Jun 30 2006
New post up today: A 10-Year Plan on the main site. This short piece is a 500-word essay I wrote to accompany my application for Hollins University. I’m guessing it’s an exercise used to determine if an applicant can spell and grasp the fundamentals of grammar. Given that I live with a worse Grammar Nazi […]
Jun 27 2006
NOW I remember why I love the desert so much! It has rained almost non-stop for 4 days. Okay, okay — 3.5. If this keeps up, I think the dehumidifier might go on strike. Then the basement will become our new indoor swimming pool, but I don’t know how to swim! Please send floaties. :) […]
Jun 23 2006
I thought the following worth stealing from Rick’s e-mail siggy: Heinlein’s Rules for Writing 1. You must write. 2. You must finish what you write. 3. You must refrain from rewriting, except to editorial order. 4. You must put the work on the market. 5. You must keep the work on the market until it […]
Jun 21 2006
There is this bird … I don’t know what it’s called or even what it looks like, but every once in a while I hear the cry of a newborn kitten mewling outside the window. It’s disturbing in that it whacks my Save-the-Animals! button soundly, leaving me with the overwhelming compulsion to drop what I’m […]