I’ve been working on a short story for several days, and not getting very far. I stepped back and started over with a different idea this morning, and things seem to be flowing quite well. I managed to complete considerably over a thousand words completed, and found a pair of characters who seem pretty interesting. […]
Read More ...Avoiding Negative Results of Personal Behavior?
I always enjoy things that examine how people think about things, especially when it’s accompanied by a bit of modern brain science. I grabbed this article on optimisim bias off Kris Rusch’s Twitter stream. In particular, I wonder how far this goes toward covering why people do things that are so obviously bad for them. […]
Read More ...One Cliff, Side-Stepped
Am I a total seerer, or what? In early December I had a brief Facebook conversation with a friend who bemoaned the political shenanigans of the fiscal cliff. I said not to sweat it, that the best thing to do was to go away and check back at the end of the year to find […]
Read More ...Resolutions
I’ve been thinking about the coming year, and trying to come up with some good resolutions. It seems like resolutions should be made. Really, it does, doesn’t it? I can think of a lot of things I could or should make resolutions about–things like working on being a better person, being a better husband and […]
Read More ...2012’s Top Ten Typosphere Posts
So, you ask, just which of my golden-tongued posts this past year have drawn the most attention? I took a spin through the logs last night, and gathered the answer. #1 – People Are Strange: A fun little discussion about the way people’s actions don’t match their words, and visa versa. It touches on wine […]
Read More ...GREAT THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO/FOR ME THIS YEAR
At the day job, I put together a Year End Review of achievements my team had accomplished in 2012. You know the gig–the standard set of before and after metrics that show progress in the murky, complex world of Corporate America, or, since I live in a multi-national, perhaps I should say Corporate Earth. After […]
Read More ...A “Book” a Day
The original plan for the day included a trip to the health club and then a movie, but, between fallout from yesterday’s snow and the fact that Lisa has gotten herself tied into this wonky Excel project, we decided to make it a Stay Home day. This means I sat downstairs, worked on, and finished […]
Read More ...Who Says Star Trek Wasn’t Fashion-Forward?
Here’s a fun little bit on Star Trek fashion. I think my favorites are the pink and yellow pasties and the karate get-ups. The green slave dancer’s pretty good, too, but then a costume that consists mostly of body paint is already a few rungs up the ladder. # On the writing front, I think […]
Read More ...goodreads, here I come
In another sign that I’ve joined the modern age, I finally got around to joining goodreads. I admit I’ve been interested in it for some time, and that interest was tweaked by friends Tammy and John, who are both big-time readers (and, of course, John’s a guy I’ve collaborated with a few times). I was […]
Read More ...What You Get When You Trust a Cat
So, today, as usual, I expected the cat to wake me up at 6:00. This is what the cat does. It’s my fault, of course. I’ve trained her over the years that breakfast is served at 4:30 AM give or take. So now I can’t sleep particularly late unless I go to a hotel. If […]
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