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Uncle Josh on Eve of the Daleks

Published by Uncle Josh on January 3, 2022

Note: Obviously, spoilers ahead, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know. We watched the latest Doctor Who special. It was a time loop episode and those kind of stories can be tricky to pull off. The other time loop story that always comes to mind is from Star Trek The Next Generation …

Uncle Josh Notices a Narrative Choice

Published by Uncle Josh on January 2, 2022

During many sessions with The Story Engine Deck I find the stories can get a bit dark, or threatening, or just not ending up in a happy way. I also have a tendency then to not tell the story of that character in that character’s voice. I look for an outsider who can tell the …

Uncle Josh on Themes

Published by Uncle Josh on January 1, 2022

I have not done much writing in the past few years, and I have not submitted a story in at least three. But I have been writing, slowly, haphazardly, and sometimes way too cautiously. I didn’t make the 50K wordcount for NaNoWriMo last year, but I did get a first draft of a short story …

Uncle Josh looks back at 2021

Published by Uncle Josh on December 29, 2021

Highlights of my 2021: Got “evicted” and bought a house. Oh my God we bought a frikkin’ HOUSE Okay, it’s technically a condo but we have a mortgage I’m still not sure if I need to ask the landlord’s permission to hang a poster Our rector resigned from the parish Stephanie’s father had to be …

Uncle Josh on Change

Published by Uncle Josh on October 18, 2021

For some reason, I dislike change, which is an odd thing to dislike, as it is the only constant in my life. As Stephanie and I come to closing night in this townhouse, I think about change. Maybe too much. When Stephanie and took our first road trip together, before we were dating, we went …

Uncle Josh on Contributions to Society

Published by Uncle Josh on June 25, 2021

I have recently finished The Tyranny of Merit: Whatever Became of the Common Good by Michael J. Sandel. There is an idea in Meritocracy that people are paid what they deserve, and that is based on their contributions to society. It’s just another bullshit excuse for oligarchy in the western world. The examples that are …

Uncle Josh on Novelty

Published by Uncle Josh on June 5, 2021

Many years ago, my wife went to her first convention. I had gone to this convention for a couple of years and encouraged her to join me and go to the costuming panels. My wife and I are both introverts, and a convention is very good at draining our reserves for dealing with people. On …

Uncle Josh on Past Failures

Published by Uncle Josh on May 21, 2021

My father died when I was 28 years old. Because of my fierce and overblown sense of independence as a kid and teenager, I was finally getting to the point where I not only was capable of listening to him, I wanted his advice. I wanted more of his life story. I was a bit …

Uncle Josh on Power Fantasies

Published by Uncle Josh on May 19, 2021

A little while ago[1]longer than a week, less than a year I answered some question on Reddit. I think the question was along the lines of “Why do Star Wars fans hate Kelly Marie Tran” and of course the real answer was “Real Star Wars fans love her” but that’s fangating and not cool. There …

Uncle Josh on Reclaimed Words

Published by Uncle Josh on May 18, 2021

I love words. I have a strange passion for knowing words and an annoying desire to use the right word in every situation. I like my language to be precise. So when I encountered a Twitter thread about the word “dyke” (in terms of lesbians, not water resource management) and I thought “what’s that called?” …