Monthly Archives: December 2007

We watched a recent movie called The Namesake last night. We hadn’t heard of it before but the trailer on OnDemand intrigued us enough to give it a try. After he is involved in a train accident while traveling to … Continue reading →

The subject of today’s post was inspired by an old Robin Williams comedy album, back in the days when comedians recorded albums of their standup sketches. Do they still do that? I don’t think I’ve seen one in ages, though … Continue reading →

It’s not raining today…yet. Reportedly it will be by the time the sun goes down. This has been a banner year for rain in SE Texas. Nearly 20″ over average—and in the same breath as the newspapers warn of heavy … Continue reading →

…we’d be up to our noses in white stuff by now. It’s dark out and has been raining steadily for the past hour or two. I got four short stories into circulation over the past few days. One of them … Continue reading →

We have a new radio station in the Houston area, called JACK-FM. Instead of being an all-80s or all-90s, or all-anything, their theme is they play whatever the hell they feel like. Duran Duran one minute, Black-Eyed Peas the next. … Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon, a mere fifteen hours ago, we were sitting out on the back deck taking in the sun, marveling at the amazing weather for the latter half of December. This morning it was only a few degrees above freezing. … Continue reading →

I taped Criminal Minds on Wednesday evening, but when I went to watch it last night I discovered it was a rerun, in spite of what the TV guide said. Liars! One of my pleasures in watching that show is … Continue reading →

After nearly a week of vacation, I went back to work today for a couple of days. Then I’ll be off again until Boxing Day, work a couple of days and then be off until the end of the year. … Continue reading →

Brief post, as I’m on vacation. My Storytellers Unplugged essay The Company We Keep: Guilt By Association is now online.

I haven’t yet groked onto the world of RSS, but I understand it’s the bees knees and the greatest thing since sliced bread. Even my own personal message board offers an RSS feed, thanks to the most recent update from … Continue reading →