Changeling: the Dreaming is a tabletop role-playing game where you play one of the Kithain, half-fae/half-human creatures who struggle to keep imagination alive in an increasingly banal, hostile world. I created Carver "Bunkin" Johnson for the game's recent Twentieth Anniversary Edition, and thought it might be fun to imagine him in his native Baltimore during … Continue reading Friday Fiction: Bookkeeping
Month: August 2019
(Review) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The most shocking thing about Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is how pleasantly it presents its dystopian setting. The World State as it exists in AF 632 (or the year 2540 as we know it) is a paragon of monolithic stability where nearly every aspect of life is manipulated by the government. Human beings are … Continue reading (Review) Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Iceman, Vol. 1: Thawing Out (Review)
If you're one of the original five X-Men and your name isn't Jean Grey or Scott Summers, chances are you've got a bum deal. Angel is mostly known for having his wings torn off and replaced by cybernetic ones as one of Apocalypse's Four Horsemen. Beast was arguably most popular during his stint with the … Continue reading Iceman, Vol. 1: Thawing Out (Review)
(Review) Miles Morales, Vol. 1: Straight Out of Brooklyn
The runaway success of last year's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse raised the profile of Miles Morales in a big way. Created by Brian Michael Bendis in 2011, Miles became the second Spider-Man of an alternate Marvel universe after a cataclysm took the life of that reality's Peter Parker. It's been an eventful eight years for … Continue reading (Review) Miles Morales, Vol. 1: Straight Out of Brooklyn
A Few Thoughts As I Turn 39
This time last year, I had just begun a new job that felt like a new chapter in my life. I had spent nearly ten years at a company that invested a lot in me and gave me an opportunity I'll always be grateful for, but after a merger had brought about too much change … Continue reading A Few Thoughts As I Turn 39
The Anxious Person’s Guide to Political Discourse
Personal confrontations among friends are a special kind of hell. No matter how much you brace for the conflict, or how hard you try to keep calm, eventually the anxiety takes hold and restraint goes out the window. It's such an awful experience most of us will do anything to avoid it. Unfortunately, in today's … Continue reading The Anxious Person’s Guide to Political Discourse
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 