Eric Priezkalns

Articles by This Author

Screen Presidents

When actors land a big part, they do not get much bigger than Commander-in-Chief. Sometimes the role is played crooked, sometimes played true....

Working for Area 53

Area 51 is a secret military base in Nevada, where some say US Government scientists study the remnants of flying saucers that have fallen...

All for Nought

In her last Christmas message of the decade, the Queen Elizabeth II began by saying: Each year that passes seems to have its own character....

The Christmas Post Implementation Review

Minutes of a Meeting of the Christmas Gift Delivery Steering Committee Date: 26th December 2009 Location: Santa's Workshop, North Pole Attendance: Santa Claus, Mrs. Claus, Lesley the...

Still More Empire Strikes Back: Parallel Universe

A long time ago in a galaxy not so far away... there started a saga. It was called Star Wars: Parallel Universe for...

The Future’s Behind

After all the trouble he caused in Davos, I am keeping my most adventurous clone, MaV-Eric, locked in the attic. Heavens forbid he...

Rules Britannia

If you ever watch children playing football, the preparation for the game begins with locating a ball and picking the two teams. The...

Searching for Halfthoughts

Miserypuss Rupert Murdoch may have decided that deindexing his news content from Google may be good for business, but it would be terrible for...

The New Paradigm of Print: Many and Few, Novel and New

Gutenberg and his Bible... The Little Red Book from Mao Zedong... The Guinness Book of Records setting the bestseller record for a copyrighted series...

Prejudice With No Name

After a leisurely lunch at the Four Seasons Hotel, looking out across the pool and beach, I found myself in the peculiar position of...

Improbable Bond

In a swish apartment overlooking London's Docklands, two scriptwriters, Whale and Purview, sit down to discuss ideas for a new James Bond script. Whale: Okay,...

Spellcheck Serendipity

Time was that if you typed: "I'd like to throttle Bill Gates for his monopolistic business practices" into Microsoft Word and then checked the phrase against...
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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.

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