Of Course Police Lives Matter

Of course police lives matter. Let’s be clear about the post I wrote last night. It wasn’t telling people not to support police. It wasn’t about cheering on the Dallas sniper. It wasn’t really all that much about what happened in Dallas at all. When I said I don’t want… Continue reading

I Don’t Want to See Police Lives Matter

I don’t want to see anything that says “Police Lives Matter” in the next 24 hours. Here’s the thing–Cop Lives Matter, or even All Lives Matter is a reaction to Black Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter is different from both because, as one of my friends so pointedly put it,… Continue reading

Budget Surplus Plan

For state governments, a budget surplus plan usually involves figuring out ways to waste the money. A number of years ago, before the great recession, I remember an Arizona state politician stating publicly that they were “having trouble finding ways to spend all the money.” Now, as offensive as that… Continue reading

Sad/Rabid Puppy Disavowal

This is a preemptive public statement that I completely disavow any desire to be affiliated in any way with Angry Puppies or Rabid Puppies in their current or any future incarnation. Regarding my current and future works of fiction or non-fiction, if anything of mine appears on a puppy slate… Continue reading

Reflections on an Accident

Occasionally in life, one goes through certain struggles. When those struggles involve family, it really makes you stop and assess everything. A week ago, my oldest daughter was in an auto accident. The rear driver-side tire blew. She went into a spin on a normally busy freeway, and the front… Continue reading

A Trip to the Moon

A Trip to the Moon More like a trip into the past Netflix recently added on the streaming side the 1902 silent film A Trip to the Moon (or in the original French Le Voyage dans la Lune). This film, touted as the very first science fiction film and often… Continue reading

Going Back – Change – San Francsico Bay Area

This past weekend, we returned from a five day four night stay in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was the first time we had been back since we moved from Sunnyvale to Scottsdale fifteen years ago. Some things were very different, but much was the same. We lived in… Continue reading