Monthly Archives: June 2012
What’s wrong with being a lady?
“Whatever you choose, however many roads you travel, I hope that you choose not to be a lady. I hope you will find some way to break the rules and make a little trouble out there. And I also hope … Continue reading
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Writing: Outline Updates
Well, the second draft of my novel is progressing nicely. I have a feeling this draft is going to be a fair bit longer than 100,000 words, as I’m a third of the way to that already and the main … Continue reading
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Exceeding expectations not always good
Last Friday I took the day off work to watch the kids while my wife took a bunch of cub scouts (we’re Bear Den leaders now) to day camp. Since I knew I’d be home, I arranged a few things … Continue reading
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Facebook sniping
When am I going to learn? People are not posting those trite little socio-political pictures that oversimplify issues into pithy slogans because they want to invite discussion. Quite the opposite! They post those so they can take potshots at their … Continue reading
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Electronic dependency
Last weekend our computer died. It wouldn’t even switch on. This caused no small amount of consternation among the kids. Saturday morning is their computer time, when they each get 20 minutes to do whatever they want (yes, we’re cruel … Continue reading
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A Million bad words
Someone once said that writers need to write about a million bad words before they finally learn to really write. I’m going to assume they meant “throw-away” words and not obscenities, or else I’m never going to make it. Now, … Continue reading
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Easy as breathing
I get occasional bouts of asthma. Usually it’s not that severe, but it’s uncomfortable enough I’ve needed to use over-the-counter Primatene Mist from time to time. Unfortunately for me Primatene uses CFCs as a propellant, which was recently banned in the … Continue reading
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Takin’ it downtown
The company I work for has its headquarters in downtown Salt Lake City, though the office I work in is several miles away on the other side of the airport. It has its advantages and disadvantages. Not being at the … Continue reading
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Nature on your doorstep
I used to hear all the time when we lived in Boise that people had moved there because it was so close to nature. Since moving to the Salt Lake City area, though, I’ve decided if Boise is close to … Continue reading
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Technical Difficulties
Hey! I wrote a post for today! What happened to it?! It even had a picture and everything. And now I see that not only didn’t it post, the computer has no recollection of it ever being written. Feh. A … Continue reading
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