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Even Communists Crave Christmas Carols
seanessay.com Enjoying the Yuletide, I once spent three whole days listening to a local rock station which every December becomes “your Christmas music station.” That was a big mistake, for amongst the overplayed tawdry tinsel songs were… no Christmas carols at all. I clued in: That nice station, in our secular society, has a policy […]
Beaming Down From the Essay ship to Fiction
seanessay.com It’s my blog anniversary, I’ve crafted 250 essays, hurray! Time to reflect. Why would a plain working-world guy like me write essays? And why do university student write them? In this exciting new decade, why wouldn’t we all just use Artificial “Intelligence” to write things for us? A retired professor’s blog, Orange Crate Art, […]
The Reason the US of A is Polarized
seanessay.com So many folks are distressed and bewildered, deploring the recent increasing hatred and polarization in United States politics… while I am feeling a tad silly to say that your humble senior citizen here knows a big part of the reason—maybe even the sole reason. This bizarre new intolerance has only manifested for the last […]
Innocence Known and Lost
seanessay.com As a senior citizen—and I wonder how many folks feel the same— I have lost things, and I have seen things. In early middle age I used to idly toy with the idea of attending Pepperdine University, in California, so I could take writing classes from David Gerrold—he’s a master! But I ran into […]
From Scary Job Interviews to Generous Adult
seanessay.com No longer wet behind the ears, it’s queer to look back at my progress. This after once being scared about getting and keeping a job. But then an executive in a forgotten business training film had said, “It’s normal to ask who would hire me.” Oh. Working at different job contracts, I was heartened […]