Hot and Cold Running Errands. Yep. That’s it. That’s what we did today. It was actually kind of enjoyable. Hm. Let me look at that sentence. There’s just so much wrong with it. Why does it sound so comfortable to the ear, and yet so awkward to the eye? Remove “it,” “that,” “is,” “was,” and […]
Diary of Edgar Pierce. A little experiment. Thursday: Ate squid at insistence of sister. Friday: Or quite possibly octopus. Saturday: The texture was rubbery, although not quite as rubbery as rubber itself. Obsession with cephalopodic meal continues. Sunday: Am being followed by strange presences dressed in trench coats and fedoras. The aroma of the sea.
Once upon a time… There’s stuff I want to talk about that I don’t want to talk about. Car situation, worries about Banshee Studios, the ever-present financial woes, the near-maddening internal debate about what to plant in the front yard come spring, stuff. Just stuff. So here’s me, just writing. Uh, don’t read this if
Library. There’s a revolving door at the East library in Colorado Springs. Most people avoid it, choosing instead to pass through the handicapped entrance (a normal door) to the side. I say, how often do you get to go through a revolving door, anyway? …And there’s a coffee shop that serves espresso right in the
A good story I heard at work. You know how it is. Every once in a while someone tells you a story at work. It’s your classic gathering of friends with small children. The evening progresses, everyone’s been fed (changed if necessary), you’re sitting on the couch, leaning back, when someone interrupts someone else’s brag