Yearly Archives: 2011

The New New Year with num-Eric

Plus ça change... this morning I consulted Samuel Pepys to see what he was thinking about, 350 years ago to the day. It...

Writing a Carol for Everyone

There is no festival for literally everyone, which is a shame. Christmas does pretty well; its popularity extends beyond the two billion people...

Carol for Everyone

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xn852t

Removed from Re:Move

Last week I wrote that I never wanted to write another word about my short film, Re:Move. That was an exaggeration. I...

Remove Outtakes

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmpq47

Regarding Re:Move

To heck with convention. I made a short film and I want to let people see it. Which they should, because it...

Miliband’s PMQs: few Q’s, few A’s, and no P’s and Q’s

Political bloggers should never write about the big topics. When they do, they come off as vain and oafish. (Fortunately I am...

Re:Move

There are some things you can never leave behind. A short film written and directed by Eric Priezkalns that was shown at the Doha Film Festival.

Airship Downs

In the last installment of Karen Zipslicer's adventures, Badger and Corblimey, we left Karen and Winton dealing with the bureaucracy at the Municipal Financial...

The Stars Are All Above Us

Around the world tonight, The stars are all above us. Me in darkness, others in light, But the stars are all above us. People eating, drinking, sleeping, Around the...

Halfthoughts Reconstructed

I started Halfthoughts in 2008, as an open-ended, half-thought-out repository of... whatever. That was in 2008! The content moved on a long...

Badger and Corblimey

In more recent posts, I digressed to tell the flashback story of the young Lady Emerald. Returning to the original thread, after Karen...

About Halfthoughts

This website showcases content created by Eric Priezkalns, who also uses the pen name Ray Blank when writing science fiction. It includes stories, essays, poems, short films and audio recordings.