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The Long View: Snapscript

This is John Reilly's more mature attempt at new English orthography, based on his earlier Altscript. Contents Everyday Snapscript Snapscript Introduction The Rules Group I: Special Forms Group II: Initial Vowels Group III: Medial Vowels Group IV: Final Vowels Group V: General Consonants Everyday Snapscript No one expects

The Long View 2005-01-05: Apocalypse; Asteroids; Demographics; Super Vixens

I remember emailing John Reilly regarding his speculation that the cityscapes in the Japanese zombie videogames/movies known as Resident Evil always look Canadian. He immediately confused me with someone else. Apocalypse; Asteroids; Demographics; Super Vixens What long-term political impact will the recent tsunami have on the eastern Indian Ocean

The Long View 2005-01-01: Things to Keep in Mind in 2005

Why does nothing ever change? I'm half-kidding, but in the beginning of 2005, the Democratic Party was going through major soul-searching from an electoral loss, and the biggest issues were terrorism, how expensive healthcare is, and immigration. Also, here is a prediction that didn't turn out

The Long View: God or Goddess?

Another book review written more than twenty years ago that couldn't be improved upon much by subsequent events. However, it does bring to mind Pope Francis' suggestion in May of 2016 that he would setup a commission to study women deacons in the early Church. Then, in

The Long View: New Spelling

New Spelling This is the first paragraph of the short story, "The Star," by H. G. Wells. It was first issued in New Spelling in 1942, with the author's permission. This slightly modified version is taken from the Simplified Spelling Society's pamphlet No. 12,

The Long View 2004-12-28: Disasters, Natural and Otherwise

The final death toll of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami came in somewhere around 250,000. Requiescat in pace. This finishes up the year 2004 of the Long View, John J. Reilly's blog. I have been at this since February of 2014, and I intend to

The Long View: Cut Speling

Cut Spelng This poem is taken from my recollection of the entry under Weather in Ambrose Bierce's "The Devil's Dictionary": Once I lookd into th futur, far as anyone cud se, And I saw th chief forcastr, ded as anyone cud be. Ded and