Hey folks,

I just published a pretty huge chapter in my favorite story, The World is Filled with Monsters. I have a good plan for the rest of the current act, and the rest of the story to follow.

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After the withdrawal from Afghanistan, and in particular after the drone strike that killed an aid worker and several family members, a few people reached out to ask about I story I wrote several years ago for the Writeoff original fiction contest. It was, in fact, the first original fiction piece I'd written in years, and it dealt with the (fictional) aftermath of drone strike that went wrong. I had removed it from the Writeoff site, but since enough people have inquired about it, I've decided

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So, those of you following the latest from Afghanistan may have seen this item, reported by CNN:

Taliban claim to have captured provincial capital of Gardez

From CNN’s Tim Lister in Spain

The Taliban says it has captured another provincial capital, Gardez, on Saturday. If confirmed, the capture of Gardez — which is the capital of Paktia — would occur as the Taliban advances to the national capital of Kabul.

Afghanistan has 34 provincial capitals.

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So, I've been looking forward to this blog post for a long time.

Ten years and two deployments to Afghanistan ago, I ran across an article on Wired about a weird cultural phenomenon -- adult men who loved the children's show My Little Pony. How strange, I thought. And, for a lark, I decided to check it out.

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So I'm a few days late with this, but hopefully everyone has already seen the Friendship is Optimal Writing Contest that my good friend GaPJaxie is hosting for this fandom. He approached me with the idea a few weeks back, with the offer to participate as a judge, and there was no way I could refuse. After all,

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“You can’t just take control of an entire segment of Equestria’s economy!” Twilight Sparkle protested. “Who said you could do that?”

“Nopony said I couldn’t do it,” Starlight Glimmer countered. “Besides, I did it humanely.”

Twilight stared at her. “What… what does that even mean? How do you humanely nationalize an entire industry?”

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So, it's Sunday. I'm in my hotel room in Washington, D.C., watching light snow fall outside the window. According to the weather report, we should be getting several inches by mid-afternoon. It's quiet here so far, like a good Sunday morning should be.

Seems like a good time to fill you all in on what I've been doing lately.

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Hey folks,

Bit of a delay on getting this story the gate, but things have been crazy with all the covid and stuff. On the plus side, I'm practicing piano a lot more than usual.

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