A week ago, I read Nick Hornby’s screenplay for An Education, the new film starring Carey Mulligan and Peter Saarsgard. I liked it, I was entertained by the screenplay, and I’m looking forward to seeing the film at some nebulous point in the future, and… Well, there’s a but. The “but” is that it suffersContinue reading “More on Some Reading and Writing”
On Formatting for the iPhone
Mobile devices, capable of browsing the Internet, are becoming more and more commonplace, and to make it easier for people on a mobile device, like an iPhone, I’ve had a mobile plugin for WordPress in my install, the WordPress Mobile Edition plugin, to reformat the blog into something mobile friendly. Earlier in the week, IContinue reading “On Formatting for the iPhone”
On Receiving a Calendar
I received in the mail today a package I was not expecting. It was the Colonial Williamsburg 2010 Wall Calendar. I’ve been contributing to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation for a few years now, even though it’s someplace I’ve never been, though I’ve always meant to go. They produce a nice history magazine, and I enjoyContinue reading “On Receiving a Calendar”
On Blustery Saturdays
Were it not for the sodding rain, today would be perfect for kite-flying. It’s blustery. The sky is overcast. The wind is up. Leaves are falling. It’s over seventy degrees. Only it’s raining. Not heavy, but steady. And the ground is soggy, from the four days of rain we had over last weekend and theContinue reading “On Blustery Saturdays”
On Snoopy Flying Ace
We wants it, Precious! We needs it, Precious! Snoopy Flying Ace for the Xbox 360. No idea when it’s coming out. It had better be soon! I’m getting the shakes just thinking about it. 🙂
On Writing and Reading
I’m doing NaNoWriMo this year. Sort of. National Novel Writing Month is a bit of literary insanity where people of all literary skill levels try to write 50,000 words in a single month. Specifically, the month of November. I’m not planning on using the month to break ground on a new novel. I’m going toContinue reading “On Writing and Reading”
On Writing Macro Code For Work
Last week the publications at work went to press. I’ve always referred to this week as “Hell Week,” though for the most part it’s really not that bad. Maybe I have to stay late on Wednesday, but that’s not such a bad thing; I unplug the headphones on the computer speakers, crank up the subwoofer,Continue reading “On Writing Macro Code For Work”
On an Epic Win
Dave Galanter posted on Facebook last night a link to a picture on FailBlog — a protester and his sign. I’m not sure what motivated me to take a look and see the picture, but I did. Judging from Dave’s comment, I had the impression that the protester’s sign was, perhaps, a bit vague. WhatContinue reading “On an Epic Win”
On a Biblical Bonfire
On Halloween, in the western North Carolina town of Canton, parishioners of the Amazing Grace Baptist Church will be having themselves a book burning. But not just any books. Satanic books. Like Bibles. If it’s not the King James Version, it’s Satanic, according to pastor Marc Grizzard: “The New Revised Version Bible, the American StandardContinue reading “On a Biblical Bonfire”
On First Drafts
While cleaning up the office this morning, I saw a pile of handwritten notebook paper. My first thought was that it was from some of my early work on “THOD.” But when I picked the papers up and started reading them, I discovered it was something else entirely. It was a partial first draft ofContinue reading “On First Drafts”