Back early from the holiday

Looks like the spammers came back from the holiday early. The pill-pushers and, ehem, phalus expansion crowd are up to their usual tricks. It’s the penny stock pump and dumpers that have the rest. Never ever buy a stock off these emails. You will lose. Today’s bait is APWL. Stay… Continue reading

New personal best

Today, I overcame yet another bout of lethargy. Yesterday, I managed to put down a very painful 850 words on my current work in progress, a short story called “Chemical Soup.” We’ve been doing so much work around the house that I didn’t have many ergs left for writing, yet… Continue reading

Tarot anyone?

Mary Robinette Kowal found this fun web site that will tell you which tarot card represents you. This is what came up for me. I’m not sure how well it represents me, but here it is. You are The Hierophant Divine Wisdom. Manifestation. Explanation. Teaching. All things relating to education,… Continue reading

The Results Are In

Today, my daughter Audrey competed in the Arizona Flute Society young artists competition. This is her final year in the Debut (4th-6th grade) division. In 4th grade, she took the only honorable mention. In 5th grade, she took 3rd place. This year, in 6th grade, she tied for first place!… Continue reading

The New Phone Book’s Here!

Issue #3 of Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show went live today. The cost is $2.50, which gives you permanent access to that issue (just like buying it off a newsstand and throwing it in the closet). I have a very good collection of TOC-mates. Tim Pratt is an emerging… Continue reading