A Pain in the Neck

I have a referral for the physical therapist, because I have a pain in my neck.
Said pain developed after going to the writers’ conference. For three days, I schlepped my bag around, which contained a computer, business cards, phone, credit card, pens and plenty of synopsis (synopses?) of my book. My bag weighed about 15 [...]

Laziness Squared and Other Stuff

I do not know why, but this last week, I have felt incredibly lazy. I feel like the entire world has passed me by completely.
Could it be writing jet lag from NaNoing last month? Accomplishing the goal was rather impressive, if I do say so myself. Could it be that with the onslaught of winter, [...]

My Pledge is in the Mail

Mr. Random Name is hosting a  Scheharazade Pledge for cyber world’s famous David Rochester. So far, an unofficial poll of pledges finds that the people are embracing the David Rochester situation with open arms.
I’m a good guy, and I like to donate to just causes whenever possible. That is why, after cooking the books and [...]

A Disturbing Dream

Last night, I had a rather disturbing dream.
I dreamt I was pregnant.
Not just a little pregnant, I was about six months along and as big as a house. The weird thing about the dream is that I had been hiding my pregnancy from Mr. Demonic. He had just started to notice me getting a bit [...]

New Guilty Pleasure (Hobby)

Something happened to me a month ago.
I picked up some beads, and after that my entire world changed.
Some people have crack habits, others smoke cigarettes or drink. Me, I go to Michael’s and my eyes glaze over in the bead section.
Last weekend, I went to another bead show. It was that fiendish bead show at [...]

Two Very Interesting But Time Wasting Applications on Facebook

OK, I admit I am old. I can remember when there were no answering machines, much less cell phones with voice mail, and when only rich people had color TV. I remember when my dad brought the first microwave oven home back in the early 1970s, and when you could easily buy a damned good [...]

Frank Sex Talk with the Daughter’s Boyfriend

That’s right, you heard me correctly.
I was answering my Facebook mail when I witnessed a rather tense exchange between my daughter, Ms. MiniD and her current boy du jour. BDJ is still in our Midwest Rust Belt declining city, going to community college and working at the local broasted chicken place (18 outlets in the [...]

Backed Up

I’m so far behind on so many things. That’s why I haven’t been posting here.
You would think that the absence of all the children in the house would free up my time. That’s NOT the case. I have so many things that were on the back burner now coming to the fore, that I can’t [...]

Wintertime in the Rockies

My daughter and I drove to Utah today, about halfway to California.
The past two days on the Front Range have been all about rain. It was a good thing, because they haven’t had much rain in the last month or so. Of course, Mother Nature waited until I drove into town to throw down a [...]

A Brief Post About My Part of a (Secret) Party and Office Help

I attended the much hoo-ha’ed meeting of the internet minds, but only for the day. I would have stayed longer to enjoy all the wonderment that is drunken karaoke, but I had to leave to go back to work TODAY, Sunday. That is because the last girl I hired, nicknamed “ElastiGirl” because that’s exactly who [...]