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Personal interlude

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

I have good news and bad news concerning the spate of tornadoes ranging through the Dallas area yesterday. The good news is that I didn’t make it, and I’m now doomed to walk the earth and feed on the flesh … Continue reading →

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Personal interlude

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

Ah, it’s always something the week before a big show. Sunday was the Czarina’s turn to get horribly sick a half-hour before a friend’s wedding (in her case, labyrinthitis instead of my nearly-lethal asthma fit), and now there’s the glee … Continue reading →

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I’m living in my own private Tanelorn

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

Radio silence over the last week, mostly due to having a surfeit of vacation time at the Day Job that needed to be burned off or lost. This meant that, like the protagonist in too many really downbeat novels, I … Continue reading →

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No sleep ’til Halloween

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

Just a tiny observation, based on a trip to the grocery store this morning. Back eighteen years ago, my friend Joey Shea kept calling and writing to tell me about a new movie coming out from Tim Burton that I … Continue reading →

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“He who controls the spice controls the universe, y’all.”

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

Officially, we started autumn nearly two weeks ago. North Texas apparently didn’t get the memo. Oh, we’re no longer skinnydipping in pools of molten concrete, but we’re still in true drought conditions. According to Weather.com, we’re officially registering at 15 … Continue reading →

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Revenge of the Joey Box

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

While everyone else whimpers and whines about whether the US Post Office can remain solvent, some of us use it. Last month, I sent out several Joey Boxes to interested bystanders. One was eaten by individuals unknown, but the others … Continue reading →

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Personal interlude

Posted on August 4, 2011 by

For the record, Saturday is the Czarina’s birthday. She’s not expecting a big blowout, and we’re planning to celebrate very quietly. Breakfast out, maybe a movie, and then hiding inside until the big yellow hurty thing in the sky returns … Continue reading →

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Personal interlude

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

I promised that I wasn’t going to talk about the weather, but I will discuss the general air quality. When I describe Dallas air quality alerts as “Yellow,” “Orange,” “Red,” “Purple,” and “Too Thick To Breathe, Too Thin To Plow,” … Continue reading →

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“Hi! I’m Johnny Knoxville, and this is ‘self-publishing’.”

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

Every once in a while, I feel the urge to write another book. Never mind that my previous three got more positive reviews than sales: instead of wasting my time with science fiction and essays therein, I was going to … Continue reading →

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Personal interlude

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

North Texas is not a good place to get sick, and the end of May is a good time if you really feel like taking out your nasal passages with muriatic acid and ice picks. It’s bad enough that the … Continue reading →

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