Category Archives: Random Musings

Ever have one of those weeks when everything seems to be stalking you, gathering reinforcements until they’re finally confident enough to pounce and beat the crap out of you? Me too. Today is Pounce Day. Expect light to non-existent posting … Continue reading →

Last night was Pack Meeting for our local cub scout pack. My wife and I are the Bear Den leaders, and we’d been preparing our bears to present the flag ceremony and several skits for the pack meeting. The last … Continue reading →

My daughter just introduced me to a new musical group that is just perfect background music for writing action scenes, especially fantasy. She played a few songs for me the other day, and while I liked it, I thought it … Continue reading →

So, why haven’t I posted yet this week you ask? Hah, just kidding! No one has said a thing! I’m on vacation, and as much as I enjoy taking time off, I’m not doing anything meriting an entire blog post. … Continue reading →

My department at work shuffled the deck again this week, re-organizing around our biggest project. I’m changing managers again, for the third time in less than a year. Except this manager doesn’t currently work here. He’s a new hire who … Continue reading →

One of the popular goals these days is the improvement of society as a whole and human beings individually. Certainly a noble goal, and one I can support. So if we had to hold up some examples of human beings … Continue reading →

I’m starting to think that William Gibson is meant to be enjoyed out loud. My first introduction to his work was several years ago when my brother loaned me his audiobook copy of “Pattern Recognition”. I loved it. I adored … Continue reading →

So, the US Government is shut down while the two parties continues to take their game of chicken to a higher, though not by any means new, level. The real losers so far? Vacationers, WWII vets, and anyone who lives … Continue reading →

Is Jennifer Lawrence fat? Some people in Hollywood seem to think so. She talks about some of the unkind criticism she’s endured in her career in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar UK. Fortunately she’s reached the point where if anyone … Continue reading →

Tom Clancy is one of the few authors I discovered as they were getting started. My older brother and I were both into military history at the time, and he had even sketched out an idea for a military thriller … Continue reading →