L. Roy Aiken
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An inch taken is a mile gained when you’ve got the Devil behind your smallest details.
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L. Roy Aiken
Apr 23, 20221 min read
Psalm 001
...of the Psalms of L. Roy. I thought it would be as fun as it is edifying to try composing my own.
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L. Roy Aiken
Mar 28, 20223 min read
Thoughts on Last Night’s Staged Assault at the Academy Awards
Who knew the apocalypse would turn out so sordid and tacky?
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L. Roy Aiken
Mar 14, 20221 min read
The New Evangelists
They have no problem whatsoever getting in your face and shoving their filthy religion down your throat.
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L. Roy Aiken
Feb 16, 20222 min read
Rumours of Legend
The curious persistence of yet another cultural artifact from the 20th century.
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L. Roy Aiken
Feb 12, 20222 min read
Real Writers Don’t Join
Working alone shouldn’t be the only perk of writing. I’m no fan of that Gravity’s Rainbow guy, but he was onto something.
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L. Roy Aiken
Jan 26, 20223 min read
Crimes of Noticing, 1st Anniversary of the Inaugural of the Pretender Edition
Happy New Year 2022, Part 3
Hell, & How We Got Here, Part 4
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L. Roy Aiken
Jan 19, 20222 min read
Flippin’ Burgers & Diggin’ Ditches
Hell, & How We Got Here, Part 3
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L. Roy Aiken
Jan 18, 20225 min read
Happy New Year 2022, Part 2: Procrastinating Prognosticatin’
It'll be just like last year, only more so.
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L. Roy Aiken
Jan 15, 20222 min read
The Dreary Sameness of Hell
It requires a mass murder every once in a while to remind you it's also dangerous.
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L. Roy Aiken
Jan 5, 20224 min read
Happy New Year 2022, Part 1: By the Numbers
Things are _this_ long ago now.
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L. Roy Aiken
Dec 22, 20212 min read
Christmas 2021 Pre-Game Report
Grateful just to be here is always a fine start.
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L. Roy Aiken
Dec 7, 20215 min read
State of the Apocalypse, 80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Edition, 7 December 2021
What a long, strange trip it's been from this time last year.
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L. Roy Aiken
Nov 3, 20213 min read
Halloween 2021 After-Action Report
Low-key, solemn as can be.
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L. Roy Aiken
Sep 12, 20211 min read
9/12: Twenty Years Gone
I did get a vibe of serious mourning yesterday from our lizards-in-skinsuits “leaders” yesterday. Not for the lives lost, though.
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L. Roy Aiken
Aug 30, 20212 min read
You Cannot Tempt Me With What I No Longer Want
Variations on the old joke, “You can’t fire me—I quit!” for the Fake Age.
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L. Roy Aiken
Aug 12, 20217 min read
Forgotten Recent History
Gore Vidal once remarked that the U.S.A. stood for the United States of Amnesia. It’s an even more apt observation now.
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L. Roy Aiken
Jul 26, 20211 min read
Monday, 26 July 2021
It’s Monday morning in the last week in July. This could mean something. The potential is there.
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L. Roy Aiken
Jul 23, 20211 min read
Living in a Sci-Fi Dystopia
“You can’t make this up” goes the old saying, and I’m here laughing, thinking, well, somebody sure as hell did.
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L. Roy Aiken
Jul 22, 20211 min read
Thursday, 22 July 2021
There’s the Thousand-Yard Stare, and then there’s whatever we’re calling what’s shown in this screenshotted Facebook post.
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