JG After Dark
August 07th, 2023 by G.
One of the best parts of the blog is looking at the list of post titles that Zen and John Mansfield have decided not to publish. Sometimes for good reasons, but wow, those are some intriguing little glimpses.
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August 07th, 2023 06:33:30
Zen
August 7, 2023
I plan to get to each of them eventually.
I just make drafts significantly faster than I finish any of them.
John Mansfield
August 7, 2023
A few such:
New mother, daughter, and Niece
Driving Through the Desert
Building a Band of Outcasts
Libertarians are Useless
Witnessing a Witness of the Witnesses
Mourning with
Some never went much past the title before I left them, and some turned out too private for a public website. What to hold back is an interesting question. As one case, I generally do not post much of talks and lessons I prepare for church, because I like keeping them a personal communication with those I was with in the chapel or in a classroom.
Zen
August 11, 2023
A few of the posts I have been sitting on:
Dark Bill of Rights – an interesting discussion of the right of rebellion. Not that I expect such a right would be upheld. Or that we should do such a thing. Still, interesting.
Conan and the Three – Chapter 2.
Shelf Break – things I can’t stand… like Dark Matter, String theory, worship of Einstein, etc
Behold the Lamb of God – God reveals himself because he can not be known any other way.
The Entropy Engine Ch. 2 – This is a continuation of my sci-fi written as a Chiasmus – partly to illustrate some SF concepts I have considered since grad school, and partly to illustrate how chiasmus works. Because there are things you can explain in a story that no one would pay attention to in a scholarly article.
A Vision of Hell – a young Quaker maid, who is a budding atheist feminist, meets people from the future… and is horrified beyond belief. Anything but that!
The Wizard – a wizard finds a shortcut to the Celestial Kingdom. What could possibly go wrong?
Porn vs Masculinity – At this point I forget the specifics here. I think it was a Rabbi talking about porn, and it was powerful.
Therein lies madness – We understand how people change over one lifetime. But what effect do our choices have when we live hundreds, thousands or millions of times our usual lifespan. This one is going for a Lovecraftian-vibe, horror at our own choices, and yet unable to turn away, a descent into hell, because we refuse the alternative. This one is going to take some real time and thought to finish.
G.
August 12, 2023
Every single one of these sounds amazing.