Writing

Who Makes Jobs? Maybe Newt, Maybe Not

The political right faces a key challenge when arguing for small government. Some voters are motivated to support politicians who promise that good...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Not Another Day/The Twine of Relief and Tension

In the last installment of Karen Zipslicer stories, Karen is still using the black box machine to relive the memories of Dawn, the young...

The Evening’s Epilogue; Tomorrow’s Preface

In 'Dawn of the Dance', Karen continues to relive the experiences of the young Lady Emerald. The Lady Emerald, then known as Dawn,...

Around and Ahead

For Jude We're back, where we began, Or near enough, cosmologically speaking. A time, to mark occasion, Has arrived, if we're chronology-keeping. Once more, into those breeches, We squeeze ourselves,...

YouTube Pron

After reading how people make money from films they post to YouTube, I sat down and tried to write a comedy script for the...

Dawn of the Dance

In 'Falling Into Emerald Memories' we explored an episode of Karen Zipslicer's adventure where she uses a machine to relive the memories of the...

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.