Welcome to my blog. I've been doing this for a long time, so if you're new here, you might want to start with my bio and tags. I confess that these days, I spend most of my social-network time on Tumblr (because it's the most-positive place on the internets!) and Facebook and Twitter (because that's where everyone is), so drop by one of those if ( Read more... )

I just realized that losing my religion as an early teenager led to a
lot of troubled times throughout my teens and even into my early 20s.

I'd actually believed this religious stuff before then. I'd been ( Read more... )

Geez, how could I forget this part (continued from late-last-night's Spring Break postI've also been working on my next book some more, working out plot points and developing characters and scenes. Almost have it all in place! Which leads me to an insight ( Read more... )

Last July's motorcycle accident and resultant AC joint dislocation not only put the kabosh on my goal to look like Robert Downey Jr. from Iron Man (which I'd set just two weeks prior to the accident), but also put the kibosh on exercise in particular and even moving vigorously in specific. Let's face it, I got soft and weak and gained at least 15 ( Read more... )

Last night, I was talking with friends about things personal and things philosophical, likely kicked off by the Bill Brown talk. One topic that came up as it always seems to was, "What is the meaning of life ( Read more... )

I have a super-power. Mine isn't the sort of thing you think of when you hear the term. It's not flying or invisibility or the ability to rearrange subatomic particles. My super-power can't be boiled down to a single word or a simple phrase. Nothing quite so grand, though I would like to believe it has saved many of my friends and family from pain ( Read more... )

Playing along with the Self-Portrait Meme:

Take a picture of yourself right now.
Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair... just take a picture.
Post that picture with no editing (except to reduce the size, of course).
Post these instructions with your picture.Here's me with my little hammie in front of part of my bookshelves. He's the ( Read more... )

normalcyispasse reminded me of this; he's teaching in Korea now, where I lived for about a year during my first-grade year. Thought I'd share the story here ( Read more... )

Here's a getting-to-know folks meme that's pretty neat. Here's how it works: Comment on this post asking for me to meme you, and I will choose seven interests from your profile. Then you make a post where you explain what those seven interests mean to you, why you are interested in them, and so on. Then post these instructions along with your ( Read more... )

I just finished reading a fantastic novel-nominee for the Campbell Award (that would be Glasshouse by Charles Stross, a far-future novel set in the universe he invented for the near-future Accelerando), and it really got me thinking. One thing in particular was about decisions. I'm putting these thoughts here as much for myself as to share with you ( Read more... )