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Saturday, September 05, 2026
Saturday, August 01, 2026
Another blunder on Saturday
29...Rfe8?? loses. no longer protecting f7. I get checkmated 4 moves later
29... g5 attacking the queen was correct.
Newscaster Wisdom
"It's looking very like this..."
local newscaster while commenting on four shots of the rainy weather.
Wednesday, July 15, 2026
Tuesday, July 07, 2026
Ovid Rocks
There is a road that slopes downhill, all gloomy with funereal yew.
It leads to the underworld, through regions mute and silent.
There the sluggish Styx breathes forth its mists, and by that path descend the ghosts of those newly dead, the shades of mortals duly laid to rest in their tombs.
Far and wide the desolate spot is wrapped in gloomy chill.
The ghosts, but lately come, do not know where the road lies, that leads to the Stygian city, nor where to go to find the grim palace of dusky Dis.
His populous city has a thousand approaches, and gates on every side, all standing open.
As the sea absorbs rivers from all over the earth, so does that place receive every soul: it is never too small, however great the throng.
New crowds arriving make no difference.
Lifeless shadows without body or bones wander about, some jostling in the market-place, some round the palace of the underworld’s king, while others busy themselves with the trades which they practised in the old days, when they were alive.
Others again, are subjected to punishment, each according to his crime.
Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book IV
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Saturday, May 30, 2026
Friday, May 08, 2026
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About Me
- dan
- I am the author of 5 books: Android Down, Firewood for Cannibals, The Cubicles of Madness, Robot Stories, and most recently, Various Meats and Cheeses. I live and write in Michigan. My website is at danmanning.com