Posts under ‘Evil’

People sometimes ask me how I can write the things I do, or how I can come up with these ideas. I’ve been told I shouldn’t “wallow in darkness,” and people have told me they will pray for me so I don’t somehow get tainted or corrupted by evil. I’ve even been asked if I [...]

From a distance, the human body is a thing of beauty. Get up close, though, and things start to break down.
And I’m about to tell you about one of the more intimate places things break down. If you’re at all squeamish or the type to scream “too much information!” at the merest hint of something [...]

I’m really, really glad I only have one car to pump gas into.
Bush is headed out to Saudi Arabia to beg King Abdullah to reduce oil prices because the US economy is suffering. What makes him think Abdullah — or any of the sheiks or princes, for that matter — is going to give a [...]

Meet Promachoteuthis sulcus, what would be the most terrifying creature on the planet if it weren’t only 25mm wide or long or whatever ML means. And tiny or not, I wouldn’t want great swarms of them to surround me and nibble me to death.
If you click the picture, it says the teeth are actually folded [...]

I understand arguments on both sides of national health care, but when you see a lot of the instances of insurance companies abusing their own systems, it’s not hard to see why people are fed up with the current system and are pushing for the government to do something about it.
Check out this post on [...]

I’ve been bummed for the last couple of weeks leading up to Halloween. While I’m not a big holiday guy, I think Halloween is the last truly fun holiday left. Plus I’m a horror writer, so I’m kinda obligated. It may be watered down some and I’m still disappointed more kids don’t dress up as [...]

I’m not a fan of Windows Vista at all. The chief reason is because it’s a resource hog: even on a brand new machine with a fast processor and a gig of RAM, it just kind of pokes along, even without enabling the fancy Aero graphics. And that’s before running an app on it. User [...]

CNN has a timely Parenting article about what scares children and how to handle it. It’s not bad reading, and a lot of it rings true to my own experiences. But what they really need is a little more specific advice for dads.
Some examples:

A recycler I visit is right across the street from a cemetery. [...]

My left eye weeps steadily, forcing me to daub it with a tissue from time to time so it doesn’t get rubbed raw. It makes me feel like a James Bond villain, like I should be at the controls of an orbiting mind control laser (or at least playing baccarat Texas hold ‘em) rather than [...]

If you’re on MySpace, you know who Tom is. He’s the guy who runs the place, who puts his profile on every friends list ever created, and sends out all those little messages every time MySpace is hacked, down, or otherwise suffering some misfortune.
Tom also tries to protect us from spam. As I’ve said, MySpace [...]