Slow down, you move too fast

I nearly gave myself a heart attack this afternoon.
There are five short story contests coming up that have deadlines of Sept. 30 or Oct. 1. My hope has been to enter at least two of them, maybe three if I have time (and can find three stories good enough to send). Earlier this week, I [...]

A visual PU

 

Courtesy of Plus One. He thought this served as an apt description of my interactions with someone who shall remain nameless. You’ll find lots more like this at despair.com—but if you don’t already know that, where the hell have you been?

As if I needed another reason to hate people…

This would do:
Petcka’s lawyer, Charles Hochbaum, admitted his client kicked the 8-year-old tabby and “swatted him really hard” after the cat bit him, but he said his client did not mean to kill him.
“This was a tragic accident,” Hochbaum said. “It was not intentional.”
Hochbaum complained the district attorney’s office never offered his client a plea [...]

What I’ve been doing when I haven’t been writing here

I’ve been training to be a literacy tutor with the YMCA. I have a student lined up as soon as the state finishes processing my background check, which I understand could take an age.
I’ve also been working on the novel—really, what else would I be working on? (Well, if you must know, I’m also working [...]

What’s this? What’s this?

A little postal love from Brian’s Stampapalooza. To see everything he sent, go here.
Thanks, Brian!

Whenever I hear John McCain or Sarah Palin

…I am overwhelmed by the urge to say, “Shut up, shut up, shut up! Your voice is giving me mono!“

On the bright side

The first day back at work after a vacation is always eventful. It was even moreso today. It turns out that the newspaper, which has been struggling, is switching from biweekly to monthly, the publisher is selling the building, and our office is going virtual.
My biggest worry is not losing my salary (which is small [...]