Okay, I’ll admit it. I’ve always had a thing for Honest Abe Lincoln. So today I thought I would celebrate his birthday with his own words. By turns insightful, thought-provoking, and humorous, you just can’t beat a good quote from Abraham Lincoln. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak […]
Archives for 2013
Silence Is Golden
February 10, 2013 by
Many people are uncomfortable with silence. I suppose I have to include myself in that group. I don’t watch television, but I usually have either music or an audio book playing on my iPod as I work at my job or putter around the house. That’s great if I’m trying to entertain myself or focus […]
The Best Laid Schemes
February 5, 2013 by
I planned on writing a blog post today that was overwhelming and heart-wrenching in intensity and grandeur. Then I was hit with… THE HEAD COLD OF THE CENTURY!!! And thus could write nothing at all since my head is full of…stuff and I have not managed to roll off my sofa for days. As Robert […]
Interview With A Groundhog
February 3, 2013 by
As you may know, on Groundhog’s Day our esteemed weather forecaster Punxsutawney Phil did NOT see his shadow and so predicts an early spring.When I heard this news, the thermometer at the Palatial Horvath Estate had not yet topped twenty degrees. I wondered if perhaps Phil was insane. I wondered if I’d misheard and/or misunderstood.Then I […]
Little Voices (A Free SF Short Story)
January 31, 2013 by
After a bit of thought, I’ve decided to post some of my short stories here on the blog. Your mileage may vary, but I find them entertaining. 🙂 This is one of my favorites. I wrote it a while ago, and I was apparently feeling quite disgruntled about the number of pastries people were […]
Thoughts on Heinlein’s 5 Rules For Writing
January 29, 2013 by
I was reading a post on another blog and it reminded me about Robert Heinlein’s 5 rules of writing. In case you don’t know, the rules are: 1 – You must write 2 – Finish what you start 3 – You must refrain from rewriting, except to editorial order 4 – You must […]
