Monthly Archives: September 2016

Bad Joke Friday

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Something for Thursday

A few tunes from English folk singer Kate Rusby today!

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Plotting? Never! (And other stuff)

Hey there, folks! Time for a few thoughts on…stuff. (Wow, I is articulate.) :: In the current WIP, I have reached what I think is roughly the halfway point. I hope so, anyway — I would really like to be … Continue reading

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Thoughts on being 45

Hey, I’m 45. Ayup. But I had cake, so…ayup. That’s all I got. Off to do stuff!

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Symphony Saturday

Alexander Borodin only wrote two complete symphonies and fragments of a third. In discovering this wonderful composer of late, I’m at the same time heartbroken at his relatively small output, but also amazed at its quality. This is a man … Continue reading

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Football fandom is weird.

Here’s some math. An NFL game takes roughly three hours to play. So if you watch every single play of each of your team’s sixteen regular-season NFL games, at season’s end you will have watched 48 hours of football. That’s … Continue reading

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Bad Joke Friday

Q: How do you fix a brass instrument? A: With a tuba glue!

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Myself in Three Fictional Characters

So there’s a meme going around the various social media sites in which you pick three fictional characters to depict yourself. Here are my three: How about yours?

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Something for Thursday

One of the most beautiful songs I know: “Scythe Song” by Dougie Maclean. The song is about the long work involved in learning to do a thing and do it well, and the way you need to ideally spend time … Continue reading

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Conning!

This past weekend was Buffalo Comicon! And yes, we attended. Lots of fun was had by all, and some geeky stuff was acquired, as you might expect. My haul included the following items: Not bad, eh? I’d like to have … Continue reading

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