DIGITAL RENEGADE
Essays, Short Stories & Novels

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Apr
02

KISS KISS

There have already been plenty of tributes to Val Kilmer following the recent sad news of his passing, so I&
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Mar
30

MOTHER’S LITTLE HELPER

Of course, it's Happy Mother's Day and not Sad Mother's Day, but I just
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Mar
28

ON THIS DAY

On this day in 1868, the Russian writer and political thinker Maxim Gorky was born, and I know next to
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Mar
26

RISORGIMENTO

"If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change." - Tancredi Pleasantly surprised
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Mar
24

DIAMOND DAY

Maybe it's just me getting older, but I'm increasingly amazed by the small things that bring
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Mar
24

COUGHLIN'S LAW

"Douglas Coughlin, Logical Negativist. Flourished in the last part of the 20th century. Propounded a set of laws the
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Mar
20

BULLY BOY

“The bullied become the bully.” - Anonymous Sometimes, I ask myself—if a rock 'n' roll star isn’
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Mar
14

GET BUSY LIVING OR GET BUSY DYING

The catharsis of watching The Shawshank Redemption is that it reminds many of us that we're still locked
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Mar
13

DESTRUCTION AND CREATION

When Steve Judd (Joel McCrea) lies shot and wounded at the end of Sam Peckinpah's Ride the High
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Mar
11

THE DISCONTENTS

In researching ideas for my first novel, I've been following Timothy Leary's advice over the past
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