Moose and Ink

Getting a Head Start on Procrastination

  • May, June, July Progress

    I am a horrible human being. Here I was, planning on making monthly posts (if not more) about my writing progress. Then I blink and three months pass without an update. So … uh … oops? Let’s rectify that. May Total Words: 6,500 Not a terrible month with a strong finish. I stumbled across some Continue reading

  • Return to the Invasion of Normandy – 2015

    Last July, a group of friends and I went to ION (Invasion of Normandy). This past weekend, I went and did it again. And like last year, I had a blast. For those who don’t recall (and who don’t want to click on the little link above) – ION is a massive scenario paintball event Continue reading

  • Turning 41 Amongst Gentlemen of the Road

    Received last night from my little brother: So this is 41 … it’s something alright. How am I planning on spending it? Well, the folks are coming up for dinner but aside from that, not too much is happening. Most of the fun stuff happened last weekend. As a combination anniversary (June 5), Steph’s birthday Continue reading

  • Sweet Sixteen

    Sixteen years ago on a nice, summer day not too unlike today, Steph and I were married. It has generally been a pleasant time. Since that church in Calmar, IA (about 10 miles from here), we’ve been a lot of places. Our first anniversary was in Galena, IL, a town not far from where I Continue reading

  • Sunset

    A very nice sunset from my walk home last night. I only wish that I had my sunglasses with me so it didn’t melt my eyeballs. Continue reading

  • March & April Progress

    Well I feel like a schmuck. I was positive I’d posted about my March progress but a quick look this morning told me that I was wrong. D’oh! To make up for that, here’s a picture of Cici acting as referee for a grunge match between Skye and Bee. March A total of 7,750 words Continue reading

  • Welcome Bee

    Proving that I am woefully behind the times … We have a new resident in our house. Say hello to Bee.   Bee, short for Beholder (either in relation to the one-eyed D&D monster or the phrase, “Eye of the Beholder”, take your pick) came to us from the local Humane Society. She lost her Continue reading

  • February Progress

    I honestly did not mean for a month to pass before posting again. Wow. Anyway, here’s some February progress. Again, the Green dots represent days that I’d written in increments of 250 words.  Orange is video games (guess when I beat a game? Go on, guess!). The total for the month is roughly 7,500 words. That’s Continue reading

  • January Progress

    I actually meant to post this last week but a nasty bout with the stomach flu waylaid me. Here is a picture of cute cats to atone for the error: Okay, that aside, here is another picture: A couple of months ago, I read about V.E. Schwab’s method of tracking her writing.  She explains it Continue reading

  • The Failure of Clever

    While I really don’t want to go into the context behind which prompted this, this quote sums up today quite well:   It’s not clever. And the failure mode of clever is asshole. — John Scalzi (@scalzi) January 27, 2015   (A detailed explanation behind that theory – http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/06/16/the-failure-state-of-clever/) Continue reading