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Poor little Nimrod
In the desert, a nomad tells a story, and in the world of Myth I am created. "Nimrod," he names me. "A mighty hunter." And so I become. I roam the world of Myth, stalking dreams, battling delusions, spearing concepts. As my story changes, so do I: I become a giant, a dwarf, a tower-builder, a wise king. Always mighty. Then, in 1943, Bugs Bunny ( Read more... ) -
A mini-opera libretto
A mini-opera inspired by Neil Gaiman's The Sweeper of Dreams.
Sans Everything
The scene is a busy sidewalk, early morning in the city. Everyone's in a hurry, except the Sweeper of Dreams, who holds his broom off the ground, observing dourly. First we hear from five characters about their dreams, either sequentially or overlapping.
SCHOOLBOY
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The solution is a two-digit number
Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest
Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth.
Those hours, that with gentle work did frame
The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell,
Will play the tyrants to the very same
That thou among the wastes of time must go.
The point will come soon after when thou viewest,
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Localization for linking to the Amazon Kindle store
Amazon, somewhat annoyingly, has different pages for buying my ebook depending on what country you're in. I checked using a proxy, and it appears that if I just link to the US page for my site, UK visitors are in for a frustrating experience. Fortunately, once you've set up all the different pages on Amazon, all you need to do is detect a visitor ( Read more... ) -
Announcing...
The Tragedy of Prince Hamlet and the Philosopher's Stone, or, A Will Most Incorrect to Heaven.
A full-length extrapolation of http://histocrat.livejournal.com/13389.html. Available as an ebook or printable download, for the modest price of $3.00, at http://www.makefoil.com.
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Farmer Barton
Farmer Barton shooed Lee away from Marilyn, affection in his eyes. He matched words to the action, just to pretend that he wasn't alone.
"Now, Lee, I've told you before. You can't eat the chicken. I'll need the eggs on this trip, and I need her alive to barter with when we get to Woden. Go hunt yourself down some field-mice."
The fox cocked ( Read more... ) -
FAQ
Q: Where could the apparent order in the universe be coming from, if not a designer?
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Q: Is there really such a thing as progress? Can science make us happier?
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Q: If you were immortal, wouldn't you eventually get bored?
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Rationalist Hamlet
Inspired by Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. Written in one sitting; I may or may not revise and continue it.
HAMLET
Interloper, abandon this strange prank,
which makes cruel use of the blindness of my grief,
and the good heart of my good friend Horatio.
Or else, if thou hast true title to this belov'd form,
tell me:
What drawing did I ( Read more... ) -
Pre-populate the search box on your 404 page with words from the bad url
I'm not the first to come up with this idea, but I still had to spend an hour or so figuring out how to do it. What is the internet for?!
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Hi all!
My parents have been talking for years about putting together a collection of great first lines: the real life story of meeting your soulmate and the first thing you said. I recently had the idea of turning it into a website, so that we could collect them from all over the world.
I've just published the site at www.heyweiner.com. We've ( Read more... )
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