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This week’s gimmick is “let’s try and write a good episode,” and it mostly works. We get some back-to-basics Star Trek — the classic trouble-on-the-planet/trouble-on-the-ship formula, a thorny moral dilemma, and that old Trek standby, the Badmiral. It’s become a running joke among fans that Starfleet captains are invariably virtuous and heroic, and Admirals are uniformly… Read more: Strange New Worlds S4E8: Orders of Magnitude

Alleged readers, hello again. I hope this email finds you well!  Dropping you a note here to tell you about my week.  Firstly, the big news: I was promoted at work for not setting the copier on fire and promptly wheeling it into my boss’ office. My demonstrated restraint in not doing that, along with my… Read more: Words and Thoughts: Senen Stavknud, 7th Sept. 2026 (Week Of)

Welcome to Thoughts in Progress, a monthly column in which I share some messy, incomplete, and honest thoughts on a piece of writing that resonated with me. An alternative title for this column might be “Attempting to Force Myself to Write and Work Through My Neuroses and Figure Out How to Cope With the Dystopian… Read more: Thoughts in Progress: Things I Wish My Younger Self Knew About Writing 

Hello again alleged readers!  I’m starting a business.  Here’s why. Last week I was hanging my intricately painted, 6’ x 9’, stainless steel backed, Dolly Parton portraits, that I have eight of, on the powerline that runs from the power pole to my house.  Some people make performative Facebook posts to remember those we’ve lost. … Read more: Words and Thoughts: In Memoriam: Dolly Parton’s Electric Metal

I don’t want to talk about Star Trek this week, I want to talk about Alf. For those of you whose brains contain useful information and not useless facts about 1980s television, Alf was a sitcom about a wisecracking alien (played by a puppet) that ran for four seasons in the late ’80s. Like most… Read more: Strange New Worlds S4E7: Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass

This week’s gimmick is “let’s try and write a good episode,” and it mostly works. We get some back-to-basics Star Trek — the classic trouble-on-the-planet/trouble-on-the-ship formula, a thorny moral dilemma, and that old Trek standby, the Badmiral. It’s become a running joke among fans that Starfleet captains are invariably virtuous and heroic, and Admirals are uniformly… Read more: Strange New Worlds S4E8: Orders of Magnitude

Alleged readers, hello again. I hope this email finds you well!  Dropping you a note here to tell you about my week.  Firstly, the big news: I was promoted at work for not setting the copier on fire and promptly wheeling it into my boss’ office. My demonstrated restraint in not doing that, along with my… Read more: Words and Thoughts: Senen Stavknud, 7th Sept. 2026 (Week Of)

Welcome to Thoughts in Progress, a monthly column in which I share some messy, incomplete, and honest thoughts on a piece of writing that resonated with me. An alternative title for this column might be “Attempting to Force Myself to Write and Work Through My Neuroses and Figure Out How to Cope With the Dystopian… Read more: Thoughts in Progress: Things I Wish My Younger Self Knew About Writing 

Hello again alleged readers!  I’m starting a business.  Here’s why. Last week I was hanging my intricately painted, 6’ x 9’, stainless steel backed, Dolly Parton portraits, that I have eight of, on the powerline that runs from the power pole to my house.  Some people make performative Facebook posts to remember those we’ve lost. … Read more: Words and Thoughts: In Memoriam: Dolly Parton’s Electric Metal

I don’t want to talk about Star Trek this week, I want to talk about Alf. For those of you whose brains contain useful information and not useless facts about 1980s television, Alf was a sitcom about a wisecracking alien (played by a puppet) that ran for four seasons in the late ’80s. Like most… Read more: Strange New Worlds S4E7: Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass