I would like to thank everyone for their sympathies and well-wishes on yesterday’s events. Yesterday was rough, and I appreciate all your thoughts. Thank you. So, last night, a little bedtime reading. I picked up Elizabeth Kostova’s The Historian, read another twenty-odd pages and put it down. Quite frankly, I’m finding myself both bored andContinue reading “On a Strange Story Idea”
Monthly Archives: July 2005
On Burying a Pet
One of the kittens was hit by a car this morning. I was sitting on the porch eating breakfast when it happened. After the hit the kitten ran into a nearby flower bed and collapsed. When I reached it it was breathing. I knelt down and knew. I picked up the kitten, and by the timeContinue reading “On Burying a Pet”
On a Plot Outline IV
Six more pages. Twenty-two hundred more words. The end is in sight.
On Cashews
At some point in the last week I ate some cashews. I’m not certain at all how this happened. I’m generally very observant on that. I like cashews. I really do. But when I eat them I break out in hives all over the fucking place. My ears itch. The inside of my mouth swellsContinue reading “On Cashews”
On Shore Leave IV
Mystery Trekkie Theatre. It’s an annual tradition–Peter David, Mike Friedman, and Bob Greenberger play Mike and the ‘bots picking nits and making fun of Star Trek episodes. This year, they didn’t do a Trek episode. They dug up the 1964 Alexander the Great pilot, starring William Shatner and Adam West. Oh, the horror! The horror!Continue reading “On Shore Leave IV”
On Shore Leave III
Computer in the hotel lobby free, so let’s update. 🙂 Just dropped money on silly things. The novelization of the Gene Wilder film, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother, which I remember watching as a kid (and probably not in the last twenty-plus years). A bootleg DVD set of the complete Birds of Prey.Continue reading “On Shore Leave III”
On Shore Leave II
Writing this morning from the computer terminal in the Hunt Valley Marriott lobby. On a random note, it’s odd to see my webpage on a computer other than mine. I think I made some decent generic font choices, and it looks nice, but I miss seeing the various Doctor Who fonts used on the page.Continue reading “On Shore Leave II”
On Shore Leave
Every July I attend the Shore Leave media sci-fi convention in Baltimore. This year, it’s no different. I’m leaving Raleigh in about two hours. I want to be on the road by ten. I haven’t packed yet. So, expect stony silence here the next week. Play nice. 🙂
On a Plot Outline III
Seven more pages, 2500 words, of plot outline written today. Now, to get ready for work!
On Hurricanes
So, there’s a hurricane coming up the east coast through Florida. Excuse me, a tropical depression. But it’s coming up the coast. Passing through North Carolina, on its way up north, to Baltimore and points beyond. Tomorrow. But tomorrow, I’m driving from Raleigh to Baltimore, for the Shore Leave science-fiction convention. I’ll be driving throughContinue reading “On Hurricanes”