General Blog
February 24, 2012
I’ve never been much of a bowler. Did the kid leagues, rolled 115s or so. Over the ever-shortening decades since then, I’ve held my 115. I can sorta roll straight, so I aim between the center tick and the one to the right and just roll. I think one problem is that I think too much. When I’m walking up with the ball, I’m thinking about work, about writing, about the club and it’s issues, about Early ReTyrement and the challenges it’s facing. My head is like an auditorium on Monster Truck Rally weekend. Sunday Sunday Sunday! And so I’ll […]
February 21, 2012
Well, this was a big jump – JB saw the notice for the UCF book festival – I’d been kicking myself in the butt for missing MegaCon here in town. So she saw this, brought it to my attention, and when I started to hem/haw, she told me, “Just do it”. I pointed out that given the price of a table, even if I sell 60 of these things, I won’t break even. “Go anyway. Just do that author stuff”. So okay, signed up and I’m in. If any of you are at the UCF Book Festival (March 31) stop […]
February 15, 2012
My publicity agent (i.e. Mom) set up an appearance at the Sand Castle Literary Club (I won’t call it a book club because nobody named Harry Potter as their favorite). It was my first public appearance and I was looking forward to seeing how I would do. It was set for 3pm so I figured I’d leave work at noon for an easy drive up to Daytona. Well, that went all wrong. Out of the office thirty minutes late. Got to the bridge over the interstate and north-bound traffic was at a standstill. Just great. Wheeled around and ran south […]
February 6, 2012
I’d mentioned this glorious game (free too!) HERE. Lots of thrills. Lots of fun. Lots and lots of death. Got home tonight from a train club work session, not really thinking anything was different. Started one game of Spelunky and just started playing. Got off to a badly, tumbling over an edge and falling – AEEEEEIIIII! SPLAT! Okay, not such a good start. But I found the damsel and got her to the exit, got a kiss and that lost life back. Just got into the Zen of playing, using a pickaxe until it broke, then using its head as […]
February 4, 2012
Well, it took most of the day and countless editing sweeps, but I got the Nook version out there. I’ll have to buy a copy for a friend and see how it comes out. Okay: Paper, Kindle, Nook. What next? Clay tablets? Got a link on the Bookshelf section – just click on the picture of the book.
February 3, 2012
Been thinking this over for a while… The General blog I update… generally. The bike blog, I only update when I see something stupid from my drafty little saddle (complain complain) The books and movie blogs I update when I get the passion to do so. The train blog goes up whenever I do a train thing. Since this is supposed to support my literary efforts, I think I need to make it more of a literary blog. So I’m going to post up a review every Sunday night on the book blog. This will hold me to a firmer […]
January 5, 2012
“So, my good Watson, allow me to explain how I deduced Lord Witherwank was behind this entire deplorable affair… I say, Watson, are you listening?” “Eh, Wot, Holmes? Sorry, was rather involved in my medical journals.” “But I was explaining my most recent case. And you aren’t even listening.” “I say, Holmes; I am not some sort of…. literary foil for you to explain things to. I am a doctor, with other responsibilities.” “But Lord Witherwank… The stolen jewels… The comb missing but a single tooth…” “Oh, grow up, Sherlock. I can’t always be here as an audience to your […]
January 2, 2012
All alone. Pat is gone, flying back this morning. Mike and his girls are doing the Zoo (something we’d enjoyed, but JB felt a touch under the weather (and the weather, itself, is turning very cold)). Its a long way across open ground to the zoo. We pass. Off to Notting Hill, an open air shopping district made popular by Hugh Grant’s movie. It’s pretty neat, too. Just blocks and blocks of marketplace stalls. JB wanted something for her sister and I tagged along. Ended up buying chocolate for the work mob (actually noticed that some of them were past […]
January 1, 2012
Yes, let’s get this one started right! Look at the sinners sliding into the abyss! Look at the mountains falling on top of them! Check out that city that has flipped over and is screaming down to pulp a million people beneath it, even as it breaks apart. Unlike the movie 2012 with LA at a 20 degree tilt, this is 130 degrees! Wow! First things first – Mike & Co were still up north. Pat had all sorts of things she wanted to see (fare thee well). JB and I wanted to do the Tate Britain and see what […]
December 31, 2011
So it was just the Italy Trio, JB, Pat and I. Funny thing but we duplicated a day from an earlier trip. First off, since the day was cold and clear, the London Eye. I must be getting older – I used to dangle 2000 feet in the air in an ultralight. Now the trip up the eye gave me a bit of vertigo. Nothing bad – focused on pictures and forced my mind to be logical (the damn thing is not going to pop off the hub and roll along the embankment!). Got some nice shots, too. There were […]