Category Archives: General

Having set aside some ideas that I’m very sure are false, the way is opened to investigate alternative positions that might be true. I use the word position in a multifold sense: first, as the opposite of a negation; second, … Continue reading →

Two days ago, I finished the second draft of “Elderdown”, the fourth and final part of my Kickstarter-funded urban fantasy series. I sent it to the editor and designer. Want to be among the first to read it? Of course … Continue reading →

Last year, I invented a game about capitalism which isn’t really about capitalism. It’s really about ethics: it’s about how to build trust with competitors, and how fragile that trust really is. Here’s a brief summary of how my game … Continue reading →

When I’m taking a break from writing another book, I like to play console-based role play games. I do this for perhaps no more than two or three hours a week, but over several years that was enough time to … Continue reading →

The argument about doctor-assisted suicide (and its kin) is really, really old. Like, it’s around 1,600 years old. Maybe older. Today, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that doctor-assisted suicide should be legal in Canada. A report on the CBC … Continue reading →

A popular slogan of freedom and individualism goes: “Think Outside The Box”. But what is the box? Where are its edges? What does it really mean to think outside it– and does anyone really know how? I’ve been thinking about … Continue reading →

The last time I visited Ireland, my other “my country”, was 2009. Yesterday I got this painting from my dear friend Corina Thornton, an artist based in Ireland; and as you can see, I’ve hung it just above my writer’s … Continue reading →

When I was a child, an empty and partially run-down house stood in my neighbourhood, just along the line where the century-houses ended and the postwar bungalows began. My sisters and I sometimes made up stories about ghosts who lived … Continue reading →