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2012 Elections
As Larry Correia says (among other delightful things) the advice a lot of liberals are currently peddling to their benighted Republican acquaintances in the wake of the election is pretty hilarious....
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Love, and being a jerk about it
I follow Myke Cole’s blog and occasionally am linked to Patrick Rothfuss’. Today I was inspired by their words on love. Mr. Rothfuss spoke on its many faces. Mr. Cole spoke on one of his. I sat and...
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On the Aftermath of the Iraq War
With the “Zero Option” exercised and the rise of ISIS, I hear a lot of veterans wondering if we wasted our time in Iraq. Did we leave our families for years at a time for nothing? Did our friends spend...
View ArticleMad Scientist Short Fiction Contest and the Small Wars Journal
Several months ago I had no less than three of my friends separately send me a link to the “Mad Scientist Contest” Link 1, Link 2 being run by Army TRADOC. The contest was apparently inspired by an...
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“The Shore People” the Cover
My Father has written a couple of really good science fiction novels. They are for sale on Amazon under the name Mark T. Skarstedt: “The Shore People” and “Special Metal.” Recently, he asked me to...
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“Special Metal” the Cover
As with “The Shore People” Dad asked me to put together a cover for him. We searched Deviant Art and found an artist we liked. This time we wanted to focus a little more on people, characters in the...
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SGT Moxon
SGT Moxon A friend of mine just took his own life. He was a soldier. I worked with him many times in the field and in the office and he was known for keeping a positive attitude even when things...
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Starfish Taliban
A parable One day a journalist was walking through the streets of Kandahar. Smoke billowed from burning buildings, darkening the sun. Screams and gunshots rang out in all directions. The journalist...
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