C. James Highlander

C. James Highlander

@1livelyrogue.bsky.social

Writer of crime fiction. Educator of neurodivergent teens. Husband. Father. Currently reading: The Apocalypse Seven by Gene Doucette.

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C. James Highlander
@1livelyrogue.bsky.social

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” -Dwight Eisenhower. April 16, 1953.

C. James Highlander
@1livelyrogue.bsky.social

In my fiction writing I create the businesses I could never open in real life. There is a two story strip club with a plexiglass floor called The Glass Ceiling. There is also a female-owned gun shop called Creant & Demeanor’s. I am large. I contain volumes.

C. James Highlander
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Ossoff is Jewish? I don’t really care, but I didn’t know that. I like who he is, and that matters MORE than where his people are from. Sure wish we had people like this in Louisiana.

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C. James Highlander
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I had an idea for a post-apocalyptic fiction in which everyone suffered in one massive incident, but then the survivors actually kinda have it better. So everyone is deeply wounded by their loss while also living their best life. They dwell on nostalgia because the present is pretty okay. 1/2

C. James Highlander
@1livelyrogue.bsky.social

1/ The gas stations here in South Louisiana where I live are largely owned by Yemeni. It amuses me know end to finish my business by thanking them in Arabic. It surprises them and I think delights them. Occasionally one reflexes a response and doesn’t realize what was said until I’m at the door, and

C. James Highlander
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I’ve been looking forward to this one for a few years. I’m in that sweet spot between finals and first day of class, so I picked it up. I am disappointingly unimpressed. Its descriptions of simple actions need polishing, and I don’t care about any of the characters. Also, the writer’s investment 1/2

C. James Highlander
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Reposting because I think I need this as a tattoo.

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Death leans forward, pipe in hand, blowing bubbles across the ceiling — a strange, almost playful memento mori carved into plaster by Johann Georg Leinberger around 1729. It's part of the Holy Grave Chapel at Michaelsberg Abbey in Bamberg, Germany. ❤️

C. James Highlander
@1livelyrogue.bsky.social

“The storm is up, and all is on the hazard.” I’m outside watching Isaias roll past east of us. I am very glad not to be in the way of this one. Lots of wind here and the bayous are up across the Northshore.

C. James Highlander
@1livelyrogue.bsky.social

I am sick of watching the news and feeling like an adult watching kids on a playground. These people are in power because they are rich. They are in power to get richer. They are dumb, spoiled, and short-sighted. I would feel badly for them and the lives they live if I weren’t so mad at them.

C. James Highlander
@1livelyrogue.bsky.social

A note to journalists: Your reader should not have to wade through nine paragraphs to find out the why. In this instance, I believe the reporter doesn’t actually know why teens are protesting, and the editor sucks.. apple.news/AGi73pCWCQR6...

apple.newsWhat to know as France school protests morph into unrest and the streets are seething — The Associated PressFrance is experiencing widespread student protests, with thousands of arrests and hundreds of injuries reported.
C. James Highlander
@1livelyrogue.bsky.social

It’s clearly blowing raspberries at the Neanderthals it just outran.

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“Bison Licking Its Flank,”~20,000–12,000 years ago (Upper Paleolithic, likely Magdalenian period) - Reindeer antler - discovered at the rock shelter of La Madeleine in southwestern France. This carving is distinctive for capturing natural behavior - a bison twisting in a dynamic pose in irritation

C. James Highlander
@1livelyrogue.bsky.social

Currently reading: Seize The Day by Saul Bellow. Most recommended book: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. Go-to bookmark: Cigar flag. Most read series: Probably Star Trek novels. Last book you finished: The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham. Biggest book you’ve read: 1Q84 by Haruki Mirukami.