Hent Jakpa

11/4/2005*-7/14/2007

Brother, Invalid, Madman, Possible Seer

*That was the first day I actually wrote a scene with him. I try to make a date-save every day I do some writing, just because I'm crazy

That's right. After more than one and two-thirds years, I have finally killed the first death in my on-again-off-again attempt at writing a ( Read more... )

Lloyd Alexander:

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A simple box, hammered together from a yellowish wood, sits shut, unadorned besides two long wooden handles for carrying and a simple cross carved into one end, almost unnoticeable if you don't know to look. It barely weights anything beyond the weight of wood.

There's nothing in it but another box, made of cardboard and thick tape, the size of a ( Read more... )

The call was early, and anticipated.

"Alarm" is one ringtone, "Dad", another.

Sleepless, wearied, I groped for cell. Seven Twenty-nine, minute to alarm.

"Grandanne died at five this morning. The funeral is set for Sunday."

"I'll come back for it, then."

Her death was long in coming. Eighty years, the last sickness-filled. Cancerous vertebrae ( Read more... )

I don't think I've ever watched Steve Irwin before today. It's one of those things where I know "Yes, there is a man who spends his time dealing with crocodiles, and get's paid for it. Bully for him", and left it at that. I mean, just about everything I know about the man comes from his Irregular Webcomic double-walker, which is a better source for ( Read more... )

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Well, Arthur Miller is dead, as most of you know by now ( Read more... )