Consumption
This is the first of what I hope to be an irregular series of quick meditations on what I’m calling the “personal economy,” inspired by E.F. Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful. Despite soaring gas prices, this Fourth of July weekend saw …
A Stupid Essay
An article by Nassim Nicholas Taleb about the fallacy of IQ testing got me thinking of the way we measure intelligence, and perhaps more importantly, stupidity. What do those terms even mean? Can we come up with a useful heuristic …
Homo Colossus
As I pluck ants from my indoor plants, where they’ve taken up refuge from the ongoing drought in search of moisture, I can’t help but wonder what constitutes a body? Seems like a dumb question with an obvious answer. The …
Nonrenewable Products
As I write this, most varieties of crude oil trade over $110 a barrel. Gas at my local pump approaches $7 a gallon. The grocery stores have learned to spread the handful of unwanted products they have in stock two-deep …
The Bureaucracy as Machine
When my new driver’s license failed to arrive, I spent about four hours trying to reach a human being who could rubber stamp the act of sending a replacement. Four hours of automated menus, hold times, connections to other departments, …
The Map Collector
Among other things, this blog is about maps. If you plan on exploring a place you’ve never been—let’s say New Orleans, Louisiana—having a map is a good idea. A political map will tell you that New Orleans is a dot …
What This Blog is About
Welcome to AncientSeaKings.com! I thought the decision I made in late 2021 to self-publish my fantasy fiction series was easy. In hindsight, it was no decision at all. The choice had been made for me years earlier, without an inkling …
New Book Releases August 1, 2022 / Calling ARC Readers!
Chronicles of the Ancient Sea Kings, the first book of my new fantasy fiction series, lands at your favorite bookstore on August 1, 2022. It’s available for ebook pre-order now on Amazon, with more retailers and editions coming soon. See …
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