That sound you hear? Those are my screams. I’d started a short story last week. It wasn’t much, I wrote two pages in the heat of the idea, and I wasn’t sure if I’d get back to it. If I’d want to get back to it. It was, suffice to say, a little strange, andContinue reading “On Head-Thumping”
On Editing
Yesterday a friend e-mailed a short story he’d written for a college course. Could I look over the story and make grammar and word suggestions? he asked. It was no problem, I said, and I’d be glad to do it. I read through the story last night, making a few notes as I went. TheContinue reading “On Editing”
On The Sarah Jane Adventures
The BBC issued a press release today on their upcoming series starring Lis Sladen as former Doctor Who companion Sarah Jane Smith: Multi-award winning writer Russell T Davies has written a brand new series for CBBC called The Sarah Jane Adventures. It stars one of The Doctor’s most famous companions, investigative journalist Sarah Jane Smith.Continue reading “On The Sarah Jane Adventures”
On Hamburgers
What’s happened to Wendy’s? That bacon cheeseburger was flat and lifeless, devoid of taste. Blah.
On Desks and Work
Today I got my IKEA-styled, bought at Target, computer desk back. It has sat, on the side porch, for about two weeks. The room upstairs that was to be my office didn’t quite have the room to accomodate the desk, so I worked for two weeks steadily on the room clearing out the various andContinue reading “On Desks and Work”
On Something Like D-Day, But Not D-Day
Last night, after watching House, I wanted to play a computer game. But what? Hmm, Age of Empires II seemed promising. I’ve given all of my real-time strategy love to its successor, Age of Empires III, so why not spend some time with some Age of Kings or The Conquerors? So, I fired up TheContinue reading “On Something Like D-Day, But Not D-Day”
On Remembering Moonbase Alpha
Let us not forget: September 13, 1999 marks the 7-year anniversary of the tragic events at Moonbase Alpha, where all 311 of the base’s inhabitants were lost and presumed killed after terrorists set off a thermonuclear chain reaction on the moon’s Nuclear Waste Disposal Area 2. The resulting catastrophic explosion blasted the Moon out ofContinue reading “On Remembering Moonbase Alpha”
On Why Things Explode
I told someone today, in all seriousness, that the reason Photon Torpedoes make Really Big Bangs is that the explosive charge is Illudium Q-36, a mineral found only on Mars. This will doubtless come in very handy for his writing endeavors. Bwah-ha-ha!
On LEGO Star Wars II
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy came out today. You pick your system, it’s available for it. Xbox. 360. PlayStation 2. GameCube. GameBoy Advance. Nintendo DS. Sony PSP. You want it, you can play it. True, multi-platform goodness. Star Wars and LEGOs, the two universals. I picked one up today for the XBox. It’sContinue reading “On LEGO Star Wars II”
On the Interview
The job interview was basically what I’d thought it would be — a long-ish interview with a high-class job placement/HR outsourcing firm. I wasn’t expecting a two-hour long test of my Word, Excel, and Powerpoint skills. (Powerpoint skills? What Powerpoint skills? Does anyone have Powerpoint skills? I mean, I can put together something that looksContinue reading “On the Interview”