Snow fell last night. About an inch, maybe an inch and a half. The world looks pretty. The yard has that flat, white look that it gets when everything’s under a layer of snow. The road’s already clear.
Author Archives: Allyn
On the Senate and the Iraq Troop Surge
Yesterday Republican Senators were able to block debate and a full Senate vote on a non-binding resolution expressing disapproval of President Bush’s decision to “surge” American troops into Iraq. For the forty-seven Senators who voted against cloture on the resolution, their votes amounted to an approval of the President’s decision to keep the United StatesContinue reading “On the Senate and the Iraq Troop Surge”
On Ideas
Some days, Batman once said, you cannot get rid of a bomb. Occasionally, I’ll have a story idea like that. It’s something I just cannot get rid of. Recently I’ve had four abso-smurf-ly killer story ideas. For Boston Legal. And absolutely nothing I can do with them–though I could write a teleplay on spec, I’dContinue reading “On Ideas”
On Revisiting a Previous Post
That potentially good news I mentioned. Yeah, didn’t come through. Quite frankly, I have no fucking clue what’s going on. And in other news. My bitchin’ computer speakers? Yeah, one died. Not quite as bitchin’ any more.
On Invitations
An interesting e-mail arrived today–an invitation to a blogger conference/get-together in Raleigh, hosted by the local NBC station there. I’ll admit, it’s intriguing. I’ve never thought of myself as someone who got noticed in the blogosphere. The NBC station wants to have a sit-down with bloggers to talk about the role blogs can play inContinue reading “On Invitations”
On Total Nerd-dom
Firebox is selling a USB hub shaped like the TARDIS. According to this article at The Register the TARDIS USB hub “not only flashes its light and blares out the time-space craft’s famous ripping-a-hole-in-reality take-off sound.” I don’t need a USB hub–I have one, and I’ve never used it, except for one day where IContinue reading “On Total Nerd-dom”
On Potentially Good News
Friday afternoon I moved into a new cubicle at work. I’d spent the past few months at a kind of walled off desk with barely enough room from myself, my CPU unit, my monitor, keyboard, and mouse. My phone? I didn’t really need it — who would call me? — so it was shoved behindContinue reading “On Potentially Good News”
On Falling Snow
Today’s weather forecast called for light rain showers in the evening. I was looking forward to that–the car could use a bath, after the snow and salt of last week’s snowfall. When I left work the wind was blowing lightly from the north and west, and dark clouds hugged the horizon. I frowned–north and westContinue reading “On Falling Snow”
On a Sad Feeling
My grandmother’s sense of time has gone out the window. She sleeps during the day, then doesn’t understand why it’s dark at dinner time. Her understanding of the weather is tricky at best. She has no idea where she is in relation to North Carolina — she thinks we’re twenty minutes from Rocky Mount, whichContinue reading “On a Sad Feeling”
On a "Miserable Failure" No More
Go ahead. Do it. A Google search on the phrase “Miserable Failure.” Once upon a time, the phrase “Miserable Failure” would have brought up this page, the official White House biography of President George W. Bush. But no more. Google has done away with Googlebombs, the technique of linking to a page by using aContinue reading “On a "Miserable Failure" No More”