I’m not really sure what this meme means, but it’s a Friday, so let’s roll… Your result for The Social Persona Test (What kind of man/woman are you?)… Lord of the Misfits (QLAM) Quirky Liberal Alpha Male You are similar to The Fratt Boy, in that you often try to take care of peers youContinue reading “On the Social Persona Test”
Monthly Archives: May 2009
On the I Ching and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”
Two months ago, give or take, I was talking with a friend of mine about George Harrison. Specifically, I was sharing an interesting story about the composition of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” his song from The Beatles’ “White Album” on which Eric Clapton guested as lead guitarist. While I can’t recall the exact wordsContinue reading “On the I Ching and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps””
On Achieving Victory
I am a fucking god. There is a reason people come to me with Excel problems at work. It’s because I know how to use it. And I use it very well. Today, on the train, I knew. Things were either going to go extremely right, or they would go horribly wrong. We were wellContinue reading “On Achieving Victory”
On the Latest Writing
It’s taken four chapters of “THOD,” but I have finally found my narrative voice. There’s nothing objectively wrong with what I’ve written previously. It’s just feels flat to me. Last night I was working on a scene between one of the story’s protagonists, Freddy, and someone he knows briefly in his youth, a woman namedContinue reading “On the Latest Writing”
On the Latest Interview
I recently conducted via e-mail an interview with Tony Lee, the writer of IDW Publishing’s upcoming Doctor Who monthly comic book series. Lee is no stranger to Doctor Who. He wrote the six-issue series The Forgotten last year, and he has the special The Time Machination coming up later this month. He’s also written forContinue reading “On the Latest Interview”
On the Latest Website Tweaks
For a few months now, I’ve left my WordPress install alone. I haven’t gone through a succession of themes, I’ve added no new features. Yesterday, I made a few tweaks. I was visiting Peter David‘s website, and I noticed that he had a bar of social networking icons attached to every post. Curious, I tookContinue reading “On the Latest Website Tweaks”
On Beer Musings
What was I thinking? A few days ago, I stopped at the liquor store, needing beer. Obvious reasons; I was out. I wasn’t pleased with the selection. Did they have Guinness? No. Well, they did, but it was in cans. I want bottles, dammit! Bottles! So, Guinness was out. Okay, what about Sam Adams? TheyContinue reading “On Beer Musings”
On Long Gestating Pre-Orders
So, the plug finally got pulled. Duke Nukem Forever is dead. Gone. Kaput. Will never see the light of day. Yahoo! had an article on their front page, about a gamer who had an eight-year old pre-order on the game. It doesn’t surprise me. The EB Games I managed outside Philadelphia had four or fiveContinue reading “On Long Gestating Pre-Orders”
On “Let It Be” and Guitar Solos
I’d be hard-pressed to say what my favorite Beatles song is. And don’t ask me what their best song is; a friend put me on the spot by asking me this ten years ago and I gave him a blank look. But in the top five, I’d definitely put “Let It Be.” When I hearContinue reading “On “Let It Be” and Guitar Solos”
On Recommending Star Trek Fiction
Unless you’ve been living under a rock — or living in abject denial — you probably know that there’s a new Star Trek movie opening nationwide tomorrow. Kirk, Spock, McCoy, the 23rd-century, boldly going, all that jazz. Don’t ruin it for me. I won’t see it until maybe Sunday. 🙂 I got to thinking. Let’sContinue reading “On Recommending Star Trek Fiction”