At work yesterday morning an idea for a short story struck. As I went about my business for the day I massaged the idea, jotted down one line on a scrap of paper, and when I got home I sat down and began putting down words. An hour later, a thousand words later, I wasContinue reading “On Goofy Lines”
On a Stuffy Nose
Yesterday evening, on my way out the door to go to an inventory in Smithfield, a bee stung me in the knee. I couldn't get the stinger out, though I could feel it, and as I was already running late — I meant to be there at 7:30, but didn't get out the door untilContinue reading “On a Stuffy Nose”
On Spam and Ham
Years ago I made the switch to non-Microsoft products for web browsing and e-mail. Though I liked Internet Explorer back in the early days and thought Outlook (and Outlook Express) were nifty little programs, reports of their security failings prompted me to look elsewhere for my Internet needs. The choice of Opera as a webContinue reading “On Spam and Ham”
On Piracy and Global Warming
It’s too blooming hot. The government needs to do something. Global warming isn’t something that can be ignored. Al Gore has shown us the light. But what can be done? Perhaps we should encourage high-seas piracy! Pastafarians, followers of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, believe that “global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are aContinue reading “On Piracy and Global Warming”
On a Lack of Priorities
I couldn't get out of bed this morning. The alarm went off, I hit the snooze button. Again, and again, and again. Finally, I had to get out of bed. And in some weird daze I fixed coffee, booted up the computer, and turned on Morning Edition for my early news fix. I need toContinue reading “On a Lack of Priorities”
On a Story's Scrapbook
Yesterday, cleaning around the office, I went through a pile of papers. There, at the bottom, was the galleys for “Make-Believe.” A few months ago after going through the galleys for misplaced punctuation and misspelled words I left the papers there, and other things–from job postings to work spreadsheets to store supply orders–were placed atop.Continue reading “On a Story's Scrapbook”
On the Creationism Museum
Outside Cincinnati in the rolling hills of Kentucky a museum is being built, the Creation Museum. Its idea? To present exhibits based on the idea that the Biblical account of creation–that an omnipotent diety created the universe and everything in it in seven days a few thousand years ago–is literally true. From an Associated PressContinue reading “On the Creationism Museum”
On Work Idiocy
My boss is an idiot. There. I've said it. He's not always an idiot. But sometimes he makes idiotic decisions. He's got good reason, but still. Idiotic. Let's go back to the merger. Many EB stores were inventoried in January. Most were not. And then in February, when the EB and GameStop mainframes were linkedContinue reading “On Work Idiocy”
On Random Fun Facts
Tagged by Ross Vincent, six random facts about Allyn! 1) My eye color changes. I'll go from grey to hazel to blue to green, and it's quite random. Right now they're grey. And tomorrow? Every day is a surprise! 2) My name contains all six vowels, each used only once. I don't think my parentsContinue reading “On Random Fun Facts”
On Shaving
I'd gotten a bit scruffy. Six days scruffy. Stubble I like. Scruffy I don't. It's been too hot to shave. But the scruffiness had to go. So, I scraped my face this morning. It feels nice. Not scruffy, not now. 🙂