The last few months, I've run an unintentional experiment-I've failed to notify my email list of Lestat's shows, instead only sending invitations via Facebook. The audiences at the last two shows I've been able to perform (I missed July on account of being sick) have been pretty small. In fact, in the past, I've noticed that in the months where I ( Read more... )

I've had very good feedback on my story "First Contact". So much so that I'm considering trying to find a magazine or an anthology to submit it to ( Read more... )

On Thursday, Nelson Mandela died. That day, Texan Senator Ted Cruz posted a tribute to Mandela on his Facebook page. Many of his followers posted comments in support and solidarity, as is to be expected. But some of them went, well, guanoloco. Here is an article on the subject from Daily Kos.

Despite the slant of the article, I don't believe that ( Read more... )

It's easy to fall into the mind-trap of "we're right and they're wrong" thinking, especially on a day such as today when everyone is thinking about the event which sparked the current "War on Terror". Someone whom I consider a friend posted something on FB today that is horrifying in its dispassionate disregard for human life outside the United ( Read more... )

Earlier today, I read the tiny buddha article 40 Little Things That Make a Big Difference In Your Day. It wasn't the 40 things themselves that spoke to me, but the message itself: that small pleasures throughout the day can be more satisfying than a grand experience had all at once, and that they can make the difference between a bad day and a good ( Read more... )

Yesterday on Facebook, I shared an image which contained the words "Stand up for what's right. Even if it means standing alone ( Read more... )

This is absolutely outrageous. SESAC, the 'little guy' in the Performance Rights Organization field (way behind ASCAP or BMI) has publicly issued a memo in SUPPORT of SOPA/PROTECT-IP! They need to hear from the public, and ESPECIALLY from MUSICIANS and AFFILIATES, that this is not acceptable. I am a SESAC affiliate, and I will cancel my affiliation ( Read more... )

(Note: I just realized I've been spelling "ideologue" wrong this whole time... *facepalm*)

This is kinda different, because in addition to ideas of my own, I'm going to ask you for some ideas, too. The question is, how do I get more people to view/bid on the auctions I have up for the photo books I'm selling?

• I've already posted links here in LJ ( Read more... )

I just learned that the Being a Geek community on Facebook shared my Hey There Cthulhu photomontage video. And 130+ people have shared it from there.

It's stuff like this that makes me smile a whole lot. :D