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Daniel Rigney

Daniel Rigney
Location
New Texas, USA
Birthday
August 01
Title
free-range writer
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In this writing workshop and citizen's blog I'm exploring various short forms, often from a satiric angle. My interests include politics, culture and the human comedy; old and new media; social theory and urban ethnography; the commercialization, corporatization and tabloidization of everything; sustainability; Unitarianism (UU); coffee; and writing (sorry, I mean providing content). Turtle stamp is from Tandy Leather. Interested in republishing a piece? Contact drigney3@gmail.com.

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JUNE 15, 2012 12:42PM

Whatever Happened to Winter?

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By Daniel Rigney

 

Asked in 1992:

Whatever happened to communes?

Whatever happened to Transcendental Meditation (or Medication)?

Who is Glenn Beck? 

What is a blog?

Whatever happened to vinyl?

Whatever happened to waterbeds?

 

Asked in 2012:

Whatever happened to cigarettes?

Whatever happened to creation science?

Whatever happened to Glenn Beck?

Where can I get vinyl records?

What is a waterbed?  

 

Asked in 2032:

Whatever happened to the vinyl revival?

Whatever happened to orgoids and plasticides?

Who is Justin Gaga?

What is a texting?

It's getting warmer. Where can I find a cooling bed?

 

Asked in 2092:

Whatever happened to winter?

 

 Asked in 2192:

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Whoa! reality check par excellence!
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Poor Woman
June 15, 2012 05:59 PM
Thank you, PoW! I tagged this one both "humor" and "not humor" for reasons you get. It's an attempt to tell a social-science fiction story in compressed form. At least I hope it turns out to be fiction.
Daniel Rigney
June 15, 2012 07:03 PM
Daniel: I really liked this format. It is unique, and says so much with an economy of words that is refreshing.
Poor Woman's Retro Diary
June 16, 2012 02:19 PM
You don't have to wait to ask "Whatever happened to winter?"

We didn't have one and, as a result, we have no peaches this year. The trees require cold and there was none. We also have lots and lots of bugs!

Glenn Beck, BTW, just signed some monster contract, but I don't khow with whom. I wish we were asking that question right now.
keiko alvarez
June 17, 2012 07:26 AM
Thanks, PWRD and Keiko. I'm using this blog to experiment with short forms, and I appreciate your noticing this one. Yes, Glenn Beck is still around, but not as prominently as when he had his own show on Fox. I'm thankful for that much!
Daniel Rigney
June 17, 2012 04:12 PM