Rear-end collisions with motorcycles are pretty common. Cagers just don’t see us. While I haven’t seen these in action, the idea of increasing visibility by putting lights on my riding jacket and helmet is awesome.
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Max and the Roach (short fiction)
December 29, 2014 
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“What do you suggest?” Max asked, looking up from the menu. The waiter, in a dirty apron, responded in a thick Asian accent, “Special is good today. Sushi boat.” “I’ll have that,” Max handed the menu back and turned to sister, who had already ordered. “This is my favorite lunch spot, sis. I eat here […]
Continue readingBookstore (Poem)
December 28, 2014 0 Comments
It was a Saturday evening, my wife and I ambled into the bookstore with steaming hot cups of coffee in our hands. The warm air breathed sensually across my face and down my neck, smelling faintly of paper, glue, and memories of childhood. It felt good, that warm blanket of air that wrapped around us […]
Continue readingA Justification for Scifaiku
July 21, 2014 0 Comments
I wrote this a number of years ago for publication in a long-forgotten online magazine that is now defunct. Since I have been talking scifaiku on Twitter with some people lately, I thought I’d republish. Enjoy! The Role of Science Fiction in Poetry A justification for scifaiku Recently, while trying to define and explain “scifaiku” […]
Continue readingSciFaiku Digest #1
July 14, 2014 0 Comments
Just a dump of some of my scifaiku. Some are decent. Some are crap. Enjoy! climbing trees a thirteen-year-old Legolas 01/20/14 microscope eyepiece reveals a tiny figure waving at me 07/29/13 ancient fossil embedded in sediment wearing bluetooth 07/29/13 inside the pentagram flickering in candlelight; hot sauce 07/29/13 fighting ourselves […]
Continue reading 10 Things I Saw at the 2014 Pittsburgh Gay Pride Parade
June 15, 2014 0 Comments
Today marks my second week as a permanent resident of Pittsburgh. I have thrown myself right into the mix of life up here in the ‘Burgh. Last week I ran in the Run or Dye 5k. This week I participated in the 2014 Pittsburgh Gay Pride parade. I’m off to a great start in my new […]
Continue reading Pittsburgh Run or Dye 5k
June 7, 2014 1 Comment
Today marks exactly one week since I’ve moved to Pittsburgh, PA. About a month before I moved up here, the Binary Princess committed me to a 5k race, the Run or Dye 5k. She’s been wanting to do a color run for a long time and was so excited this finally came to Pittsburgh. So […]
Continue reading The Binary Biker is Moving to Pittsburgh
May 9, 2014 1 Comment
The time has come for me to join my wife in Pittsburgh. A year ago, I blogged that my wife was moving to Pittsburgh because she got a job with Google. We made the difficult decision that I would stay in Florida for two reasons: My job was pretty awesome and I wanted to take […]
Continue reading haiku #8 (2014)
January 23, 2014 0 Comments
obscured by my breath rocket rising in the east I forget I’m cold © Ron Sparks Watched the NASA TDLR-L Atlas 5 rocket launch this evening. The picture above was taken from my neighborhood on my iPhone over 50 miles from the launch. Awesome.
Continue readinghaiku #7 (2014)
January 22, 2014 0 Comments
my dogs fidget, bitter draft under the door – outside, the storm howls © Ron Sparks
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