I’ve sent “Outside, Looking In” to a magazine, and I’ll be sending “Heat Death” to another one once their reading period opens up (May 1st, so, really, tomorrow). I had some encouraging words this weekend from a friend who read “Heat Death” at the tail end of a party, and proceeded to gush about my …
Friends of ours are leaving the province in a couple of days, so we had them over last night, along with our friend John and his kids. We had barbecued chicken (the bbq looked a litte iffy for a while, but then the rain stopped and the clouds parted) and oven-roasted potatoes and a couple …
So I picked up a short story I’d started in December, found an ending for it, and put it all together in less than 1,000 words. It’s called “Heat Death” and I think I’m going to submit it. If you’re interested (it’s short–989 words by the counter in OpenOffice, 982 by the counter on the …
If you need any phenterimine (whatever that is), I know a guy who can hook you up. I’ll just have to trawl through some logfiles to get his email address. Oh wait, nevermind. That email address looks fake. So I installed Dr. Dave’s Spam Karma v2.2. Here’s hopin’…
I got a stone in my sandal tonight, and there’s a sign of spring right there–I can wear sandals. I can wear sandals at 9 o’clock at night, and shorts and a t-shirt, and not wish I’d put on more clothes before I left the house. There were some gorgeous sunset colours in the sky tonight, …
Flowers that we brought with us for Grandma and Grandpa
We went up to my grandparents’ farm for Easter. Photos to come… probably Tuesday. Here’s a teaser: The birds lifting off of a flooded field, dubbed Lake Ted by my family.
13 favourite songs from movie soundtracks. Thirteen Things about Patrick Johanneson Primus, “Tommy the Cat”, from the soundtrack to Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey. This song introduced me to Primus, the bass-centred wacko-lyrics band from El Sobrante, and I’ve never had cause to look back since. It’s the story of a female cat out lookin’ …
Tricks of the Trade User-submitted tips & tricks to make your life easier. Way cool, as far as I’m concerned.
Save frequently. Don’t give The Gimp real-time priority when it’s already running at 99% of the CPU. Baking bread when you’re hungry doesn’t make you any less hungry. You’d think I’d already know all these things.