Recently, there's been some very difficult things that have happened. I thought maybe going back to the past might help me find some perspective. I walked into my room and dug around through boxes hardly touched for years and pulled out a single box I've had since elementary school ( Read more... )

So, I have a bit of an interest in chatterbots, so every few years I take a look to see how much they've improved.

I started talking with one called Cleverbot, which is actually a pretty good one. I just had the following conversation, which made me laugh ( Read more... )

"And someday..." says the demon. The music rises dramatically in the background as firelight reflects off its glistening, sharp fangs. Before I get to hear what's going to happen someday, this loud THUMPing comes from behind me like someone's trying to batter down my door with one of those bouncy balls tied to a paddle, only the bouncy ball is ( Read more... )

I'm driving down College Avenue when I see a pink nose poking out from the window of the car up ahead. Curious, I glance sideways as I drive forward, and then I feel my heart stop. The nose belong to a dog - a yellow lab to be precise. I know this because this particular yellow lab looks exactly like Dakota, the dog that I grew up with. The deep ( Read more... )

This is something I wrote in a Gargoyles forum when the topic of a Gargoyles-Twilight crossover was brought up. I usually don't laugh (that much) at my own jokes, but this still amuses me, so I thought I'd post this here for posterity and kicks.

"Oh, Edward, my love," said Demona, "It's as if we were made for one another. For I am stone by day, ( Read more... )

... has pretty much assassinated all my evenings ( Read more... )

I go through the automatic doors into the library and stop at the entrance, like I always do. It's pleasantly cool after being in the burning sun outside. The lights are dim in the particular way I remember ever since my first visit here as a child - a visit I still remember clearly. I was so excited that so many books existed in the world and I ( Read more... )

Last weekend, Lava, Archy, Xirex, Tennyth, and I went to a flea market. The place was huge, deeper than it was wide, and arranged in a labyrinth of shelves, each spilling over with old, tightly-packed knickknacks from antiquity. We marveled at the old clocks, we were crept out by the rows of dolls, none of which were smiling, and we laughed at ( Read more... )

The sun beats down and the air boils around me. I stretch out my arms, feeling the heat push like a physical force against my arms and chest, soaking through my skin and warming the cold that had built up inside me thanks to an overzealous air conditioner in my office. I open my eyes again, looking around self-consciously and let my arms fall to my ( Read more... )

I walk through the set of two large, automatic doors leading into the lobby of the building where I work. I flash a smile at the receptionist, who, as usual, completely ignores me. Turning, I begin heading for the beginning of the labyrinth that spirals inwards towards the center of the building where my desk is (as far from natural light as ( Read more... )