In high school, in Driver’s Ed, they taught us “defensive driving.” I remember one of my classmates making a joke, “But what about offensive driving?” Or maybe that’s not a memory and just an obvious retort that should be made. In any case, tonight I witnessed firsthand a case of offensive driving. I needed toContinue reading “On Offensive Driving”
Category Archives: Life
On the Angel Tree Package
I mentioned a few days ago that I was putting together an Angel Tree package at the office. I talked about that here. Tonight I finished wrapping the thing, and tomorrow I’m going to take it to the office. MY work will be done. The tag I picked off the tree was for a sevenContinue reading “On the Angel Tree Package”
On Receiving Fundraising Appeals
This afternoon I went through a stack of fundraising appeals I’ve received in the mail in the last month. When I go through my mail, if it’s obviously a fundraiser from someone that I’ve not given money to in the past, the envelope goes unopened in a pile until the pile is twenty pieces highContinue reading “On Receiving Fundraising Appeals”
On My Grandmother’s Car
My grandmother’s boat of a car is gone. It was a mid-90s Ford Crown Victoria. No, scratch that. I’ve just looked at pictures. It was a late-80s Crown Victoria, probably about 1986 or 1987. I don’t know the last time my grandmother drove it. She didn’t drive it after summer 2005. That’s when the transmissionContinue reading “On My Grandmother’s Car”
On the Death of a Friend
It was a strange weekend. A colleague of mine at the office, Lance Woods, did an autographing of his first novel, Heroic Park, at a bookstore about ten minutes from the house, so Saturday afternoon I drove up to Reisterstown. There was a nice group of people crowded into the bookstore, all people I knewContinue reading “On the Death of a Friend”
On a Life Round-Up
Where does the time go? Don’t answer that. It’s a rhetorical question. Life has been busy. There have been writing deadlines, both work-related and personal-related. There has been some personal stuff occupying my time — and driving me half-mental. And there has been working on WordPress code for the new website. Let’s take these inContinue reading “On a Life Round-Up”
On a Miserable Flight
Sometimes selfishness doesn't pay. Which isn't a lesson I've really learned in my life, as I generally am not a selfish person. Still, selfish moments do happen. And one such moment happened on a flight from Las Vegas to Raleigh. Until six years ago I worked for EB Games. We had annual manager conferences, usuallyContinue reading “On a Miserable Flight”
On Upcoming Conventions
Let’s pause for a moment and look at conventions in my near future! This weekend, September 8th and 9th, is Baltimore Comic-Con. While I have a two-day pass, I will probably only be there on Saturday. I mentioned in June that I was applying for press credentials for New York Comic-Con, October 11-14. Unfortunately, IContinue reading “On Upcoming Conventions”
On that Feeling of Deja Vu
Deja vu. The sense that something you’ve just witnessed, something you’ve just felt happened to you before. I’ve suffered from this feeling. I’m sure every one of you reading this has as well. I can even tell you what deja vu likely is — the brain’s visual cortex gets out of sync and processes theContinue reading “On that Feeling of Deja Vu”
On Lining Up Future Conventions
I’ve started the process to apply for press credentials for this October’s New York Comic Con. Yesterday morning I read an article on Comics Beat about the press application process — and it is a process — and since I have to hold down the fort at the office every July when San Diego happens,Continue reading “On Lining Up Future Conventions”