Writing

The Real Bigot is Brown

Move on. Everyone makes a mistake. Nobody is perfect. There are three phrases you will not hear Peter Mandelson, Harriet Harman,...

The Rhyme of Kate-la-Dime

The girl they call Kate-la-Plate, Jumped right on to a roller skate. She rolled herself down the hillside, Shouting and screeching: 'watch out, mate!' But keeping her balance...

Souled Out

Congratulations to GameStation, high street and online retailers of computer games, for knowing how to spot a bargain. It seems most of us...

Parallel Return of the Jedi: Calling on Jabba

An awfully long long time ago, in a place nowhere like here or wherever the heck you are, there was a story where knights...

Misanthropes of the World, Unite! (for as long as you can stand each other)

I was caught between a matinee and a dinner date, milling around the backstreets of London. My desultory early evening meandered like my...

Art + Data = Darta?

I arrived fifteen minutes late to the V&A's Decode exhibition. As ever, my friend Meng Ni Beh was already there, patiently waiting for...

Meaning to be Forgotten

There is nothing so common as language. Whilst there is sadness at stories of the death of some old languages, the truth is...

We Peculiar Creatures

What peculiar creatures are we. They say we descend from monkeys. Lost our hair and our tails, Brush our teeth, cut our nails, Dream of holidays on safari. What...

The Future of Business is Modular

Nobody can manage what they cannot understand. It is a common principle, enshrined in many business aphorisms. "Stick to the knitting". "You...

No Place Like Home?

Regular readers of Halfthoughts will already know I receive letters from Prince Karl Zeis, of the deposed Royal Family of Delfthia. For those...

Five Movie Plot Absurdities

Some movies are just so good that when the plot twists and turns, you may fail to notice that it also disappears up its...

How We Lost the War

'The War on Terror'. It is not a phrase you hear much any more. The reason for its decline in usage is...
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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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