The Scuttlebutt
The Scuttlebutt, Jonathan LaForce, Scott ReichekThe home for William Lehman's work on Substack. Blog posts, short story and novel release announcements, and anything else that grabs my attention. With occasional guest posts.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 150 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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Utopia
It’s been said that “One man’s Utopia is another man’s Dystopia.” Well I’ll go a little further than that: There is no such thing as Utopia. It just looks like Utopia until you experience it. We’re going to explore this a little bit today,...
Interesting Times
There is a possibly apocryphal story stating there’s an ancient Chinese curse that hopes you “live in interesting times, come to the attention of those in high places, and have your fondest wish granted.” I’m looking for the bastard that so...
I'll be Late
Sorry folks but the normal post is going to be late this week. We went up to celibrate a cousin’s highschool graduation, a granddaughter’s birthday, and help my mom out by doing some of the stuff she can no longer do around the house.
I’m...
Pardon, Your Bias is Showing
I’m writing this a day early, since tomorrow is my thirtieth anniversary and Kiti and I will be out all day. Unfortunately, I have a plentitude of things to write about. I say unfortunately, because it’s all bad, stupid, or worse.
You know...
Another Target Rich Environment
With the Gods as my witness I tried to find a unifying theme for this week’s discussions. I failed miserably, so this will be another of the “target rich environment” posts.
Welcome back, pull up a chair, Brats and Kraut for dinner tonigh...
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Author, Submarine sailor, Shipyard worker, teacher, manager, cop.
A former 0811 Marine, Jonathan LaForce now writes, practices the ancient art of bbq-fu, and enjoys marriage to a stunning blonde. He putters about in an odd job nobody who went to high school with him would have picked. The Emperor Mong protects.
I'm a Marine, Father, Medic, and Author...exiled to the People's Republik of New Jersey
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