Robin George

A writer, sword fighter and lantern lighter.
Visit my sub-stack for fantasy satire and poetry.

[Robin George @Remarkgeorge]

"The Devious Plots of Underwater Horses"
#fiction

“And that’s when the horse grabbed him?” Sheriff Ratcliff asked, his right eyebrow rising on his face in the same manner that parents would at night to the sound of their crying children. With reluctance and unavoidability.

[Robin George @Remarkgeorge]

@Alberta_UCP Former Mayor Nenshi was the subject of a sting operation to expose him for corruption, taken out by Conservative politicians. Look up Canadaland's Ratf**ker series. Nenshi is legit an honest politician. 100% better than Smith. For Trudeau my ass.

[Robin George @Remarkgeorge]

In this story, Lloren demonstrates the importance of hard work, consistency and following your dreams in his archaeological excavation of a cursed ruin. Even if your dreams are full of angry gods.

[Robin George @Remarkgeorge]

Just not of himself.

He shook his head and carefully re-arranged his face to a more neutral setting. “Why don’t you start at the beginning.”

--- Find the rest of the story on my Substack! (Link in Bio)

[Robin George @Remarkgeorge]

"The Devious Plots of Underwater Horses"
#fiction

“And that’s when the horse grabbed him?” Sheriff Ratcliff asked, his right eyebrow rising on his face in the same manner that parents would at night to the sound of their crying children. With reluctance and unavoidability.

[Robin George @Remarkgeorge]

And yet he enjoyed his station and the privileges that went with it, so had the distinct problem of sticking out like an over-pampered thumb.

He also sported a well oiled and refined mistletoe moustache that everyone agreed really suited his name. He was deeply observant.

[Duane Bratt🇨🇦 @DuaneBratt]

Former Lethbridge Mayor David Carpenter with a letter on the APP idea. Carpenter, a Chartered Accountant, and was on the Alberta WCB board and was instrumental in re-organizing their investments.

[DKGray @TheRealDKGray]

Dave from Alberta, again our
Northern neighbours.

Before we embark on another day of fighting for the end of our Alberta Government’s black ops blackout advertising operation to ruin hockey broadcasts across the nation, a little background.

Unlike Dave from Canmore, I have done stuff. I was the Utilities Consumer Advocate for several years before the Office was neutered.

I’m an economist with 30+ years experience in electricity. I am not an engineer, but I’ve had a lot of them work for me. Some were pretty smart.

The problems we have here stem all the way back to deregulation. During the late 1990s, financial virtualization was all the rage. It led us to a bad market design.

Which was made worse by the PC Government in 2012, when they changed the rules to allow Economic Withholding.

If you understand OPEC, you understand economic withholding.

Hold back some product to drive the price WAY UP for the rest of your sales.

Our producers do this by pricing some product at the cap $1/kW.h driving up prices for the power they do sell

The NDP made an attempt to reform the market, but failed to finish. They did stop EW for a few years.

When the UCP took over, they let it right back in.

Some people think Jason Kenney is really smart.

The people like Jeff who are paying 32 cents per kW.h probably don’t think so.

Anyway, since January 1, 2021 four companies have been allowed to drive up the price FIVE TIMES HIGHER

And blackouts?

Smith was complaining that we had ten “emergencies” last year.

If you wonder how that was caused by future Federal regulations, you are not alone.

The very things that the ads warn about - blackouts and quadruple prices - have already been visited on Alberta electricity consumers.

Help us stop the psychological abuse that comes with being a sentient being in this hillbilly heaven.

Don’t believe a word Smith says on electricity.

She knows what the real problem is. She even said it - once - right after the election.

It’s economic withholding and bad market design.

It’s not Trudeau.

It’s not gas.

It’s definitely not coal.

It’s a callous and disgusting strategy to let four companies hold us all hostage.

And fuck, it makes me angry.

Time to repost something I had taken down after the election.

Thanks for helping us get the focus back on their incompetence by trashing these shitty ads, you absolute beauties.

Dave from St Albert

#BlackoutTheAds

Appropriate (foul) language ahead.

[Robin George @Remarkgeorge]

There was a blot here on the page where he had angrily stabbed the word “soul”, like he could ram the quill through the paper and stab the reader on the other side of it. He was one angry scribe, the kind that weaponizes semicolons and flings exclamation marks like Molotovs.

[Robin George @Remarkgeorge]

"I hope this letter finds you Well."
Yurik Stafferson, Department Head of Formerly Great Civilizations, wishes the illest possible future upon his former colleague.

#writerslift #fantasy #READERS #writingcommmunity #mustread

Check out my substack for this new short story!

[Robin George @Remarkgeorge]

...as this letter would be illegible to you in the darkness of your prison. Much as I doubt these words will be comprehensible to you due to the darkness of your mind, heart and soul.

[Robin George @Remarkgeorge]

@disorderedyyc The entitlement of this one is strong.

They are not the only ones who work long hours or have dangerous working conditions.

👎

[Robin George @Remarkgeorge]

Playing with Lightroom for the first time in 6-7 years and I can honestly say... that's a lot of buttons to push. Oh boy. More learning required.

[Robin George @Remarkgeorge]

Wandered into the river valley to watch the sunset and just missed it. Still had decent light to capture fall photos as I wandered, so...

Got lots of work to do, and here I am taking pictures.

I'm Fall-photo-crastinating.

[Robin George @Remarkgeorge]

https://t.co/2hk0eUDN0R

[Robin George @Remarkgeorge]

"A Just Man and His Cards"
Full Story on Substack (link below)

On the far north coast of Rundell, a sailor and a miscreant have a pleasant discussion about card strategy on a dark and formerly stormy night.