Foul & Filthy Friday: Moderate Yourself

We had the opportunity to stay in a hotel for a couple of days while dealing with an air-conditioning issue, and we had occasion to view a multitude of HBO channels while there (we’re cheap people, who are already amazed at how much we are paying for our cable, and see no reason to pay … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Embrace Your Stupidity

Goals report for last week: 3 blog posts. Stories cycled to market as soon as markets were available. Finished book 5 of The Wheel of Time (I am well beyond my goal to read six novels this year, so I’ll stop reporting on it. I didn’t make my requisite (3) comments on other people’s blogs … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Doomed Repetition

Those who do not remember history (or the past) are doomed to repeat it. With my own shoddy memory, I have the advantage of not dwelling on things that have gone wrong, but I also don’t remember what to avoid and how I got out of the situation once in it the first time. Is … Continue reading →

Foreign Faculty Friday: Insects Under Their Feet

When a road is being built near an anthill, the ants don’t notice until they get run over, and even then we don’t think they understand what they’re up against. Our lack of awareness of space has led to comets as harbingers of doom (but fortunately not REAL doom.) We have also been blissfully unaware … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: The Devil with the Details

Goals watchlist: 3 blog posts. Stories cycled to market as soon as markets were available. “The Voices” eBook released on time last week. I made comments the requisite number of blogs (just barely.) I wrote a piddling 993 words on Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire #6 (yes, still with no title – I like to … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Sorry Times

The song says that “Sorry seems to be the hardest word”, but I don’t think so – it seems to be an overused word. I use it to express sympathy when someone complains about a problem, as though saying “I’m sorry” after they voice their frustrations might take care of the problem (I know it … Continue reading →

Feeble, Feigned Friendliness Friday: “I’ll Live…”

How much do we really CONNECT with our co-workers? Our friends, acquaintances, and fellow humans (for those of us who are human; for me it’s just THOSE PEOPLE)? We pass THOSE PEOPLE in the hall or on the street and say “How are you doing?”, without actually waiting or wanting to hear the answer – … Continue reading →

Writing Wednesday: Discouragement

Goals: 3 blog posts. Stories cycled to market as soon as markets were available. I have an ePublication to release by Friday, but I should have it ready on time. I made comments (and maybe connections) on the requisite number of blogs, and I wrote 1212 words on Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire #6 … Continue reading →

Meandering Monday about Being Among My Peers

As most of us go through life, we find ourselves in various groups. I don’t mean the huge, demographic groups seem to be the obsession of politicians and other marketers – those rely on very superficial outward characteristics that have no real relationship or bearing on what the little people they try to enclose really … Continue reading →

Famous Friday: What Are You Known For?

I bellyache sometimes about various aspects of society and how tied we seem to be to the need for FAME. Some of it (like school shootings) are totally reprehensible, while others (like SOCIAL media and REALITY TV) are distractions that place emphasis on gaining clicks and views rather than actually ACCOMPLISHING something of VALUE to … Continue reading →