Essays & Opinion

Would You Buy Insurance From These People?

Readers, I wrote this letter not for myself, nor for its recipient but for you. If you have ever been frustrated by the...

Privacy: Losing Our Virginity

If you type my postcode into Google maps, you see a lovely, flat, open field of grass. There is no house to be...

Reasons to Recast

In films and television, people always get cast according to how they look. Short people are angry/pushy/talkative. Slim young women are feisty....

Whose Problem is it Anyway?

Hmmm. Work. Hmmm. Life would be very smooth if we did not have to do it. It would still be...

What Is Wrong With The World

I am in Oman. Oman is a hot and sunny country. It is day time, and it must be thirty Celsius in...

Reimagination Machinations

The 'reimagined' Battlestar Galactica, a dark jazz riff on the 1970's space opera for children, is nearing the end of its final run. ...

Top Secret: British PM is a One-Eyed Scot

British politics was shaken by a 'leak' from a BBC employee this week. Notable BBC bigmouth Jeremy Clarkson, presenter of a television programme...

High Hopes for Boreama

US President Barack Obama was inaugurated this week. President of the USA is an unusual job. There are not many jobs where...

Making Work for Ourselves (Part Two)

In part one, I imagined a scenario where one hundred people, selected at random, are stranded on a desert island. They have no...

Making Work for Ourselves (Part One)

Suppose that you and ninety-nine other people are stranded on a desert island. You are lucky, in that the island has all the...

Going Around in Circles

It is a new year. What is so new about it? Anyone born before 2008 will have been here before, at least...

(Content+Capability)-Consumption @ Christmas.com

In the culture to which I was born, this time of year is for reflection, and for wishing peace and goodwill to all. ...
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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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