Category: Misc

Nosferacolu 10

Nosferacolu

Whenever TV shows, movies, books, and so forth predict the future, they seem to assume either a continued advancement in technology, or a return to the Stone Age thanks to some dystopian disaster. But...

Some Year-End Blog Stats for 2012 10

Some Year-End Blog Stats for 2012

For those who like such things, I thought you might like to know what was popular on my blog in 2012. This is the first time I have a complete year to report on–which...

Christmas Pancakes! 8

Christmas Pancakes!

A few years ago, I started a tradition of cooking breakfast for the family on Christmas Eve. It was a full cooked breakfast, just like my dad used to do for my brothers and...

Happy “Holidays”? 5

Happy “Holidays”?

One of the most frustrating things to me about Christmas is the government/business/media insistence on replacing the word “Christmas” with “holiday.” I will grant that in some cases there is just cause for doing...

This Month on the Blog… 8

This Month on the Blog…

So, we’re already a week into December and there’s not been a single Christmas blog post here. What’s wrong with me? It’s true that by this time last year, I had already posted a...

Monday Miscellaneous 3

Monday Miscellaneous

This is just a quickie post (or as quickie as I can be, which is usually not very quickie, but I’ll give it a try… and look–I’m failing already!) to let you know a...

Family Blogs and First World Problems 6

Family Blogs and First World Problems

A number of months ago, my oldest daughter started her own blog. She too is an aspiring writer, and she wanted to get involved in the writer community a bit more. Not only is...

WriteOnCon is Next Week! 8

WriteOnCon is Next Week!

Just a quick heads-up to all my writerly friends. WriteOnCon 2012 starts next week, Tuesday, August 14th and Wednesday, August 15th! There will also be some pre-conference activity on Monday, August 13th you might...

Some Monday FYIs 4

Some Monday FYIs

This is just a quick post to let you know a few things. First, I’m traveling again for work this week (not as far as California this time), and I have no idea how...

Blog Birthday Giveaway Winner! 0

Blog Birthday Giveaway Winner!

Hello, everyone! Just a quick post to announce the winner of my Blog Birthday Giveaway.  So, here goes, without any more ado… really… no more adoing here… drum roll… and the winner is, as...