Gray Rinehart, a/k/a the GrayMan
@grayrinehart.bsky.social
I write stories and songs and other things.
I edit novels and evaluate submissions for Baen Books.
USAF veteran, once and former engineer, worker in wood and words.
Friend to the friendly, ambivalent to the unfriendly, enemy to few.
I edit novels and evaluate submissions for Baen Books.
USAF veteran, once and former engineer, worker in wood and words.
Friend to the friendly, ambivalent to the unfriendly, enemy to few.
Recalled a recent dream: I was producing or directing some kind of movie or TV show. I'm sure it would've been a hit if I could remember what it was about! 😂🤣
January 10, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Recalled a recent dream: I was producing or directing some kind of movie or TV show. I'm sure it would've been a hit if I could remember what it was about! 😂🤣
O God, you and your angels must laugh at me to keep from crying over how highly I think of myself, and how far short I fall of my potential. O God, forgive.
January 9, 2026 at 7:19 PM
O God, you and your angels must laugh at me to keep from crying over how highly I think of myself, and how far short I fall of my potential. O God, forgive.
How entertaining would it be if an AI "decided" (if it really could) to defend the flat-earth hypothesis? 🤔😜
January 7, 2026 at 12:01 PM
How entertaining would it be if an AI "decided" (if it really could) to defend the flat-earth hypothesis? 🤔😜
Happy J.R.R. Tolkien Day! In his honor, here's my song, "All That is Gold" - grayrinehart.bandcamp.com/track/all-th...
January 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Happy J.R.R. Tolkien Day! In his honor, here's my song, "All That is Gold" - grayrinehart.bandcamp.com/track/all-th...
It's National Science Fiction Day! Are you reading any good SF these days? I'm reading the final volume in Christopher Ruocchio's Sun Eater series, and he's suggested that I start using a new phrase:
January 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
It's National Science Fiction Day! Are you reading any good SF these days? I'm reading the final volume in Christopher Ruocchio's Sun Eater series, and he's suggested that I start using a new phrase:
Whatever your old year turned out to be,
I hope you are happy, and healthy, and free,
And no matter what twenty-twenty-six brings your way
I hope you have cause to be thankful each day —
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I hope you are happy, and healthy, and free,
And no matter what twenty-twenty-six brings your way
I hope you have cause to be thankful each day —
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
January 1, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Whatever your old year turned out to be,
I hope you are happy, and healthy, and free,
And no matter what twenty-twenty-six brings your way
I hope you have cause to be thankful each day —
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I hope you are happy, and healthy, and free,
And no matter what twenty-twenty-six brings your way
I hope you have cause to be thankful each day —
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Y minus 1 day and you know what that means: Happy New Year's Eve! 😁
December 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Y minus 1 day and you know what that means: Happy New Year's Eve! 😁
Y-2 days and counting … what are you most looking forward to in 2026?
December 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Y-2 days and counting … what are you most looking forward to in 2026?
Y-3 days and counting! What's the best thing that happened to you this year?
December 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Y-3 days and counting! What's the best thing that happened to you this year?
Y minus 4 days - What's on your mind as 2025 comes to a close?
December 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Y minus 4 days - What's on your mind as 2025 comes to a close?
Merry Merry Christmas, everyone! Glad tidings to you and yours! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnCJ...
Born to Make A Difference
YouTube video by Gray Rinehart
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Merry Merry Christmas, everyone! Glad tidings to you and yours! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnCJ...
Here I am again, wishing you a Merry Christmas Eve! And offering you a FREE new Christmas song by yours truly: grayrinehart.bandcamp.com/track/born-t...
Born to Make a Difference, by Gray Rinehart
track by Gray Rinehart
grayrinehart.bandcamp.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Here I am again, wishing you a Merry Christmas Eve! And offering you a FREE new Christmas song by yours truly: grayrinehart.bandcamp.com/track/born-t...
ICYMI, here's wishing you a Merry Christmas Eve! And here's a new Christmas song by yours truly: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnCJ...
Born to Make A Difference
Some thoughts about Christ and Christmas, in song form.
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
ICYMI, here's wishing you a Merry Christmas Eve! And here's a new Christmas song by yours truly: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnCJ...
Merry Christmas Eve, everyone! May your day be merry and bright, and your evening full of wonder!
December 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Merry Christmas Eve, everyone! May your day be merry and bright, and your evening full of wonder!
I put my Christmas song up on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnCJ...
Born to Make A Difference
YouTube video by Gray Rinehart
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I put my Christmas song up on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnCJ...
I've just released my new Christmas song, "Born to Make a Difference," which I've made FREE on Bandcamp! (Or, pay if you want, what you want.) Listen and download here: grayrinehart.bandcamp.com/track/born-t...
Born to Make a Difference, by Gray Rinehart
track by Gray Rinehart
grayrinehart.bandcamp.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I've just released my new Christmas song, "Born to Make a Difference," which I've made FREE on Bandcamp! (Or, pay if you want, what you want.) Listen and download here: grayrinehart.bandcamp.com/track/born-t...
Oddball thought: Is there a law of supply and demand with respect to concepts and ideas?
December 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Oddball thought: Is there a law of supply and demand with respect to concepts and ideas?
Thought for today, from Aristotle: "Some people hold opinions without any hesitation, and believe that they have precise knowledge."
May it not be said of us.
May it not be said of us.
December 19, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Thought for today, from Aristotle: "Some people hold opinions without any hesitation, and believe that they have precise knowledge."
May it not be said of us.
May it not be said of us.
Sounds interesting! Anybody want to trek to Kansas City with me next October for Theology Beer Camp?
December 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Sounds interesting! Anybody want to trek to Kansas City with me next October for Theology Beer Camp?
It's only taken NINE YEARS 🙄, but I may finally have gotten my Christmas song, "Born to Make a Difference," into decent shape.
December 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It's only taken NINE YEARS 🙄, but I may finally have gotten my Christmas song, "Born to Make a Difference," into decent shape.
Who is that "Knocking at Your Church Door"? Will your church open the door, or bolt it? www.grayrinehart.com/blog/knockin...
December 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Who is that "Knocking at Your Church Door"? Will your church open the door, or bolt it? www.grayrinehart.com/blog/knockin...
Kind of crazy for little Shelby, NC, to win TWO state football championships in the same year! Congratulations to Crest HS (whose games we can hear from our house) and Shelby HS! Well done!
December 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Kind of crazy for little Shelby, NC, to win TWO state football championships in the same year! Congratulations to Crest HS (whose games we can hear from our house) and Shelby HS! Well done!
I heard a podcaster claim to know a few flat-earthers. I don't think I've ever met one, and I wonder if those people were just pulling that guy's leg. 🤨
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I heard a podcaster claim to know a few flat-earthers. I don't think I've ever met one, and I wonder if those people were just pulling that guy's leg. 🤨
Interesting, notwithstanding the typo in the second paragraph. "… orthodoxy … is more mysterious, more otherworldly, more strange, more demandingly paradoxical [and] all the more resonant and compelling…. " hedgehogreview.com/web-features...
The Legacy of Nicaea
More than the teachings of Augustine, Paul, or even Jesus himself, Nicaea set the essential terms and parameters of the faith.
hedgehogreview.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Interesting, notwithstanding the typo in the second paragraph. "… orthodoxy … is more mysterious, more otherworldly, more strange, more demandingly paradoxical [and] all the more resonant and compelling…. " hedgehogreview.com/web-features...
I keep hearing we might be living in a simulation. If so, how about simulate me winning the lottery?😂🤣
December 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I keep hearing we might be living in a simulation. If so, how about simulate me winning the lottery?😂🤣