In November of 1957, Russia launched a rocket into space carrying a stray picked up from the streets of Moscow. Laika was sent into space with no hope or way of returning to Earth. She was sent to die, in space, alone. We know that her heart rate reached rates over twice as high as …
Author: Fatesjoke
The Fact and Fiction Behind Eye Exams and Eyewear
Everyone gets annual eye exams. Or maybe it is better said that everyone should get an annual eye exam. Regardless if you get that annual exam or have never seen an optometrist, chances are you have some sort of vision related issue that should be addressed. Maybe you haven’t had an eye exam recently because …
The Annual Eye Exam- More Than Seeing 20/20
Another year goes by and you get the notice in your mailbox, email inbox or on your cell phone; it is time for your annual eye exam. Maybe your contact lens prescription has expired and you need to order more, maybe your arms are too short for you to read the small print on the …
Understanding Free-Form Progressive Lenses
Nearly everyone over the age of 45 is a presbyope (person that has started to need some help reading the dinner menu over the past few years) and has heard the stories about Progressive Addition Lenses (PALs); “I have no room to see the computer,” “There is too much distortion on the sides,” “I can’t …
List of Top Five Lists
My top five selections for various things that one might have a selection of choices for. The five choices are not presented in order, I don’t think I could pick which choice is better than the next. Enjoy. Books- Where the Red Fern Grows- Wilson Rawls House of Leaves- Mark Z Danielewski Hatchet- Gary Paulsen …
Why Fatesjoke?
I began using the moniker “Fatesjoke” in 2003 with an email address that I set-up (I think it was Yahoo), at the time I thought it was really just a clever combination of words. Over time, the more I thought about the name the more I liked it and as events of life played out …
The Mount
It always confuses you for the first couple of moments, crossing that invisible boundary between Feyatlas and the Outerlands. Even with your eyes covered by the hood, you can “sense” the change in the air. It gets a little more difficult to move your wings and the sounds reaching your ears are a little muted …
Coffee and Cigarettes
He looked at the cell phone sitting in the table. It may have been the third time since he had gotten to the coffee shop, it may have been the thirtieth. No one was paying attention, least of all him. All he knew was that she had said she was going to call him and …
An undesired begining
“Matt, I’m not ready to be a mother. WE aren’t ready to be parents. I don’t want this child and I know you don’t want to have a child. Would you think about it for a fucking second? Do we really want to stop drinking? Do you really want to stop hanging out with the …
Sanskrit
She was nice enough, this woman with the red hair. Hair so red that when she later put on the green Saint Patrick’s Day hat, she conjured images of a fey princess in my mind; hair red as fire, and a face of beautiful fierceness. She was nice because she asked me to come sit …