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Riches

31 Aug 2025 6 minute read 0 comments Diomedes

The first building I explored was the library. That was my cathedral. It had no stained-glass images hinting strange and awe-inspiring stories as the sunlight illuminated them, brought them to life, as it brings everything to life on this planet. My...

Enjoy Your Soup

23 Aug 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

19 years ago today (8/22), the Korean Broadcast System interviewed me in New York about dissent in America after 9/11. A quaint issue by today's standards. They even used my song "George Bush, What's Your Problem?" as the bumper music. These are the...

Flow That Burns

11 Aug 2025 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"Hell is near. The writing on the wall is clear." Public Enemy I got on a Latino hip-hop kick last night, and something flipped.  While I have always maintained that I would have never come back to the US if I hadn't run out of money, the combination...

Humility Is Always Beautiful

26 Jul 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

WW3-enabling self-proclaimed "creators" of cultural packing content have created a can't-do environment in which nothing beautiful or wonderful is possible.  Sometimes (often), it is necessary to revisit things that remind you that beauty is not only...

Music lessons in a typical American school

20 Jun 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/aFWx6TFbykv3D6_e I'll tell you about the school my youngest goes to. Specifically about music lessons. Our school is the most ordinary, with a low rating. There is one music teacher at the schoo...

Rabbits in English culture

26 Mar 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z-KQhqO4Rhs5ZXbc There are many films, books, and traditions related to rabbits in England. For example, there is a superstition that on the first day of every month after waking up, one should...

A selection of Ship Shard blogs

19 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

My hobbies are history, philosophy, psychology, music, economics, politics, and sociology. I write about this and much more. Professional model. She has performed at international music festivals. I dance, I sing, I parody the voices of the performer...

BBQ Lovecraft

15 Mar 2025 5 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Hello,   I am currently in a hotel on I-35, in the high-density traffic corridor between Austin and San Antonio, and am considering my options.  Which is a worldly way of saying I'm waiting to see where God's finger points.   Thank you for your praye...

On the set of the project "Real Hero"

10 Mar 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z88GhNKHVFsGp1ln I like to visit my colleagues at the playgrounds. It is interesting to observe how the director of photography works. How to set the light, what techniques it uses on camera. Wh...

Cemetery with history "Hollywood Forever"

9 Mar 2025 4 minute read 0 comments Ship Shard

Publication in Russian on the Zen bloghttps://dzen.ru/a/Z81PktQrhChgKE46 Without truth, there is no freedom and it is difficult to choose between good and evil. I have no illusions, but truth is a blessing for every single person, because, like Plato...