Monthly Archives: January 2015
Original, just like everything else
I sometimes listen to the Writing Excuses podcasts on writing, as I’ve mentioned a few times before. Lately they’ve been discussing where writers get their ideas and how they develop them. I was listening to their latest podcast when all … Continue reading
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Writing wisdom from Neil Gaiman
I’ve begun listening to “American Gods”, by Neil Gaiman. He recorded a foreward about how the book came to be, in which he dropped a couple gems about writing. He mentioned to his editor while he was writing the novel … Continue reading
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Being a little more kind
I recently read “Yes, Please!” by Amy Poehler. Mostly she just convinced me that I really am weird. Granted, she is a comedian, and comedians can’t seem to resist being “edgy and original” by always swearing and talking about sex–just … Continue reading
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Emotion and art
This is an odd piece which turned out to be largely personal psychotherapy. I’ll understand if you don’t really want to go wandering through my mind with me. It’s kinda dark and scary in there and, as mentioned, there are … Continue reading
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Cool celebrities
Jason Mraz is someone I suspect I could like a lot if I got a chance to know him. He seems to really enjoy his audiences and interacting with fans, as evidenced by this concert video where he spots a young man … Continue reading
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Hug someone today
Muslim extremists murder a dozen people at a French magazine office. A father throws his five year old off a bridge. Boko Haram kills over 2000 people and burns an entire town to the ground. A jet crashes, taking all passengers … Continue reading
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An Inconvenient Policy
The company I work for requires that we change our passwords every 60 days. There are some 40 different systems, servers, etc., which require a password to gain access. It takes me close to half an hour every time I … Continue reading
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Thank You!
I had originally started a post bemoaning our headlong, competitive race into the cesspool, and then I changed my mind. Been there, done that. Society doesn’t care. I’ll probably just wait for another year or two until the prudish becomes … Continue reading
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Writing Goals for 2015
On the latest episode of Writing Excuses the gang challenged us to review what we learned or accomplished in 2014 and state what we are hoping to learn in the coming year. Since this smacks of “blog post”, I’ll actually … Continue reading
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Book Review: Five Kingdoms – Rogue Knight, by Brandon Mull
It’s become something of a tradition around our house that I read the latest Brandon Mull book out loud to my kids. Even my oldest, nearly-fourteen-year-old hasn’t decided she’s too old for them yet. Which is fine with me. We … Continue reading
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