Blaugust #22 and #23: Fear and Envy

I at first didn’t want to write anything about fear, the topic of the first Blaugust Promptapalooza prompt. I’d much rather talk about the second one, which was easy, and all prepared. But, I came into this Blaugust thing determined to write a post for each writing prompt. Just because something is hard doesn’t mean … Read more

Blaugust #21: There Are No New Ideas

My son hates old movies, old songs, old anything. If it’s over ten years old, he’ll refuse to have anything to do with it — with certain exceptions. I try to sneak things in, sometimes, but then he’ll catch on. “That’s Led Zeppelin. Not interested.” It’s Millennial nostalgia, really. If it happened before the nineties, … Read more

Blaugust #20: It’s Good to be Bad

It is known that the best bad guys are mirror reflections of the good guys. Batman and the Joker. Superman and Darkseid. Wonder Woman and Cheetah. Captain Marvel* and Black Adam. I imagine the same holds true with the Marvel heroes, but I’m not very familiar with them. They should make some movies, get some … Read more

Blaugust #18: The Island of Unfinished Games

Sorry, I just spent the last half hour looking for exactly the best song I remembered from Martin Mull which was… perfect for this writing prompt. And that took me down a rabbit hole with Martin jamming with Glen Campbell (awesome!), and then I got to watching more YouTube and now it’s forty minutes until … Read more

Blaugust Catch-Up: A Blast of Blaugust!

Using a stock photo with a watermark makes me feel like the Spiffing Brit. I’ve been gaming for a few days and not blogging, so I’ve really fallen behind on Blaugust. Even though I’m not an official participant, I’ve been enjoying reading people’s posts and taking part 🙂 Anyway, I got stuck on one from … Read more