After a couple of months out of work, it feels really good to be gainfully employed again. To respect the privacy of this secret burrow location, I won't say exactly where I'm working. But I can say that what I'm doing now adheres to the practice of "Right Livelihood," which means I'm not making my … Continue reading A Worker’s Prayer
Author: Jakebe
Jakebe is a cyber-rabbit who makes his burrow within the analog space of Silicon Valley, CA. He enjoys telling stories, talking about stories and exploring aspects of the human condition through stories.
Friday Fiction: Bookkeeping
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
(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
The Overnight Walk to Prevent Suicide 2019
I've attempted suicide twice -- once a short time after I was disowned by my mother for being gay, and again after a bad break-up with my first real boyfriend. Both times, I felt completely unmoored after severing fundamental relationships that also disconnected the fragile support networks that came with them. There was no one … Continue reading The Overnight Walk to Prevent Suicide 2019
(BHM) Slavery in the United States
No one needs to tell you that slavery was kind of a big deal in the United States. It's taught almost every year in American History classes, and at the very least students learn a lot about how it was ended when the Confederacy lost the American Civil War. Even still, while we know a … Continue reading (BHM) Slavery in the United States
It’s Black History Month!
I honestly don't know if Black History Month is a big deal to anyone who doesn't have to learn about it because it's a whole section of their American History class. Being educated in a predominantly black city, I was taught about the usual black American luminaries year after year -- Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, … Continue reading It’s Black History Month!
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 