“I love deadlines.  I like the whooshing sound they make as they go by.” — Douglass Adams, 1951 – 2001 I had a goal to finish Genie Memories by April 30th. So what’s the status as of May 1st?  No book.   Based on tonight’s progress (a net reduction of -1,001 words), one might think I’m Continue reading

It’s Spring Break here in Decorah and the weather is finally cooperating.  It’s pretty cool to actually open my office window and feel a 60 degree breeze wash over me.  I’m also getting a lot of much needed work done. An added bonus of Spring?  The Writing Moose and I are doing quite well, thank Continue reading

This comes via Twitter from one of my VP instructors, Steven Gould. Being a perfectionist in my writing, I am seriously thinking I need something like this engraved in wood or painted and framed or maybe even tattooed onto my hands or something. Continue reading

… huh? What?  It’s when?  Thursday?  Holy crap!  Ahem – Hi there.  As you might guess, I’ve been a bit busy this past week.  For the most part, it’s been all good (if you overlook the whole ‘taking my quotes to the college paper out of context’ bit) but its left me very little time Continue reading

I got my hands on a Kindle this week. For those who don’t know, the Kindle is Amazon’s eBook Reader.  The Kindle is lightweight and boasts that you can carry hundreds/thousands of books in one little tablet.  Quite a deal.  It’s also got wireless so you can do some web browsing or purchase your books Continue reading

First, the good news – my review is the headliner on Multiplayer Hub’s review website which launched today.  I’ve got a couple other reviews in the pipeline, but it’s been a fun experience so far.  I get to play games and get paid for it.  Sweet. Now for the WTF? It’s been many years since Continue reading

This past week, I became a game review contributor for a site called Multiplayer Hub.  I get the opportunity to review video games (yah!), write about them (double yah!), and get paid for it (wooo!).   Yeah, I’m pleased.  Reviews will start showing up on the site Feb 1st. Admittedly, it’s a (very) small position, but Continue reading

Over the past two days, our Internet at home has been down for approximately 24 hours in total. The first time happened Tuesday night for about 5 – 7 hours (went to sleep, didn’t know when it came back on) and then last night it was out from 5pm until around 6:30am.  I get twitchy Continue reading

The holiday slow down has begun and not much is happening around here.  Only two things noteworthy: One – A major project of mine this past year has been a renovation of our spaces here in the Library at work.  That all went well.  Yesterday, my co-workers and I sat down to discuss the project Continue reading