BST = Bumper Sticker Thoughts. Unquipping quippy quips. Thoughts about actual bumper stickers and thoughts that ought be bumper stickers (or t-shirts, or hats, or whatever). Why Does God Get All the Credit, But None of the Blame? It happens all the time, at all levels of society, but we most publicly see this phenomenon … Continue reading BST: God Gets All the Credit
Tag: Religion
Rapture
Author's Note: This one wrote itself in a way. The sing-song rhythm that I invariably fall into when I read it wasn't planned at all. I think with a bit of massaging, it could probably be a great poem, but I really like it as it is. Which, now that I think of it, is … Continue reading Rapture
Extradition
Author's Note: Not all missions go as planned. But the unexpected failure of some have far greater implications than anyone involved in planning or executing them could ever imagine. The young scientist knelt down for the third time in half an hour, his lungs madly grasping for purchase on the thinning air about him. The … Continue reading Extradition
The Termination
Author's Note: I often wonder about how much better the world might be without certain plagues that afflict it. This story is about the eradication of the worst of them. The scientist that took the podium looked, at first glance, more like a center linebacker for the Samoan National Football Team than a man … Continue reading The Termination
Born Again
Author's note: This one is perhaps too subtle. As it is, I think import of the Creator's terrible work is probably too easily missed. But I think explaining it might diminish the impact for those who get it. Let me know what you think. The forest was ablaze with the green fire of spring. Everywhere … Continue reading Born Again
Pictures in the Sky
Author's Note: I recall feeling like there was some intrinsic connection between the names of the protagonist and his girlfriend in this one. I'm generally terrible at choosing character names, so I was happy to have found a pair that fit so well together, for whatever reason. It wasn't until years later that it dawned … Continue reading Pictures in the Sky
It Began
Author's Note: It's interesting to imagine what the boundless curiosity and playfulness of a child would create, if only it could. Like all things living it began as a baby. It gurgled and squirmed and contemplated the darkness around it and imagined light. And then there was light. And its infantile imagination reeled at … Continue reading It Began
Divide and Fall
I’ve never understood the tendency for cultures, nations, and religions to systematically demean, exclude, marginalize, and otherize targeted groups within their own spheres. No doubt it is an extension of our human need to hate in order to get things done. And to some extent, I can understand leveraging that unfortunate tendency to unite your … Continue reading Divide and Fall
Heath Fogelman, author 