• Sand Before the Storm

    Sand but no storm in sight. A rare, peaceful night on Vera IX.

    Lieutenant Commander Dallas Drake, formerly of UNT Directory, leaned against his leg, his boot firmly planted on a lump of sandstone. Squinted at the clouds of dust and sand sweeping the violet-tinted horizon. Unconsciously, his hand fished for the pack of cigarettes he’d tucked in a side-pocket of his trench coat. Plenty of time for a smoke, he reckoned.

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  • Decay

    Decay, in one of its many forms.

    Decay has always been an obsessive fascination of mine. Like an old friend who, whenever I thought he’d run out of stories to tell, would surprise me with one I haven’t heard before. He’s always been there for me, for as long as I remember.

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  • Adventures or How Everyone Needs a Gandalf

    There's Bilbo, going on an adventure.

    It’s probably safe to assume you all know life is a box of chocolates (unless you don’t like chocolate, that is). Boldly, I’ll take it a step further and say life is a box of adventures. You maybe just haven’t pictured it this way before.

    And you need a Gandalf of your own to help lift the lid on it.

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  • 23:57

    23:57

    It’s 23:57 and late in the day for good news. The clock keeps ticking, an inexorable tick tock, while the shadows around me diminish.

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  • La La Land or the Pursuit of Dreams

    La La Land or the Pursuit of Dreams.
    Mia and Sebastian, the dreamers in La La Land.

    I’ve been to the movies with my lady (fairly) recently to see this film called La La Land. You may have heard about it. It’s been making quite the headlines for the past couple months. For good reason too, I think. It had enough good reasons to prompt me writing a new entry for Blank Page Down. But more on that after the jump (NO SPOILERS, guaranteed).

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  • …and Sharp Ends

    A candle's end is still a sharp end.

    On a field of battle, it’s all in the details. There’s the details you see sharply and the ones can bring you a sharp end.

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