Running Amok

This quarter, Audrey has been participating in track at the middle school. Unlike academics and music, she has found something that she isn’t particularly good at. Although she enjoys it and its definitely good exercise, she’s not the athlete in the family. The middle schools had the track and field… Continue reading

HM #8

The frustrating Writers of the Future contest results came back with yet another honorable mention finish for me. That makes 8. I would like to either win the contest or make the sales to become ineligible. I actually did not think I would finish this high with this story, so… Continue reading

Finally I Can Show It

Happy Thanksgiving. I finally finished cleaning out the home office today. It took me 5 days to do the deep thorough cleaning starting with the closet and working my way out. Along with that work came two large loads to Goodwill and more recyclables than I can fit in my… Continue reading

Spring Cleaning (in November)

One of the priorities while I’m off work this week is to give the house a thorough cleaning. We did the curtains already. Now, I’m hammering away at my home office. It’s become the room where everything we don’t know what to do with ends up. Also, anything we haven’t… Continue reading

Busy busy

Sorry for the lack of posts recently. I’m trying to finish a short story in time for the deadline to the Jay Lake anthology Footsteps. Every time I get a block of time to work on the story, it’s taken away by some other obligation. Aargh. Still, I think there’s… Continue reading

Back from Scout Pueblo

A nice two-night camp out finished up today. we took the troop to the Heard Scout Pueblo. There are two main attractions of this camp. First, it’s close. 30 minutes and we arrive. Second, they have a rifle range, which we reserved from 9:00 to noon on saturday. They had… Continue reading

Smelly Shit

In addition to the morning paper, we found this smelly piece of racist shit in our driveway this morning. I’ve lived here almost ten years and this is the first time I’ve had something like this dropped in my driveway. Perhaps I should ask my 100% Filipino wife and 50%… Continue reading

Alan Dean Foster

Russell and I went down to Poisoned Pen this evening to see Alan Dean Foster and have a book signed. Russell had to write a report on a well-known Arizonan in 4th grade, and he wrote about Alan. I thought he would enjoy meeting the real deal. I had an… Continue reading

Politics as Usual

Aaaagh! Go away! I already voted. Stop sending me junk mail. Stop the ads on my TV. I already voted. I’m tired of listening to the lies, lies, lies! Leave me alone and go away. Stop the computer phone calls! Go bother an undecided! I already voted! Leave me alone!… Continue reading