Previously: The year is 3301. Six months after Zachary Hudson was swept into office, Jason Frimantle, a young and unregistered Commander, broke with his father to start his own trading business. One of these days, I’m going to need to get myself a docking computer. It wasn’t that Jason had trouble easing the Wayfarer through… Continue reading Delta-V: Foundational Barter
Month: June 2017
Thinking Trek
There’s an article on Grunge that posits that living on the Enterprise-D, setting for ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’, would absolutely suck. I read through the article a few times, gave it some thought in my off-hours, and I want to refute some of its points. I mean, I list all of the points, but… Continue reading Thinking Trek
500 Words on Blamethrowers
“A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” – Winston Churchill I don’t know for sure if I’ve coined this term myself, or if it’s existed for a while, but I’ve been using “blamethrower” quite a bit lately. As in: “so-and-so made a mistake… Continue reading 500 Words on Blamethrowers
The Lonely Road to "Better"
I have a confession to make. I don’t always fully disclose what I’m thinking or how I’m feeling. It’s not that I intend to engage in deception, obfuscation, or lies of omission. In my mind, I consider other issues far more important than something that occupies the entirety of a single head weasel’s diatribe. When… Continue reading The Lonely Road to "Better"
500 Words on Elite Dangerous
When I finally get home from long commutes down to and back from the home in which my start-up employer operates, I tend to be tired and mentally drained. It’s difficult for me to muster the juices I need to fuel my writing — a fact I try not to be too hard on myself… Continue reading 500 Words on Elite Dangerous
