Author Archive: Sarah Hoyt

A CONCEPT NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LEFT IS DOING RIGHT NOW:  The Strategic Dinosaur.

OKAY, I MIGHT BE INSANE, BUT SOME PEOPLE LIKE THE INSANITY:  Songs of No Man’s Land.

And no, I didn’t put her up to this.

I CAN STOP ANY TIME! OKAY, FINE, I PROBABLY CAN’T:  No Man’s Land Blues. (Video and song)

Note that the seemingly human musicians have robot hands. They’re all clankers. Two are just better disguised.

CELTIC POWER METAL ABOUT MY WEIRD, WEIRD, WEIRD WORLD:  Elly’s Deep Ice Calls.

Look, it’s been an incredibly stressful two weeks, (for reasons other than the book release, although that too, because–) and playing with this has kept me what passes for sane* around here.  (I pinky swear, if I have any control over it not to have another major book release in September. The last one was my first book… a few days before 9/11.)

*In a bad light. If you squint and unfocus your eyes, okay?

SOCIAL MEDIA IS FULL OF FOREIGN OPERATIVES. WATCH THE SYNTAX AND WEIRD ASSUMPTIONS:  Truth, the first casualty.

SOME GOOD IDEAS, SOME CRAZY CAKES:  A 16-Point Plan for Restoring Civil Society in America.

I wish the right would get over reflexive hatred of being online or of social media. Sure, dysfunctional people use it dysfunctionally, but the internet has given the right its chance to strike back, and each of us a chance to know we’re not alone and some of the online communities are what keep us sane and going. It’s a meeting place. Like everything else it’s all in how you use it.

KEEP YOUR CLOTHES AND WEAPONS WHERE YOU CAN FIND THEM IN THE DARK:  Nasty Winter Ahead?