Month: May 2018
Posted on May 31, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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…of discourse. Since today’s issues are really nuanced and we now have a technology that allows for instant international communication… Maybe its time to start getting policymakers to explain ideas and gain insight from constituents in real time. Maybe Trump is right. Social Media|…
Posted on May 31, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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“Isn’t a bit early for that…” I grumbled aloud at the strong cigarette odor that had roused me from the haze of sleep. It was then that I realized the bed I occupied wasn’t a fold-out couch in a grungy little…
Posted on May 30, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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“What people forget, you see, is that it’s a world.” Said Captain Reed between mouthfuls of strawberry shortcake. Everyone was silent. I sipped my coffee and wondered what he was getting at. “Everybody…thinks…they ‘know’…so they get sad…because they ‘know’…and so they’re bored…” The captain’s…
Posted on May 29, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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You can’t fix what you can’t describe…you can’t describe what you can’t see…A brief take on a problem I’ve been trying to pin down for years. I propose that a lot of the depression, ennui, and disaffection is due to a poor descriptive capacity….
Category: Philosophy, Psychology, UncategorizedTags: Art, Craftsmanship, Experience, Language, Lifestyle, Maslow's Hierarchy, Social Commentary, Society, Vlog, Vocabulary
Posted on May 29, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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I suppose that given my choice of title you are going to assume that this’ll be some sort of symbol-laden existential pontification. Hate to disappoint but today’s story is short on that sort of trendy ennui. The wall is not some hardly clever Floydian…
Posted on May 25, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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The smell of cheap tobacco had become my home. The cigarette dropped listlessly into the green glass ashtray. Uncanny how that thin finger could imbue dead leaves with such ennui. Thunder erupted from beyond the kitchen door. Outside a large…
Posted on May 25, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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There is a peculiar phenomenon common to all Pacific coasts. This volcanic anomaly is dubbed the Ring of Fire. It’s what was responsible for the Galapagos. And according to everything I had been able to gather in the first couple of days we were…
Posted on May 24, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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For those who have already read the article version: this is basically a video recap of the main themes. The only new information is a story from my high school days about how a kid shared an unpopular (and sadly true) opinion about the…
Posted on May 22, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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The Genevive was large enough to support sixty-five people. With an endurance of two or so months. The German Navy’s newest toy, a SWATH hulled behemoth dubbed Planet, could only carry about forty personnel. This vessel didn’t seem to have much of a size…
Posted on May 21, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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I run a website called The Fractal Journal. So I tend to see things fractally. Everyone does. Because everyone understands that no action occurs in a vaccum and is thus inherently multifaceted. There’s a New York attorney called Aaron Schlossberg who was recently the…
Posted on May 20, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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A brief and sleepy recounting of the dream that sparked a recent story I wrote. Dreams are interesting things and are often the perfect catalyst for creativity. The fun part is getting from a vague notion to a coherent narrative. A process I’ll likely…
Posted on May 19, 2018
by Alex V. Weir
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It was a humid evening amid the pines. What’s worse, the approaching night carried fog in its wake. Certainly, a wake would soon be needed. We were in the tall grass. Cradling the cruel black adonized purpose of our automatic rifles as if they…
Month: May 2018
Trump is the Future (Vlog)
Posted on May 31, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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…of discourse. Since today’s issues are really nuanced and we now have a technology that allows for instant international communication… Maybe its time to start getting policymakers to explain ideas and gain insight from constituents in real time. Maybe Trump is right. Social Media|…
Category: Philosophy, Psychology, Technology, UncategorizedTags: Democracy, Democratic Republic, Paradigms, Politics, Public Discourse, Social Commentary, Social Media
The Prosaic Wall – Part Two (Short Story)
Posted on May 31, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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“Isn’t a bit early for that…” I grumbled aloud at the strong cigarette odor that had roused me from the haze of sleep. It was then that I realized the bed I occupied wasn’t a fold-out couch in a grungy little…
Category: UncategorizedTags: atmosphere, Fiction, Short Stories, Spooky
The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 4.4 – Bleached
Posted on May 30, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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“What people forget, you see, is that it’s a world.” Said Captain Reed between mouthfuls of strawberry shortcake. Everyone was silent. I sipped my coffee and wondered what he was getting at. “Everybody…thinks…they ‘know’…so they get sad…because they ‘know’…and so they’re bored…” The captain’s…
Category: Sketch of Sam Monroe, UncategorizedTags: Adventure, Ebooks, Thrillers, Weird Fiction
Linguistic Myopia | Art as Remedy (Vlog)
Posted on May 29, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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You can’t fix what you can’t describe…you can’t describe what you can’t see…A brief take on a problem I’ve been trying to pin down for years. I propose that a lot of the depression, ennui, and disaffection is due to a poor descriptive capacity….
