Collie's Bestiary

It is the first day of my Spring Break as I write this — wheeeee! Of course, being the Wild Child I am, I'll likely happily spend it curled up on the couch with my textbooks and laptop, working on midterms in front of a crackling fire as I sip a mug of hot tea [...]

In effect, those two verses were where the author wrote Truth as she knew it, and that's why those verses shone. Unfortunately, since we've not yet seen the end of this conflict, and she had to describe that 'victory' metaphorically, she couldn't write a truth for that — it hasn't happened yet. Here's the second [...]

Oppression & technology The previously mentioned example is not the only instance of the co-existence of both a lack of, and a distinct awareness of, knowledge regarding a particular object or subject. For example, there's also how technology is treated in these prose tales.

("The Warrior Women") by Monique Wittig translated by David Le Vay (first reviewed April 2005)

I also understand the human psyche or spirit is sometimes baffling in its complexity. I have both read about, and experienced situations, where what seems like a simple and beneficial command to oneself (such as "stop being afraid of riding in elevators" or "lose 30lbs.") can be unwittingly short-circuited by other equally strong internal desires [...]

This will be a quick review, I think. I've just finished reading a book by C. E. Murphy titled Truthseeker. On the whole, I enjoyed the book: Murphy writes well, with vividly described backgrounds, protagonists I can usually identify with on one level or another, and an often interesting fantasy/spiritual basis for the plot-producing strangeness [...]

Well, that was clumsy of me. Not only did I forget I had another posting scheduled, but of course, right after I get through chastising patronizing over-simplification of complex issues… I do it myself. How embarrassing. ;) A big thank-you to Velvetpage, whose critiques never fail to be both thought-provoking and courteous. With her permission, [...]

It's a Sunday morning at about 9:30am as I write this, and I'm at a local mall. I'm helping a friend with writing some papers by being a "writing buddy" with her, the same way two people are exercise buddies to encourage each other to get out and exercise together. I'm writing down my thoughts [...]

I've been working on manifesting change in my life, using my Granddad Bob's "Law of Higher Potential." You may be more familiar with him as Robert Collier, who was quoted in the surprise blockbuster movie The Secret — and with his "law" as the "Law of Abundance," from that movie. One of the things the [...]

There were a number of very nice "grace notes" in the story which I rather liked. The panel of Butterfly whispering her safeword, "Jamaica," to the violent (and bad) dominant — after she'd killed him in self defense — was creepily elegant. I was unsurprised to see archaic crosses on his shirt, in fact; it [...]