Progress and Tempering

Despite several major upheavals in my personal life, and a long period of adjustment to my new lifestyle, I have finally managed to get my writing back on track. Writing full time is weird. Sometimes, it feels like like it is always the weekend. Other times, it feels like it never is. I vacillate between […]

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Maynard James Keenan

Fucking Maynard, man. Dude’s a genius. Hmm. You may not be familiar with what I’m talking about. Allow me to back up. Sometime in college, my friend Jeremy introduced me to a band called Tool, fronted by Maynard James Keenan, who wrote all the lyrics and music, as well. Maynard was a weird guy. He […]

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Potions Class

Sometimes, when I am tired, I make myself a little concotion I call “wake-up juice”. In the vein of Coke Blak, it is a combination of 30% cold  coffee and 70% Diet Coke. No additional sweetner. Extra caffeine and none of the sugar! But if I’m feeling REALLY crazy, I toss in a shot of Kaluha.  It’s […]

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Have Yourself a Nerdy Little Christmas

Thanks to Deanna Hoak for this little bit of holiday cheer:

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Thanksgiving is Over

Which means I’m out of excuses not to work. Rats. Dani and I have been together for 7 years now, and married for three, but our families remain unintegrated. This means two of every major holiday, including Christmas, and an endless tug-of-war over who gets the ACTUAL holiday, and who we have to spend the […]

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