my writing miscellany
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Protected: 2026 – May 15
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The silence where God speaks
Here is a collage-quote I made. I had a long blog post, but my phone is not letting me edit it very well, so I will refrain. Please enjoy.
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the dangers of centralization and abstraction – an outline
2025_06_18 article – the dangers of centralization and abstraction *reflection on the system design of reality and how it intersects with programming and code* the dangers of centralization and abstraction Of course, I am not an anarchist. Here are some benefits of centralization This applies to: However, it does mean…
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Societal Fragmentation, Marxism, and Semantics
There are a lot of women who speak online about the patriarchy, about opression, about capitalism. And it kills me inside that I can see where they are coming from, but there seems to be no simple way to communicate the truths hidden in the madness to people on the…
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the wind howled in her ears
The following was a writing prompt to help me get out of a writer’s block funk. This likely isn’t very good, but I feel it has some potential. —- “the wind howled in her ears” The wind howled in her ears, and her hair whipped across her face. She scowled…
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Underrated Catholic Writers: Orestes Brownson
Long story short: Orestes Brownson was an intense and prolific nonfiction writer from the 1800’s who tried out a decent handful of religions before he came home to the Catholic Church. In this article, I don’t summarize his life; see the links at the bottom if you want to read…
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The Grimes – 1am writing prompt
The train car was full of quiet but disheved young men, quietly reading or snoozing amid the peaceful clickety-clack, clackety-clack of the train. They all looked similar, except one man, appearing to be in his mid-twenties, who was well-dressed and well groomed, yet coated in a fine layer of unidentifiable…
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