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“Sure beats the alternative,” said James.
“What, to be mortal? Let me tell you boy, mortality is a weakness. You must protect yourself and your family from certain death by living far less of an adventurous life than you could if you were invincible. You can’t eat the wrong thing, you can’t love the wrong person, you can’t even drink to excess without dire consequences to your organs or decisions. And the worst of it all, you feed monsters like us in the end. Your only real purpose in life.”
“I have to get back to the kitchen…”






By Emmanuel Williams * I will take my pain Adore all shame Take all blame All in the name * With my steps forward I take one back I am guilty of loving it My evil lacks not * There is nowhere to run Let the darknesses come Lightning pierce the sky A burden, I…
By Emmanuel Williams * Here’s the thing: I’ve watched Sex and the City while I sip whiskey deep into the night. It helps take the edge off of single life. It helps me come up with fantastic column ideas like WTAH? I mean I idolize Carrie and Samantha, and I still really wanna fuck Charlotte.…
By Emmanuel Williams * I have so much power for this I am clever, with wit She knows I’m sick with it… * I’m a grand piano being played by a cheerleader From Manga No stranger No danger No drama * Age 16 behind the wheel of a Hummer An infant attempting a filibuster A…
By Emmanuel Williams * Things surely have gone askew I have nothing less to do For I cannot say what I wish to say And I cannot be at fault for honesty’s delay * You and I are in this together As I wish to tell the complete tale That is for another day And…
By Emmanuel Williams Jon Snow has gone missing. No one seems to care. After her attempts to convince Lord and Lady alike to send a search party, to no avail, Arya Stark procured her provisions, and a horse, and left them all to their mead and detachment. “I’ll find him.” And so she rode out…
By Emmanuel Williams * Oh you escape artist You pompous frictionist Aging hypocratist Problematic president! * Oh Trump You’re like a mother took a dump A rotten orange still plump A truck at the pump * Queen of the sycophant bees Lies that grow on trees Supreme Court on its knees CONGRESS IRONING YOUR TEES!…
By Emmanuel Williams * Control On a roll of evolution I have divided control * You are you As much As I am I And it’s just * I expect so much Or at least I used to Much of me And so much of you * But you are an unknown A stranger wind…
By Emmanuel Williams When one marries, they find themselves committed to a family, one they married into mostly. One they might create, and if they are successful, they have, congratulations, produced children less prone to poverty and crime. When one is alone, one finds love where one can. In the bottom of the well, at…
By Emmanuel Williams My motto used to be “What’s Next?” It’s the perfect on-the-job attitude. In order to speak the motto, one must have just completed a role-related task. It’s one hell of a productive attitude that still comes in handy. Lately I’ve been thinking about human evolution in regards to religion, psychology, and spiritual…
By Emmanuel Williams “Your left. Your left. Your left, right, left. Your left, your left. Your left, right… Your left, your left, your left right… I boiled my balls!” “I boiled my balls!” “Ah in the enemy’s halls!” “Ah in the enemy’s halls!” “I burned down the walls!” “I burned down the walls!” “All in…
By Emmanuel Williams The Bloodstream hypothesis is based on a biological constant. That what’s coursing through your bloodstream is by no means flowing through mine. And vice versa. It demands that we come to terms with our biological distance from each other, and how we seek to bridge that gap both successfully and unsuccessfully. First,…
By Emmanuel Williams Today I voted in the November 4, 2025 election in my Colorado county by the skin of my teeth. I had the dentist late in the day and my ballot had already been lost in our mail pile. But I did it! On my way home tonight I discovered I had access…