BurningbirdThe last two weeks have been long indeed, and it hit me tonight that I’m tired, and that I really need to get away from the computer. My back is doing extremely well, and I want to get out for a nice long, gentle hike. There’s also an Art Deco neighborhood somewhere in St. Lou […]
I know I said this once before, but it’s worth repeating: Mama don’t let your babies grow up to be writers. Once you step over the line from being a writer who lives to write to being a writer who writes to live, you’ve entered Dante’s Eleventh Circle. The bad one. The one […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Dave quotes a posting from Tara Sue, who writes: My friend Ross and I have a lot in common. We both come from military families–his cousin and uncle serve and my brothers are soldiers. We were both raised by our father. And we share many ideas in business and politics. But there […]
I had not looked at the negative consequences of Talkback, and appreciate those who have taken the time to point them out. Geodog wrote: But I think of comments as ephemeral, and strongly contextual. Plus, as Gibbon might say, some things are meant to remain veiled in the decent obscurity of a obscure format. The […]
I sent a note to the RDF Interest Group today, telling them about the draft of the book. I’ve already received some excellent feedback. Some people climb mountains. Others scale rock cliffs, or dive the deepest depths of the ocean. Still others race cars at 180 MPH, ride bulls, or sail across the ocean in a […]