So, on Friday, the sleep clinic called me to tell me I have apnea. Sleep Apnea is defined by 5 or more neurological episodes during sleep that prevent you from breathing properly (10 or more seconds between breaths) and wake you back up. Because of this, you spend less time in the deepest, most restful […]
The Sleep Clinic
So, the wife says I snore sometimes, and it keeps her up. She’s been pushing me for a while to see a doctor about it, but I haven’t had a lot of luck with doctors lately (see last years entries for the full story on my phantom pain), and wasn’t terribly eager. Still, I want […]
Tracers
Recently, there has been a pretty hefty shifting in the licensing agreements of the estate of Robert E. Howard, the depression-era pulp author most famous for his character Conan the Barbarian, and, to a lesser extent, Red Sonja. Howard committed suicide in the midst of the depression and never saw the huge fame his characters […]
Now What?
An odd side effect of my single-minded devotion to finishing my book above all else is that now that it’s done, I have no idea what to do with myself. I have all this free time, and no idea how to spend it. I haven’t been to the movies in months, haven’t spent a weekend […]
The Craft of Writing
Feb. 2007 was a little grim for the Peephole. I don’t think I ever went a whole month with just one entry since the blog’s inception. But in my defense, I turned 34, had a big party, dealt with a bad cold, and finished the Painted Man. Again. I take heart in the fact that […]