Author: Jonathan Kieran
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Distract Your Brain From the Impending Apocalypse
I’m busy finishing a novel so I haven’t much desire to rant and rave or “observe” society in its woeful spiral, plus I just got out of bed and am tackling the first cup of coffee as rain batters the…
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Ask a Bookseller and Find the Treasure
I can vouch for the accuracy of THIS FINE ARTICLE at LitHub. A seasoned bookseller is not only a rare and precious commodity these days, but worth his or her weight in gold. Anyone involved with books who truly knows…
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Wider World Looking Like the Same Old Sheet?
Sure it is. We aren’t witnessing anything new under the sun. This has all happened before, for millennia, in fluctuating states and conditions. Chaos redux, curtain calls, and encores endless. But individuals can make a difference, if only in their…
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And This is the Reason Christians of the East Don’t Employ Statues
First of all, THIS WAS NOT JESUS taking an embarrassing tumble and breaking numerous facial features and limbs. This was a shitty plastic or composite-formed work of asinine art created to supposedly represent Jesus, being trundled around by an assortment…
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When Sharks Cruise the Shopping Aisles
I have seen extremely large hammerhead sharks do THIS VERY THING during my years in Florida. It’s deliciously spooky to watch a fifteen-foot hammerhead cruise along slowly, parallel to the shoreline, in shallow, clear water, as if perusing cuts of…
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Winding It Down to Rev it Up
Three major new works will be coming in the following four years. And that, my friends, will be the last of the literary output aimed directly at any sort of commercial or mainstream markets. That being said, there will be…
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How SCARED Should We BE of Sharks in 2024
Well, no more frightened than we were in 2024. But if you’re in the water with a hungry one and you are the only edible meat around, you ought to be plenty scared! #GoodAdviceFor2024 ——————— [ Delightful new work by…
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Happy New Year
Some calendars turn and others BURN, baby. If you are eager to see 2024 come into existence, I wish you every joy imaginable and an abundance of good fortune. Seriously. I do. Let’s all kick some ass, literally or metaphorically,…
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Pitchforks, Torches, and Tackle
I knew that the indescribably tragic death of the 15 year-old South Australian surfer, Khai, after being attacked by a Great White Shark was going to result in rumblings and reactionary talk of culling the animals. Hint: READ THE COMMENTS…
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Man, Was THIS Kid Unlucky
Grim follow-up to yesterday’s post. It appears another teenager has met with the jaws of doom while surfing off Ethel Beach in South Australia and this time the result was fatal. ‘Tis a tragic end for a kid who was…
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