Monthly Archives: February 2006

Well, the taxes are done and ready to eFile. Hallelujah. I’ve decided to wait until the DSL is hooked up, which will be either today or tomorrow, before I send them off. I like to live on the edge. Risk … Continue reading →

Alas, tragedy struck. My wife was driving to the mall yesterday and passed a pile of feathers on the side of the road where we saw the owl the previous evening. She turned around and went back to double check … Continue reading →

My wife and I were out for a walk last night after dark. I saw something move among the branches in the distance, which I at first took to be one of our omnipresent squirrels frolicking among the pines. (The … Continue reading →

Go, Canada! The women’s hockey team is currently leading Sweden 4-1 for the gold medal. Tradition says it should be the U.S. they are facing—that’s the way it’s always been, so long as women’s hockey has been an Olympic sport—but … Continue reading →

As I write this, I’m listening to Stephen King on VoA, handling listener calls. He’s calling the Washington headquarters from Florida, but not, he stressed, via cell phone. An interesting assortment of callers from all across the world. Both the … Continue reading →

I wrote a new short story this morning. Complete, beginning to end. Okay, so maybe it qualifies as a flash piece because it’s just under 1000 words, but where yesterday there was nothing, not even a title, today there’s a … Continue reading →

I thought I’d get a lot of writing/editing done on Saturday after spending a little time on taxes. Turns out that I pretty much spent the whole day working on taxes. By the time I was finished, I had no … Continue reading →

Strange freakin’ winter. I’ve had to wear a light jacket a couple of times this week, but that’s about it. Today it’s nearly 70° again, and raining. Which isn’t a bad thing, because we’ve been suffering a bit of a … Continue reading →

Okay, so Grey’s Anatomy has this prime real estate, airing right after the football game last night. How do they exploit this to help increase their already-impressive numbers? Start out with a fantasy one-, two-, three-, no, four-some in the … Continue reading →

My agent read the first 37 chapters (280 pages) of Missing Persons yesterday, concentrating on the recent changes, and it’s thumbs up, full speed ahead, let’s get this thing wrapped up. When I started this round of revisions, I foolishly … Continue reading →