Category: Philosophy, Psychology, UncategorizedTags: Art, Craftsmanship, Experience, Language, Lifestyle, Maslow's Hierarchy, Social Commentary, Society, Vlog, Vocabulary
The Prosaic Wall – Part One (Short Story)
Posted on May 29, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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I suppose that given my choice of title you are going to assume that this’ll be some sort of symbol-laden existential pontification. Hate to disappoint but today’s story is short on that sort of trendy ennui. The wall is not some hardly clever Floydian…
Category: UncategorizedTags: atmosphere, Fiction, Nature, Short Stories, Southern, Spooky
The Harried Deadly Calm
Posted on May 25, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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The smell of cheap tobacco had become my home. The cigarette dropped listlessly into the green glass ashtray. Uncanny how that thin finger could imbue dead leaves with such ennui. Thunder erupted from beyond the kitchen door. Outside a large…
Category: UncategorizedTags: atmosphere, Dorky Lovesongs, Dreamscapes, Etc., Memories, Prose, Sentiment, Short Stories, Vague Poetic Notions
The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 4.3 – Ecclesiastes 1:18
Posted on May 25, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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There is a peculiar phenomenon common to all Pacific coasts. This volcanic anomaly is dubbed the Ring of Fire. It’s what was responsible for the Galapagos. And according to everything I had been able to gather in the first couple of days we were…
Category: Sketch of Sam Monroe, UncategorizedTags: Adventure, Ebooks, Thrillers, Weird Fiction
The Schlossberg Fractal (Vlog Version)
Posted on May 24, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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For those who have already read the article version: this is basically a video recap of the main themes. The only new information is a story from my high school days about how a kid shared an unpopular (and sadly true) opinion about the…
Category: Philosophy, UncategorizedTags: Ethics, Privacy, Professionalism, Social Commentary, Social Media
The Sketch of Sam Monroe – Chapter 4.2 – The Genevive
Posted on May 22, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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The Genevive was large enough to support sixty-five people. With an endurance of two or so months. The German Navy’s newest toy, a SWATH hulled behemoth dubbed Planet, could only carry about forty personnel. This vessel didn’t seem to have much of a size…
Category: Sketch of Sam Monroe, UncategorizedTags: Adventure, Ebooks, Fiction, Weird Fiction
The Schlossberg Fractal
Posted on May 21, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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I run a website called The Fractal Journal. So I tend to see things fractally. Everyone does. Because everyone understands that no action occurs in a vaccum and is thus inherently multifaceted. There’s a New York attorney called Aaron Schlossberg who was recently the…
Category: Philosophy, Technology, UncategorizedTags: Current Events, Law, News, Policy, Public Discourse, Social Commentary, Society
Origin of ‘The War Witch’ (Vlog)
Posted on May 20, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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A brief and sleepy recounting of the dream that sparked a recent story I wrote. Dreams are interesting things and are often the perfect catalyst for creativity. The fun part is getting from a vague notion to a coherent narrative. A process I’ll likely…
Category: UncategorizedTags: Creativity, Dreams, Process, Vlogs
The War Witch (Short Story)
Posted on May 19, 2018 by Alex V. Weir
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It was a humid evening amid the pines. What’s worse, the approaching night carried fog in its wake. Certainly, a wake would soon be needed. We were in the tall grass. Cradling the cruel black adonized purpose of our automatic rifles as if they…
Category: UncategorizedTags: Fiction, Short Story, Spooky, Weird Fiction
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