Writer’s Blogk…Stagnant SF?
Mark Harris poses the question: “Is Sci-Fi Out of Ideas?” in his article on EW.com (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20169296,00.html). While I don’t think the commentary …
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Musing on…The Let’s Pick a President Game (2008 Edition)
It’s the eve of the Iowa Caucuses and the start of the 2008 edition of the nuttiest reality show of all: Let’s …
Read more...Labels
A personal quirk of mine is that I like to be able to categorize things. I’ve touched on this before in Argh…Form …
Read more...The Ties That Bound
Not long after my dad died, my mom noted that she wasn’t married any more. After all, the vows do explicitly say, …
Read more...Liking Women
I’m one of those men who likes women…not just for the obvious.
Read more...A Quiet Christmas
Back in August or September, when it appeared that my dad was going to last well into 2008, my mom, brother, and …
Read more...One Month
Well, it’s been a month since my dad died. Since there are people I still haven’t filled in yet, and many who …
Read more...Some Dribble Babble
I love women’s basketball. It’s just as simple as that. It’s not my whole life… I don’t live and breathe women’s basketball every waking moment, but when all is said and done, I think it can safely be said that I love the game.
Read more...Rec’ing on…Whither Emeril?
It came as a shock, the news that the Food Network was ending the ten-year run of Emeril Live!. But as I …
Read more...A Long Week
It’s been a week since my father died. It’s been interesting.
Read more...R.D.C. R.I.P.
After a bout of frontotemporal dementia that can be traced back to at least nine years ago, my father finally succumbed. Richard …
Read more...Still Breathing
Over the past couple of days, I’ve spent the vast majority of my waking hours in my dad’s hospice room. While friends, …
Read more...Dad’s Relocation
This afternoon, we had my dad transported to the hospice IPU (In-patient Unit). It is extremely unlikely that he’ll ever be back …
Read more...No More Walking for Dad
Quite a bit of time has passed since my last update on my dad, so I thought that while I had a …
Read more...Writer’s Blogk…A Conversation in the Park
A little piece of original fiction that crossed my mind. Blah blah copyright blah blah yada.
Read more...Art Off the Wall
This afternoon, I got a call from my gallery manager. Seems that the gallery owner, for some inexplicable reason that neither of …
Read more...The First IPU Cycle
Tonight is my dad’s first night away from home with his illness. Since the drug protocols we’ve been following haven’t been entirely …
Read more...The Care and Feeding of Vegetarians Over Thanksgiving and Beyond
With Thanksgiving in the U.S. coming nigh, I just wanted to mention somethings to all of you well-meaning cooks trying to accommodate your vegetarian kith and kin. This is not intended to be all-inclusive, but I’ve been a vegetarian since about 1980 and trust me, this stuff comes up more often than you’d think.
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