Monthly Archives: September 2007

Humberto pointed out a minor flaw in Houston’s hurricane preparedness program. The evacuation plan assumed a three-day advanced notice of a storm. Humberto changed from a disorganized mass to a tropical storm in a couple of hours, and became a … Continue reading →

If you saw my post yesterday, I included a picture of tropical storm Humberto parked about 50 miles off the shore from Galveston. It had Houston in its sights and we were expecting a ton-o-rain today. Humberto did two unexpected … Continue reading →

Tropical Storm Humberto formed out of nowhere a few miles off the Galveston coast today, so it looks like we’re in for some Texas-sized showers over the next day or two. 5-10″ of rain in some places. If the storm … Continue reading →

I didn’t get as much time to work on editing this morning as usual as I had a day-job project that required the use of my home PC. We’ve recently started taping video testimonials from our customers for the corporate … Continue reading →

I fully intended to finish up revisions on the short story I submitted at the end of August, but I decided to spend a couple of days getting caught up on my short story submissions. I’ve received a number of … Continue reading →

Over the past two weeks I’ve received two rejections for short stories. The first was for Southern Gothic magazine, and I admit that the story was only gothic in the vaguest sense and it was probably a shot in the … Continue reading →

Last week I went ROTC—run off to Canada, in 1960s parlance. Back to the terre de nos aieux for a weeklong visit to Halifax, the city where I lived for most of the 1980s. We were helping our daughter move … Continue reading →