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White Pills for World War III
The biggest one being that it might not happen, thank God.

L. Roy Aiken
Jun 193 min read
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Fatigue Fatigue
“It’s all so tiresome.”

L. Roy Aiken
Jun 133 min read
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Of His Satanic Majesty’s Thumbprints, Part 1
Wisdom has fled both old and young. But was it ever really there?

L. Roy Aiken
Jun 64 min read
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Lost Along Our Way to Perdition
The usual angry go-to line for such cultural extinctions is “Remember what they took from us,” but I fear this one died all too naturally.

L. Roy Aiken
May 145 min read
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Narrative Shift
It's just another plot development leading up to the Grand Finale.

L. Roy Aiken
Apr 156 min read
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Telling Time
Long ago, it was as important as learning how to read.

L. Roy Aiken
Oct 22, 20241 min read
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Never Forget
...that which has already been forgotten.

L. Roy Aiken
Sep 25, 20244 min read
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Death to Nostalgia
It’s all coming back to…this….

L. Roy Aiken
Sep 17, 20244 min read
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“Oh, Do Be Quiet!”
Common expressions and tropes that contradict and confuse the reality of things. I’m as sick of the word “communism” as used by...

L. Roy Aiken
Sep 6, 20246 min read
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At the Summer Park Festival
A view of the world from a fine summer’s day in the park.

L. Roy Aiken
Aug 6, 20243 min read
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No Rest for Satan’s Slaves
They’ll sing the old songs for the entirety of their unnaturally extended lives. The 27 Club were the lucky ones.

L. Roy Aiken
May 30, 20244 min read
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These Anniversaries Are Getting Way Too Old
Time to put them to sleep? Death to Nostalgia, Part 2

L. Roy Aiken
Apr 15, 20243 min read
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The Beginning of the End for Classic Rock
Death to Nostalgia, Part 1

L. Roy Aiken
Feb 18, 20243 min read
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Contemplating the Numbers Beneath Sci-Fi Skies
Just how aware are people, and how many are they?

L. Roy Aiken
Feb 16, 20244 min read
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Feast!
Nothing could safeguard the hours
they were swallowed up by the days
the days swallowed up in weeks

L. Roy Aiken
Feb 10, 20241 min read
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2024 by the Numbers
I need this to help me keep track.

L. Roy Aiken
Jan 13, 20243 min read
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23-Skidoo in Review
The Jazz Age, in which that expression originated, is 100 years ago. Everything before 2020 might as well be, too.

L. Roy Aiken
Jan 10, 20245 min read
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How I Know Christ Is King
...and that the Kingdom of Heaven is closer at hand than we dare think.

L. Roy Aiken
Dec 4, 20235 min read
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The Conversation Around the Table
Pumpkin pie, yes. Religion & politics, no. Faith? Let us sing!

L. Roy Aiken
Nov 23, 20231 min read
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After the Big Holiday Dinner, the Old Man Explains How It All Came to Pass
A No-Thanks Thanksgiving Poem

L. Roy Aiken
Nov 23, 20233 min read
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