seanessay.com I realized the Web has led to many people joining the gig economy and being freelancers and touting themselves from their blog. Among publishers, since most books lose money, it is common to encourage their writers to have a “web platform” as in to already have readers, as in lessening the risk of publishing. […]
Lifting Up My Eyes to do a Good Turn
seanessay.com When you step outdoors look at the weather; when you step indoors look at the faces. Chinese proverb Automatic writing, powered by the muse, is what I do on Friday mornings. This week, during a “stream-of-fiction” writing, my page included a retired man who sometimes spent a few days in the capital city to […]
Shock Jock Meets the President
seanessay.com Infamous long haired radio “shock jock” Howard Stern put on a suit for the first time since his daughter’s wedding to interview the president of the United States. I thought both men were sincere. They took about an hour. I am holding back my scheduled post, one that my peers at the C-space building […]
A Senior’s Perspective on Innocent Student Protests
seanessay.com I remember, years after we graduated university, a friend being as surprised as I had been when I told her a person can be an atheist and Jew simultaneously. This week a famous blogger, Penelope Trunk, has an atheist Jewish son involved in a protest on campus. I am one of 45 commenters. I […]
Old Cowboy Carries His Own Booze
seanessay.com A major mistake happened when I went to see an early matinee. How strange to see a mother coming into the lobby carrying a toddler under each arm. But no stranger than me with a big bottle of soda under one arm and a bottle of Scots whiskey under the other. Glenlivet, if it […]
Stupid Housing, Shrinkflation and Mad Magazine
seanessay.com Being a senior citizen means being amused when young punks in parliament think issues are new. Well, new to them, maybe. I see where both the UK and the US heads of state, Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden, have angrily exposed “shrinkflation,” while across the land politicians speak of the twin perils of “the […]