In 2205, we learned the answer to one of the oldest questions of all time. Are we alone? They brought medicines with them that nearly wiped out diseases, and extended the human lifespan into the centuries. They helped us study[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for April, 2016
I spent most of my life trying to stay out of any entangling commitments. I was footloose and fancy free and I liked it. I volunteered for the military so I could kill Shang. I didn’t see it as signing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
All’s fair in love and war. I grew up hearing that. In school. We were talking about girls of course. We had no idea what real war would be like. I learned a new definition of it during The War.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my life it’s this. The enemy never waits for a convenient time to show up. If you’re not ready for him, expect him to arrive early. If you are ready for him, expect[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was a little con artist as a kid, always looking for ways to fool adults and impress the pretty girls with my exploits. It was all harmless fun back then. It got a lot more serious during The War.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
No one can fight forever. Everyone has to take a break, a time to rest and heal. Sometimes it is merely physical. But many wounds are mental and emotional, and those can hurt longer and harder than any physical pain.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some conflicts start small and slowly get worse until they boil over. Others simply explode into existence without warning. Some simmer forever and never turn violent. Sometimes you have warnings. Sometimes you don’t. Some people have great experience with conflict[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some confrontations are good. Some a bad. Some make life better when we get through. Some make life worse. I’ve had good luck with most of mine. And I’ve made some seriously stupid mistakes in others. One or two I’d[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There are few things as amazing as coming home after too long away from it. Seeing again what you know and love, what you left to protect, can be the most fulfilling thing in all the worlds. But home rarely[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Trouble is always waiting on the other side of the corner to ambush us. Or that’s how it seems to me at least. I never know when it’s going to hit or how hard it’ll be. I just know it’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…