A bunch of odd questions, taken from Keith:
On Fun With Slate
I love reading Slate. It’s an online magazine with eclectic content. Politics to video games, pop music to the ethics of cloning, columnists from Christopher Hitchens to Timothy Noah, Slate has insight into almost everything. Here are my two finds of today. First, a 45-minute audio discussion of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. OneContinue reading “On Fun With Slate”
On Looking Ahead
Today at work I found myself looking at things coming in May. It’s not even Thanksgiving. And I’m already dealing with May. Somehow, living in the moment means planning to live in the moment months hence. I mean, I’m already thinking ahead to my annual viewing of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. And then theContinue reading “On Looking Ahead”
On Watching Old Television
Like millions of Americans, come February I’m going to need a digital converter box to watch television when the analog signals go silent. Last spring I submitted a request for a coupon for the box, and on Memorial Day I went out to Best Buy and bought one, hooked it up, and entered the digitalContinue reading “On Watching Old Television”
On Things I’ve Been Reading
Write Now! Issue #19 Published by TwoMorrows Publishing There are two magazines on writing that I routinely pick up. One is The Writer. The other is Write Now!, published by TwoMorrows Publishing. (No, I don’t read Writer’s Digest. It’s a bit useless. The special themed reprints? Sure, I’ll pick those up. But the regular issues?Continue reading “On Things I’ve Been Reading”
On Snowy Conditions
Like my blog, today has been snowy. I heard this morning that we were supposed to receive two inches of snowfall. How, I wondered? The skies were gorgeous and clear. Not really blue, but somewhere in between that and salmon. I sat at my desk, at the window overlooking Timonium, and wrote marketing copy allContinue reading “On Snowy Conditions”
On My “Blog Type”
It’s a personality test! For blogs! Typealzyer takes a look at a blog, and it makes a personality determination. For me? INTP – The Thinkers The logical and analytical type. They are especialy attuned to difficult creative and intellectual challenges and always look for something more complex to dig into. They are great at findingContinue reading “On My “Blog Type””
On Being Stumped
You know what? I’ve got nothing today. Nasty accident on the Beltway heading home. Closed four lanes of a five lane highway. Feels like snow. Wrote a lot at work. Beyond that? Nothing. So, consider this an open thread. Talk amongst yourselves. 😉
On Terrifying Dreams
I awoke this morning, in the dark hours, terrified. I’d had a dream. And it was not a pleasant one. It began pleasantly enough. I was in the office. I had the picture of Percy on my desk. My Professor Henry Jones vinyl statue. Even Sophia Myles as a miniature toy. It was my desk.Continue reading “On Terrifying Dreams”
On “Carnival of Light”
There are a couple of unreleased Beatles tracks that fans have been wanting to hear for forty-plus years. Holy Grails, basically. Tracks like the 27-minute “Helter Skelter.” Or tracks worked on during the “reunion” sessions in 1994 and 1995 like “All For Love” and “Now and Then.” And then there’s “Carnival of Light.” It’s aContinue reading “On “Carnival of Light””