, drugs, satire ’n’ the meaning of life: Evelyn Waugh’s Roaring Twenties classic has it all
Warning: spoilers ahead, specifically Decline and Fall spoilers. The original novel, not the TV series that I’ve only just now learned exists — miiiight give that a chance one day, but I have an uneasy feeling that filmed versions of classic British fiction will never be good again and we…
From OCD and gut problems to job applications and Portuguese palaces
Back from Portugal. Portugal! I made it to Portugal!!!
Remember a year ago? Couldn’t function — could hardly go outside. Covid was frightening. My own OCD was even more frightening. …
…and you’ll work every day of your life. But it won’t FEEL like work.
A few years ago I saw a post attacking the cliché ‘Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.’ It went something like ‘Do what you love and you’ll be stressed to the point of burnout basically all the time, not helped by the fact…
And gaining something a lot more interesting
Pity me, for I was raised by the three Cs: conservative Christian creationists. Naturally, I rebelled against the faith of my parents as soon as I was old enough to think for myself.
Actually no, that’s not quite right. My parents did a great job, and while they’re not exactly…
The strangest and funniest comedy sketch of all time
There comes a time in everyone’s life when one must declare what one stands for. And there comes a point in every Culture Club series when one must make the full weirdness of one’s comedy tastes known. …
Some people say you like what you like and that’s that. Not me.
I love music: listening to it, playing it, educating myself about it, exploring obscure nooks and crannies of it, thinking about it, talking about it. And the thing about being Very Into something that nearly everyone’s Somewhat Into is that sooner or later you have to decide what attitude you’re…
Are our heroes about to reconcile? Probably not
And now for something completely different…the third installment in my “Two People, Both Talking” series! This is the kind of story you don’t need much context for, but if you’d like some anyway Volume 1 is here and Volume 2 is here. The general idea is that two people, ages…
Part 2 of 2: How it affects my interactions
Continued from Part 1, which is about how meditating on the phrase ‘I choose love’ has been helping me detach from deep-seated fears and resentments. This post is about how that affects my relationships with others.
I find it interesting that the way I relate to other people is directly…
