Category Archives: Torchwood

HNY

My first post of 2015. Happy New Year one and all. Turbulent events abroad, so maybe not so happy for everyone, alas. It would be hard to pick a day when that wasn’t true, though. Our first strong blast of … Continue reading

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Lard-Ass Hogan…in space

If you missed out on the HWA round table last night, “The Continuing Impact of Stephen King,” there’s still time to take part. The page will remain open for the next few days and the four contributors (Douglas E. Winter, … Continue reading

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Two trips to Berlin in one weekend

Got a lot of work done on the work in progress. Crossed the 15,000 word threshold this morning. Better than I anticipated. The heat has returned and we’re scheduled to reach or surpass 100° over the next few days. No … Continue reading

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Of course Roland drives an Infiniti

My social networking has slowed down lately. I’ve been lax about updating this blog, I spend almost no time on Facebook and I’ve completely ignored Google+ after signing up for it. Twitter is about the only medium that I’m keeping … Continue reading

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I weep for Titan

Today is my last day as the “older man,” for a while. Tomorrow my wife joins me in the fifties.  Will one of her gifts be a rainstorm? Remains to be seen. They keep promising rain, but then they back … Continue reading

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I don’t like unpredictable

We’re still on target to have every day in August go over 100° and still mired in drought. We had rain last Sunday but nothing since then. Yesterday we broke the record for the number of triple digit days in … Continue reading

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Colin Maloney’s bad day

I finished most of what I set out to do this weekend. The one thing I didn’t do was go see Cowboys & Aliens. I was going to do a doubleheader with Rise of the Planet of the Apes but … Continue reading

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Dead is Dead

Hot, hot, hotter than hot. And dry. But humid. Saps the energy out of you when you go outside. Long live A/C. Both The Closer and Rizzoli and Isles started with the disappearance of a young child. In both episodes, … Continue reading

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The godfather

Remember all that rainfall we haven’t received over the past nine months? The drought? The sixteen inch deficit for 2011 to date? There’s a decent chance we might make up most of it later on this week. It’s early days, … Continue reading

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The old man is snoring

Another two editing passes through the new short story this morning. One pass usually ends up being a “flow” revision, where I suddenly discover that everything is okay, but it’s all in the wrong order. I move paragraphs around. I … Continue reading

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