Yep, KZ’s still got it.
Category: Conversations
The Insistence of Faith (Conversation with God Continued)
GOD: You fault me for my lack of intervention?
KEVIN: Of course.
GOD: Just a moment ago, you told me that God should let His children live their own lives.
KEVIN: In an ideal universe, even the most aloof and irresponsible deity would take at least some measures to stop his children from hating and killing each other…
Pub Talk
This is a conversation about Ben.
“Jesus, what motivates somebody to shoot himself in the head?”
“I suppose some people’s lives just suffer a deficit of meaning.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“Exactly.”
“I’m about to shoot myself in the head if you keep that shit up.”
All is Vanity (Conversation with God Continued)
30 Minus 2 Days of Writing (2014)
Day 8: “Damn”
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GOD: What reason do you have to despair?
KEVIN: Judging by the current state of the world, I think the answer to that question should be self-evident.
The Semantics of Bear Attacks
30 Minus 2 Days of Writing (2014)
Day 2: “It was no accident”
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What does it mean to be “eaten by a bear”? That seems like a relatively straightforward question at first glance, but there is a lot of nuance underlying the deceptive simplicity.
Chinese Philosophy
30 Minus 2 Days of Writing
Day 24: “Confucius”
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So the prompt for today is “Confucius”, huh? Eh, no thanks. This one feels like a trap.
Clarity of Mind
30 Minus 2 Days of Writing
Day 23: “Absurd”
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Saturday afternoon, I found myself alone for the first time in what will soon be my new home. Up until that point, I had spent the better part of the day working with my father and a hired construction crew on a massive house remodeling project. By four o’clock, my father and the crew had left for the day, but I decided to stay a little longer because there were still hundreds of staples left to remove from the kitchen floorboard where linoleum once rested on top of particle wood.
A Fine Romance
30 Minus 2 Days of Writing
Day 14: “Where can I get a good blintz?”
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This is a love story borne of coffee, compassion, fatigue, and dry humor. There’s also something in there about blintzes.
Of Text Messages and Dopplegangers
30 Minus 2 Days of Writing
Day 7: “Texting”
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I was tempted to repost my Mirror Universe entries for today’s “Texting” prompt, but then I remembered that I’ve been sitting on a gem of a text messaging story for over three years now.
Some Grand Revelation (Conversation with God Continued)
30 Minus 2 Days of Writing
Day 6: “Haven”
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KEVIN: I wish you would just give me a straight answer.
GOD: About what?
KEVIN: Well, about most things. About anything. Why does every conversation with you feel like a game of theological dodge ball?