by pod | Jan 8, 2026 | The Prince of Darkness Chronicles
I just rewatched the original The Terminator, and it didn’t feel like nostalgia. It felt like watching a warning label we all peeled off and threw away. Judgment Day was August 29, 1997. Nuclear fire. Skynet becomes self-aware. Humanity nearly wipes itself out in a...
by pod | Dec 31, 2025 | The Prince of Darkness Chronicles
I thought I was having a safe, low-risk evening. Couch. Background TV. Brain mostly offline. I’m half-watching Grey’s Anatomy, which at this point isn’t really a show so much as a weather pattern. You don’t sit down to watch Grey’s Anatomy. It just happens around you...
by pod | Dec 24, 2025 | The Prince of Darkness Chronicles
Christmas always sneaks up on me. One minute I’m still convincing myself that moving back to Wisconsin was the right call, and the next thing I know it’s the end of the year and—somehow—life in Eau Claire feels normal again. That alone feels worth noting. I’ve got a...
by pod | Dec 17, 2025 | The Prince of Darkness Chronicles
Once again, we’re being told this might be the moment. The federal government may reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III. And before anyone rushes in to say “actually, that matters,” yes—it does. This isn’t nothing. Schedule III would mean cannabis...
by pod | Dec 3, 2025 | The Prince of Darkness Chronicles
A couple of days ago, during a bed-to-chair transfer, I sneezed with the lifestyle commitment of a category-whatever hurricane. My entire body tried to relocate itself without permission, leaving me with two prime choices: launch face-first into the wall and leave a...
by pod | Nov 23, 2025 | The Prince of Darkness Chronicles
Chapter One – When the Music Stopped There wasn’t a single moment when rock ’n’ roll died. No dramatic final chord, no last great album that slammed the door shut. It wasn’t a bomb—it was erosion. Slow. Quiet. Invisible. A thousand small cracks spreading across a...
