Category: General

A month ago, I got a flat tire. I had them patch it. Last night, the patch failed and left me with a flat tire. I hobbled to the nearest gas station and put in air, then drove to the garage that put on the patch. I got there at 5:50. They close at 6.…

Warren Buffett offers an interesting idea to curb the USA trade deficit. I doubt it would happen — certainly not in our current climate. The problem as I see it is that US politics doesn’t reward long-term thinking. I don’t know how you change that. I’m sure that we should though.

The Snowflake Process for Writing a Novel is an interesting approach. I may need to dust off my word processor (and of all things Excel) and see how it goes.

I know I use the word “Actually” way too frequently in my writing. I’ve actually used the thing 105 times as of Google’s last index of my site. It’s a lazy habit. Occasionally I notice it and I cringe. I almost never bother to fix it though (I abuse “though” or “although” too (oh, and…

Things that will freak you right the hell out #457: I’m just sitting there playing around on the internet with the TV going in the background. There may have been a little dozing off. Late night and early morning — you know how it goes. All of a sudden, I smell smoke. Evil, burning plastic…

Boy, I just can’t imagine my old alma mater asking me to pose nude for “official” photos when I was a freshman. I can’t believe that I would have gone along with it, but to judge by how many did, maybe I would have. I don’t know. I find this story fascinating. I’d love to…

Sentence completion is described as a technique to help you squeeze more out of your brain. Basically, it forces you to go past the first idea that pops into your head and start reaching for the 4th or 5th. I can see where that would have power. Usually, I seem to be trying to quiet…

CAW CAW so, CAW CAW there are all these crows CAW CAW CAW outside my place. CAW CAW CAW CAW in the past week or so, CAW CAW CAW they’ve taken to making CAW CAW CAW this ungodly racket CAW CAW CAW you know CAW CAW CAW like way earlier than i would prefer. CAW…

Every American, every patriot, needs to read this Al Gore Speech. For the good of the United States of America, this is a message that we all, each and every one of us, must take to heart.

Came across an idea for The 23/5 Exquisite Corpse over on Incoming Signals. The idea is you grab 6 to 10 books at random off your book shelf, turn to page 23 and copy out the 5th sentence. You then arrange the sentences so that they form a story. What the hell. I figured I’d…