2022

UPDATE – my social media presence

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I am going to be transitioning off of Twitter as my primary social media platform for myself and Belem Knight. The reasons are somewhat obvious. Elon Musk is busy dynamiting his own business, by encouraging toxic actors and driving away advertisers by arbitrary, capricious and nonsensical decisions. (He is also busy expelling and driving away employees, who are a lot less replaceable than he thinks). The results are already visible, via the re-appearance of assholes […]

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Naughty Santas – the Stories

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Hello, Belem here. I started working on a book of short stories about Santas who provide…different…Christmas presents. I will be releasing a book of short stories this Christmas season. In the meantime, here is a sample of a story from last Christmas. Santa, on his rounds, has a carnal appointment with the nice and naughty Ms. Rheinhart, but things take an even more carnal turn… (WARNING – Contains very naughty prose. Loosen clothing and be

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“Dude” as a prelude to a kiss-off, and other dismissive sentence beginnings

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The world of conversation is full of Tells. Tells are those words, phrases or sentence formations that signal some of the underlying attitude and pathology of the writer or speaker. Many Tells are prefaces or beginnings to sentences or explanations. Some of those Tells are rather obvious to everybody. For example, beginning a statement with the phrase “with respect” is usually the prelude to a dismissal of an idea, person or group. Effectively, it is

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Kirk Hallam

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Kirk Hallam is a travel writer, who has spent a lot of time in the entire South Coast, especially Loukas. He will shortly have his own web site. In the short term, he is posting some of his writings and hand-drawn maps here. Here is his history and overview of Loukas. This is the hand-drawn map of Loukas by Kirk, which he gave to the lead server at Blue Sea Bar, who added more information

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