Writing a Zombie novel has of course led me to research many things Zombie related. There’s a lot of just plain bad zombie related writing and other such nonsense out there. For such an iconic manifestation of our fears its a subject to which many more proficient writers have seemed to shun. Fortunately, there are … More More Zombie Fun
Once again I’m participating in NaNoWriMo, and once again I’m hoping to do better than the years before. Last year was my most promising start as I banged out close to 10,000 words in just a couple of nights. Unfortunately life took over as it always seems to and the writing fell off to the … More Nano 2009
When it comes down to the Cola wars I was always in the Coke camp. Pepsi just has the kind of sweetness to it that hits my palette the wrong way. However I’ve always loved Wild Cherry Pepsi and I’m of course a Mountain Dew fanatic. Why is any of this relevant? Well after seeing … More I’ve Got a Sudden Craving for a Pepsi
Every day I think I’ve seen or read something that tops out the twisted meter, but then the next day I’m amazed to find something absolutely new. Accord to a Metro Detroit news site a 35 year old woman used the internet to track down a teenage boy whom she had given up for adoption. … More More Twisted Than the Day Before
Yes, our cats want the love, and they want it all the time. This, of course is pretty natural cat behavior. Our siamese, however, has gotten really demanding at the worst possible times. The other night while I was doing dishes I felt cat claws poke my butt. He’s a big kitty. He also decided … More Give Me Love… NOW!
I thought my internet connection gets slow at time, but who knew the people in South Africa had it so bad. Apparently it is quicker to transmit your data via a homing pigeon rather than over your internet connection. I had moments back when I was dealing with Verizon DSL when I thought my broadband … More Pigeons, the New Broadband
Apple’s event today was, in short, a snore-a-thon. Maybe that’s unfair, but if it is, it’s Apple’s own fault. They set the bar so high for their special events years ago that anything short of ground-breaking new technology is going to be a severe disappointment. There was nothing at all ground breaking about todays event. … More The New iPods
Ever since the iPhone came out I’ve wanted one. I’m not much of a phone user, but the idea of being able to have anywhere access to the web in the shiny iPhone interface made me drool. Of course I couldn’t justify the cost of the data plans, not to mention I was still under … More AT&T, Giving me More Reasons to Stick with Verizon
Last month my laptops hard drive died. It went from a little wonkiness, to a loud clicking, and then straight to sudden death. Mostly I was annoyed. I’m good about backups. I have a cloned image of my drive. All my important and irreplaceable documents and pictures also get their own private onsite and offsite … More OS X 10.5.8 Update Fouled Up my Time Machine
Well the 4th of July is basically over now. I hope that everyone had a great and wonderful one!
Just a Man with a Mash Paddle 