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"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 47

29 Oct 2024 4 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

It’s funny how your mind can wander even at a time like this. The thought strikes Jeremy as he stands outside this gift shop, staring at the side of the police car. Then again, it’s not as though you can shut these thoughts down, not withou...

Nighttime

27 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist

Eyes so bright, behind them you can see the fight. Witness the might, fear not as you take flight. Don't forget light, when you fight you daemons at night. Watch angels smite, as the dawn brings sunlight. Watching a kite, i wonder if the wind can tak...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 46

23 Oct 2024 6 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Emily’s hard at work on her mural throughout the tour. She doesn’t find the presence of others the least bit distracting – on the contrary, she enjoys the warmth they bring to this environment. And if nothing else, it’s another attraction for luri...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 45

17 Oct 2024 4 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Though the tours ramp up within a few hours of their return, and perhaps Kidwell might have been expecting something from him today, Jeremy crashes until well past noon. It doesn’t much matter, because nothing requiring his intervention happens, a...

"Rick and Morty” When Meaning Disappears, All That’s Left Is Emptiness

15 Oct 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Alexander Kass

  What does “Rick and Morty” share with our dreary lives? Nothing. And yet, everything. This show is like a cheap bottle of whiskey: it numbs your mind and, frankly, leaves you with a hollow feeling inside. But that emptiness isn’t entirely a bad thi...

Time Drifts By

15 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist

By and By, time drifts by, Moments fly long before you can say goodbye Leaves you feeling like a fruit fly just before they sprayed the sky.   By and By, the ticking never ends, Funny how the best times feel like the names of old friends,  you just c...

"The Doom Statues" - Chapter 44

14 Oct 2024 12 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

For Emily, the terror wrapped around this frantic dash from The Ruiner has nothing to do with the distance traveled. Rather, it’s the lack thereof. That and how it’s even possible to get this catastrophically turned around in such a short p...

Flow

13 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist

With the rise of the sun i made up my mind, its time for change, its time to say goodbye to rage.   Getting in the lake and drifting with the waves, just simulating the drift through time.   Came to the realization that to sacrifice control, is to ga...

Exploring Human Connectivity: Reflections on John Donne and Hemingway

13 Oct 2024 2 minute read 1 comment Alexander Kass

So this guy John Donne says, “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.” Sounds poetic, deep, old-school philosophy. We’re all supposedly connected, pieces of one big landmass, one world. No one exists in a vacuum,...

Mind Loops

12 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments The Virtual Idealist

I know nothing lasts forever, but this loop feels endless.   We find a weak spot, one to shatter, yet it only bends, forever bending, never breaking.   The rush is gone the rage persists and i want to quit, yet i know were not done with this, my mind...