( Chapter 1 )

Almost a year ago I tried to write some serial fiction using my LJ as a venue. I'm going to try it again now that I have a completely reliable computer and some more time on my hands. I don't exactly know what kind of thing it's going to turn out to be but I will endeavor to write an installment every week. I haven't quite decided what day of the ( Read more... )

So once again I feel compelled to start a journal entry with the words "I'm not dead." It's true. I'm alive and kicking ( Read more... )

I just finished watching the entirely too short set of episodes of Joss Whedon's Firefly. It's a almost physical pain knowing that there won't be any new episodes. Does anyone else feel my pain? I have so many unanswered questions. Among them ( Read more... )

Is anyone else tired of being deliberately scared?

"we are a nation at war. Today's actions are a stark reminder that we are a nation at war. That there are people who wake each morning trying to think of ways to kill Americans."- Alberto Gonsalves (paraphrased)

Before I took the job at Aim High this summer I decided that I would spend my earnings on a new computer because I've been wanting one for a while. I figured that Aim High was good for me and that the money, since it wasn't in my budget was basically free money that I could do with as I wished. I have been wishing for a new lap top for a long time ( Read more... )

I'm just trying out a new layout. Tell me what you think.

My brother left for Germany today at around 2pm. He's off to shoot in an invitational match against a German rifle club. The exchange happens every two years either they come to the US or D's team goes there. Lucky for him he's shooting with the team on a they get to go to Germany year ( Read more... )

I love it while I'm in the midst of it and wouldn't trade the opportunity for anything but it really does take all the stuffing out of me. It's a 6-week enrichment program for middle school students that I often talk about. I suppose that my teaching muscle was in need of some stretching. After five weeks of teaching 8th graders science it’s safe ( Read more... )

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