For NaNoWriMo, I decided to do something differently tonight, and that is, do my writing the first thing I got home. I had ideas last night, as I lay in bed, and no time today to grab any of my beloved 3 x 5 cards to write anything down. So, while my two baked potatoes […]
NaNoWriMo – Day Four
Day Four? It’s a miracle, a miracle, I tell you! I had a busy day at work; it was my one year anniversary at a job I truly enjoy, so that was good. But then I came home and experienced that curtain of fog that overcomes me around 5:30. I think it’s really just a […]
UZIs – Trouble in the Nevada Desert
I’m not a gun owner, but I have opinions about the usage and licensing of guns. If you’re going to use a gun or a rifle, then you should know what you’re doing. If you don’t know what you’re doing, you could kill someone. However, if that is your goal, then you and I should […]
Two Dirt Roads, the Dalai Lama, and Me
So this is what I would have wanted the name of my blog post to be: “In Which the New York Times Associates Douglas Preston with the Dalai Lama, High-Speed internet, and Henry David Thoreau All In One Sentence.” But it’s too long, so I went with what I went with. And here’s what it […]
The Preston Petition vs. the Indie Petition
This is not a legal document, and I am in no way attached to anything legal. But I like the sound of it, petition vs. petition, as in Kramer vs. Kramer, which stars Meryl Streep, who I adore. Anyway, as you may or may not know, there has been a business discussion between Hachette and […]
Hating On Bucket Lists
I hate bucket lists. I hate the idea that an experience that might otherwise be considered valuable, enlightening, soul-drenching, and just plain old fun can be turned into a “to do” task and crossed off some life-controlling list when completed. But then I’ve always hated the expression “let’s do lunch,” as people often say. As […]