Last week my son stayed home from school because he was sick. This week, it’s my turn. OMG, I haven’t had a sore throat like this in YEARS.
Am going to take some Tylenol PM and go back to bed. The thing that SO sucks about being sick is that my writing suffers, […]

I’m not superstitious. At all.
But yesterday, I was in my office (in the basement,) happily plugging away on one of my WIPs. Then, a noise interrupted me. Someone knocking on the door.
Now, I usually don’t answer the door during the day, because it never fails…it’s some religious group trying to convert me to […]

There’s a reason I call this blog my “soapbox.” And right now, I’m going to get up on it and shout to the world.
Back in the late nineties, I was the supervisor at a NWS weather station in Astoria, Oregon. My observers and I were operating from 6 A.M. to 10 P.M., and […]

To all companies who provide a customer service department for its customers. You know, like internet service providers, telephone companies, utility companies, credit card companies…
First, I’d really like to speak to real people. Pushing buttons until my fingers bleed because I’m being taken in circles is seriously frustrating. I have nightmares about […]

I. Am. So. Angry.
A little background:
Hurricane Katrina. House all but destroyed. FEMA useless. Required to apply for a Small Business Administration Loan to repair house and replace contents.
Okay, so we JUST get our SBA loan approval in the amount of $120,000. Great. However, it is SO restrictive that it’ll be […]

Yesterday I got a whole bunch of spam via my contact form. All in English. I think.
From Prosto: By all hi! Good day! =)
From Ochen: Hi As to me to adjust correctly time on my computer?
From Serg: Hi! And who saw such
Good ole Stif says: As in your guestbook to include support html?
And […]

After months and months of drooly anticipation, I finally got to see the movie I’ve wanted to see for, well, months.
Trembling with anticipation, I popped corn, popped a beer, and snuggled up under a blanket. I couldn’t wait. I love fairy tales. I adored Politically Correct, the Ultimate Storybook. […]

I HATE spammers. Hate ‘em. Spamming should be illegal. And spammers…well, they’re only a step or two above looters on the scumbag scale.
Recently I’ve been getting more spam than usual. If I get a hundred emails a day, fifty will be spam. WHY do these morons think I want a […]