Wise words from the Dalai Lama that most of us refuse to put into practice.

The tragedy created by arts capitalism is we believe some people make art, get paid for it, and get admired for it, and everyone else’s job is to be their worshiping audience rather than make their own art. And if you do make your own, and it doesn’t find a place in the market, you are a failure.

You want to read a realistic presentation of what happens after the end of the world as it’s currently being drawn up? I wrote a pretty good one. You can get it most places, on e-book too, and Hoopla has it now. store.latitude46publishing.com/products/bir...

Does anyone actually use the word "adore" in real life, like "I just adore this bag of chips, don't you?"? Like, in actual conversation? I just don't think so.

It would be really good, he said dryly, if far more people on both sides of the political spectrum could educate themselves on history before making uninformed comments on world events. It’s not like there aren’t books to read.

Viggo Mortensen was a fairly meh Aragorn but deserved an Oscar for “The Road. “

Now this is my kind of jazz music. burntsugarthearkestrachamber.bandcamp.com/track/sirens...

Look, it’s Mark Carney.

This Killing Joke classic has never been more prescient: “The final push The last battle Eden restored Man is cattle We want your oil We want your land We'll take your wealth” youtu.be/z1EDUp4kagE?...

As I periodically like to remind all the tumbleweeds that drift past my social media posts, no one said the end of the world was going to be fun. Strap in and bear witness!

Oil and gas companies are war criminals. They are destroying the only livable climate in the known universe. They are Trump’s allies. They are the enemies of everyone good.

If you live in a country with no oil reserves, thank your gods, because the US will probably not invade.

New episode to ring in 2026 - Newsman and author Robert MacMillan joins me in D&Ts to take our first look at the adventures of Oswald Bastable in The Warlord of the Air Part One. This was one of my first ever Moorcock books and blimey, it still holds up. File under label "still as relevant as ever".

It’s amazing to think that Myspace was started in 2003. It only took 20 years for social media to grow tumorously, rewire, enslave, and corrupt the minds of billions, and thereby hasten the end of our civilizations. Quite an impressive achievement.

It might be time to lay off the rhetoric at the end of every year where we whine about how it was the worst year ever and good riddance. Because it seems years have a way of one-upping one another in that regard.

Someone got a very fancy new lifestyle enhancement - exercise equipment! Now, I wonder how long the novelty will last.

The Bowie estate is cleaning up big-time from the use of "Heroes" every single bloody time a movie or TV show is about someone being heroic.

The idea of ‘best’ is ridiculous when you consider all the wonderful music made every year. This is just a smattering of the great releases by brilliant artists that wowed me this year.

Someone should get ‘hopewashing’ onto 2026’s trending word list where climate is concerned.

You would be hard pressed to find a better dystopian film than ‘Children of Men,’ which I am re-watching.

It's crazy that other than Top 40 stations, Canadian rock radio literally thinks no one recorded a song after 1999. I get in the car, the radio's on, and I'm immediately reminded of how abysmal mainstream 90s rock really was. This Gen-X'er doesn't want the reminder.

If they’re going to have Chicago Med, Fire, and PD, why not round out the city departments with Chicago Library? Plots like there’s a rowdy person at the desk, the self-checkouts are malfunctioning, an interoffice romance leads to watching a foreign film together, etc.

I think at a ripe age I am finally at peace with the fact that even though my own creative efforts may have no impact at all out in the world, I’ve done very useful and supportive things for people in my job, and that, ultimately, is enough.

Someone should get ‘hopewashing’ onto 2026’s trending word list where climate is concerned.

Lovely cover, but what’s to understand? Sauron bad, hobbits good, fate decrees little fellas dropping ring into fire instead of asking eagles to take care of the job, empathy is good.

You might say that when young my sister and I were big Doctor Who fans.

It’s always fun looking at the old books at Mum’s. This long-forgotten junior novel is probably the first sci-fi book I ever read. And look at the blurb! The world of 2010 is ruled by computers! Good presience, Granville Wilson.

