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Category: Random Thoughts

Randall, the Demon, and the Devil’s Coat

  By Trick Dempsey September 24, 2016 June 11, 2017 Random Thoughts

Randall and I sat beneath the yellow-stained lights as shadows of moths flickered past us. In the distance, we could see our friends…

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Tagged   death, Life, life-lessons

How to Create a Happiness Machine

  By Trick Dempsey July 25, 2016 June 11, 2017 Random Thoughts

You have the power!

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Tagged   Life, love, Musing, psychology

Why you hate your old classmates on Facebook

  By Trick Dempsey July 18, 2016 June 11, 2017 Random Thoughts

You know who I’m talking about.

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Tagged   family, Life, Musing, psychology

How John Scalzi convinced me to outline a sequel to my novel

  By Trick Dempsey July 10, 2016 June 11, 2017 Random Thoughts

“Didn’t you hear me the first time?”

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Tagged   Books, design, Nobody's Business, politics

Why I left my six-figure San Francisco life and chose to live in poverty instead

  By Trick Dempsey July 6, 2016 June 11, 2017 Random Thoughts

“There is a solution for the poor,” the executive begins.

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Tagged   Books, Games, Life, life-lessons, politics, Success

Let’s Talk About Superman

  By Trick Dempsey May 26, 2016 June 11, 2017 Random Thoughts

Superman continues to change the world.
Just the other day, Superman died again. It was pretty meaningless as PR stunts go. Heroes die all the time, and sometimes their replacement is a long time coming, New heroes come, of course, but they can take th… Continue Reading

Tagged   Personal, politics

Kindness: A Memory of Alan Rickman

  By Trick Dempsey January 14, 2016 June 11, 2017 Random Thoughts

The bitter cold nipped at us as we huddled in the dark, London back-alley waiting for Sir Alan Rickman to arrive. Many people are speaking of his sneer, but I best remember his smile.
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Tagged   Memories, Mourning, Personal, Theatre
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Testing the comments!!

  By The Inkeep December 29, 2015 June 11, 2017 Random Thoughts

Your friendly Innkeep here. We just realized we’d love to promote discussion here in The Crooked Thimble. So give a shout so we can make sure this works! Continue Reading

“What Can I Do to Fix This?”

  By Rachel October 5, 2015 February 15, 2016 Random Thoughts

Continuing a few themes I touched on briefly in last week’s post, “You’re Playing It Wrong!”, I wanted to continue to talk about what to do if you have an actual problem in your game community. No community is perfect….
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Tagged   Games

Thoughts on the Hugo Controversy

  By Rachel April 8, 2015 February 15, 2016 Random Thoughts

Better people than I have already weighed in on what’s going on in sf/f fandom, at extensive length. But I feel like I’d be remiss without at least tossing a few paragraphs of my own thoughts into the aetherweb. I suppose…
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