I don't know which is worse, being a nerd, which I freely admit in my profile, or being a low-ranking nerd. I have a new PC at work and ...

Questions can make for interesting challenges in fiction writing. Yeah that's great if the hero wins the throne and takes his place afte...

Christine says I tear up too easily at TV shows and movies. You be the judge. I tear(ed) up when: James T. Kirk is stealing the Enterprise t...

Once, back when I was a reporter, when Reagan was president, the editors came into a meeting, with a spool of paper. We had long continuous...

I can't help getting a little choked up every time I hear Pete Seeger's " My Name is Lisa Kalvelage ." It's a musical ...

Everyone encounters difficult people. I once heard a minister note that the difficult people a minister counsels are difficult everywhere. T...

I didn't catch it live on Jimmy Kimmel, but a friend pointed me to it online, and I just thought it was funny. It's bleeped but bewa...

I got cut from jury duty today. I don't know how it is where you live, but I always find it a bit grueling, kind of like a cattle call. ...

I love my iPod in all its 5G glory, but I'm affeared the cult of Mac is sort of leaving me behind. Christine and I went to prepaid cells...

We've had cold weather in my neck of the woods, though not as cold as what Wayne is telling me they're getting in the Windy City. I...

I think I've mentioned here that what imagination I have came from my father. He always saw the largest rabbit, the biggest fish, was on...

I was thinking the other day about my early writings. They're lost unless, well, there's one box in the attic I need to check. But I...

I first took note of Lyle Lovett's music when "If I Had a Boat" was offered as a free download in the early days of free downl...

I guess EVERYTHING YOU COULD EVER WANNA KNOW about Blade Runner is in the new boxed set . I learned a lot of it, though I have a few feature...

Depending on who you ask, 2008 is either going to suck or be fabulous for Virgos , of which I am one. Good thing horoscopes are all based o...

One of the good things about holiday down time is getting caught up on some reading. I sat up until I finished Michael Marshall's The In...

The last of the holiday errands are run. I just poured some Peet's holiday blend from the French press. We picked it up up in Portland ...

I mean to talk in this corner of cyberspace about what I'm trying to do on many fronts, but I know I'm a long way from even developi...

I got a Christmas card from an old friend who told me she's been keeping up with me by the blog. Again, you just can't measure the b...

At holiday time it's nice to get the whole family together. Herding cats can be a challenge, however. I snapped this just before ...