People do MFAs and become writing instructors at prestigious colleges only to turn out boring-ass novels with plots like ‘two couples have relationship problems during the turbulent sixties’ or ‘a girl sells flowers to Nazis in occupied Paris’ that promptly top the NYT bestseller list.

Sometimes I remember we live in a society where there’s something called a ‘life coach,’ and I just shake my head. BTW, if you want that service from me, send me 5 grand and I’ll share all my secret lore about healthy cynicism leading to good mental health.

Environmental Racism: A Global Overview

This is good advice. The forced, mostly false gaiety of the Christmas season just makes a lot of people feel even worse. www.baytoday.ca/letters-to-t...

RIP Chris youtu.be/fVc8XnkOMZw?...

So he’s actually just not very intelligent, it turns out. “Carney instead touted carbon capture and storage — a key condition of the Alberta agreement.” www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

The print is uncomfortably tiny in these Library of America editions, but what an amazing collection of novels and stories it is.

We should each self-publish a compendium of our best humorous tweets (historically, of course) and skeets that no one liked.

Guys, big news, a new study out of Miskatonic University strongly suggests that calling up the dead from their salts and making them do your evil bidding can lead to an unusually long life.

Six days to Christmas! I remind y’all: I write queer holiday romances and stories. Most recently? "Upon the Midnight Queer," holiday tales retold queerly. Includes the new Village story "Folly," a novella-length queer romance based on "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas." Link: books2read.com/b/4X5Mk6

A great summary of the situation, which affects North America as well. The more you act like the far right, the further they push. Our leaders need to grow some spines and some morals. And just wait for the coming flood of climate refugees… www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

I guess I should be grateful that no one (I hope) is working on any TV or film Le Guin or Moorcock adaptations. Not sure I could handle those getting ruined onscreen. Though since Ursula is in vogue, it’s only a matter of time…

Hot tip: my elderly, very skittish cat was really calmed in the car on the way to the vet by the Hilliard Ensemble’s ECM recording of ‘The Lamentations of Jeremiah.’

People always say, hey, your book would make a great movie. Or a rock opera! And you just smile and say, absolutely, yes, sure, it would, uh-huh.

I don't really acknowledge too much my endeavors into creating album art. I keep a real tight aesthetic so I don't experiment too much in what I do but I like it. I've been trying to pat myself on the back more so, yeah, here is my artvartist pic just like all the other folks.

There is probably no film franchise (outside of the absurd glut of superhero flicks, of course) that I’ve felt less interest in seeing than ‘Avatar.’

Here are some download codes for "Return to Near North," a special album to which my spouse contributed several Harold Budd-style piano pieces. Quite lovely. thegatelessgate.bandcamp.com/yum 764y-wx3s xnsn-xpdl haqx-jrwe 478h-kdl3 qwus-ghps fs5p-3jbd w47g-cksh cew3-wyh5 s7hm-xrmr plc7-jskd

Last WP post (may move it elsewhere). I feel I'm entering my "don't give an eff" years, but I had a last musical gripe. It may feel whiny, but I'm talking about communication and what we value. And the bigger you get, the less you value others. editorattheendoftheworld.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/t...

Those were the days, huh. Even sports stars were outta sight.

Peculiar article/bit to appear on CTV. Was very interested but then horrified that it says this great prog-rocker (Gentle Giant’s musicianship is nuts!) helped discover Nickelback. For shame, Derek. www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

MY BOOKS FOR TEENS 📚 Caribbean Canadian culture, Toronto energy, and young adult stories straight from the heart. 🎉 Carnival Curves (2025): www.amazon.ca/Carnival-Cur... 🎧 Dancehall Rebel (2024): www.amazon.ca/Dancehall-Re... 🇨🇦 #CanLit #Carnival #Dancehall #Toronto #LorimerKids #BookSky #BlackSky

It’s amazing that no matter what horrible thing has happened and where it is, there always happens to be a Canadian nearby the media can interview. As though their perspective will offer something different.

More classics bought decades ago and cherished ever since.