Work made my brain melt. This happens sometimes. The problem is that there’s only so much cranial capacity, there’s only so much mental space that words can be drawn from. And what happens, on days that I have to write a lot (and this was one of those days), is that the gears in theContinue reading “On the Mid-Week View”
Monthly Archives: June 2009
On Life as a Music Meme
A friend of mine passed this along recently. Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to 15 people (or not) and include me. Try not to repeat a song title. It’s harder than you think. It’s not that hard. I did a similar meme with the Beatles aboutContinue reading “On Life as a Music Meme”
On the Pernicious Evils of the FCC
Fuck the FCC. Fuck the cell phone companies. A year ago, I went out and dutifully bought a digital converter box for my television. Analog signals were going away, because the cell phone companies wanted the analog spectrum for who the fuck knows what reason. I set up the digital converter box, and I hadContinue reading “On the Pernicious Evils of the FCC”
On Finishing Writing an Outline
The first draft of the outline is done. It’s four pages. 3,200 words. It’s the product of six cups of coffee (spiked with Bailey’s), animal crackers, a Slurpee, and three pints of Guinness. And a time-out to watch some Animaniacs. My brain feels beaten. I also have the munchies. I’m going to sleep. I’ll lookContinue reading “On Finishing Writing an Outline”
On Being Barking Mad
Yesterday I had a “barking mad” story idea. It’s really not that mad. It’s not my insane desire to write a Doctor Who/Uncle Scrooge crossover, which I think would be absolutely fab. It’s more a case of “Why has no one ever thought to put this together with that?” As best I can tell, noContinue reading “On Being Barking Mad”
On the End of Friday
I arrived home from work today, and discovered that I’d received an unexpected package. Big Finish sent me a comp copy of Short Trips: Re:Collections. 🙂 I’ve had a copy of the book since the beginning of the month. I’d bought it from WhoNA, because I wanted a copy of the “Best Of” anthology thatContinue reading “On the End of Friday”
On the Week That’s Been
Six weeks ago, give or take, I decided that I didn’t have to write a blog post every day. I’d written something every day from the end of March 2007 to April 2009, a run of some 750 straight days. I can’t promise that every day was quality, but every day had something. Ever sinceContinue reading “On the Week That’s Been”
On My Ever-Twisted Soul
My sister called me, concerned. She and her husband had decided that when my niece is christened, they want my brother to be the godfather. Her concern? Was I offended by this? That would be… no. Look, I’m a godless heathen. Like they would want me to take a role in the religious education ofContinue reading “On My Ever-Twisted Soul”
On Watches, Faucets, and Headaches
A year ago, I discovered that Underground Toys was producing a replica of the Doctor’s fobwatch from the “Human Nature”/”Family of Blood” two-parter of Doctor Who‘s third season. While I sort of wanted one, it wasn’t high on my list of priorities. Unlike The Journal of Impossible Things, which I instantly wanted, and I’m nowContinue reading “On Watches, Faucets, and Headaches”
On the Strange New Worlds Interview
Unreality SF posted today Strange New Worlds: A Look Back, an article in which several authors look back on Pocket Books’ Strange New Worlds anthology contest. Strange New Worlds was an anthology that was open to North American writers with less than three published credits, affording them the opportunity to write and submit Star TrekContinue reading “On the Strange New Worlds Interview”