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Confessions to a Cruel Internet

Dear friend, I like to start my notes to you as if we're already in the middle of a conversation. That was a...

The Digital Crossfire

There was a time when communications were mostly harmless. Sure, people might be badgered by nuisance calls, but that was the limit. ...

Scrawl Wars in a Virtual Land

Two and a half years ago, I started Halfthoughts by drawing on a metaphor. I compared blogging to cave art. In both...

21st Century Etiquette

Time was that if you wanted a manual for manners, you simply turned to a guide from Debrett's. With the rise of interweb...

The New Properties of New Property

Arnold Schwarzenegger is a lefty, and he does not know it. Or maybe Arnie is one of those righty freedom fighters that end...

The 140 Rubaiyat: Poems for Twitter

The ruba'i is a poetic form of olden times, Lines 1, 2 & 4 must rhyme, Popular in Persia in the 11th Century, Most famously by Omar...

How to Make Enemies and Annoy People

I should be happy. Yesterday, my other blog, the boring one about what I do for a living, set a new record for...

Where Does Art Start?

If you are like me, you get mildly annoyed when people wander through a museum and feel the need to run their hands all...

What is Your Status?

Why did so many people get worked up when there was a mandatory "is" included in Facebook status updates? It is a strange...

Selling Bits of Music

The music industry really is turning completely bonkers. First, Radiohead sell an entire album for whatever people fancy paying, from UK£0.00 to UK£99.99...

Telecomiscommunication

This is a true story, and it happened in a telecommunications company. It happened to me some time ago. My head still...

My Cave, My Scrawl

In the 1960's and 70's Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner performed a series of comedy interviews, often ad-libbed, with Mel playing the part...

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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