CHION
As most of you know, I have a special place in my heart for independent fiction. I had wanted to read Darryl Sloan’s YA thriller for awhile. I’ve listened to all of the MP3 files that he has placed on his website and know just how talented he is. And Chion wasn’t a disappointment.
(WARNING: SPOILERS [...]
DRAGONLANCE
As a junior in high school, I borrowed my first Dungeons & Dragons novel from my buddy, Evan. It was Dragons of Autumn Twilight and I was blown away by just how awesome a read it was. The book made the rounds and friend after friend loved it. Now, after fifteen years, they’ve made an [...]
CHILD OF THE ‘80S
I was born in 1975 and spent the majority of my childhood in the 1980s. I like how that decade has started to become retro in recent years. I’ve purchased the “Top Ten” episodes of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe on DVD. I’ve purchased the first eight [...]
LIBERALS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE “TOLERANT?”
Since I first put up my MySpace page, I’ve looked around on the site for people who have many of the same interests (Jesus, writing, politics, independent film, etc.) that I have. I’ve asked many people to let me add them to my “friends” list. Until this past [...]
A TOMB IN JERUSALEM
Okay, so this “documentary” came on THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL last Sunday night and everybody’s talking about it. Atheists and pagans alike claim that it proves that Jesus wasn’t the Son of God. Here are my two cents worth:
In those times, people were buried in their home towns. [...]
THE COST OF OUR MEMORIES
I stopped by the grocery store this morning and discovered that they were selling blackberries . . . at almost four bucks a pint. I couldn’t believe the price of a fruit that used to be so readily available to me in the summer. I remember spending the warm, summer days [...]
TODAY’S UPDATE
Not much has been happening around here lately. I got a couple of manuscripts back from my editor and we’re going to meet next week, during my vacation from work, to discuss her views on some of the red marks. As usual, she has pointed out things in the story that need further clarification. [...]
ANXIETY
Over the course of the past six months, I’ve lost four relatives. First, my father died in September. Then my Uncle Bill from California died. After that, my Uncle Howard (“Junior”) died. Most recently, my Uncle Patrick died. I mourn them all, as I was, at one time or another, close to each of them. [...]
LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW
We got about an inch of snow over the course of yesterday. Unlike our recent ice storm, this didn’t effect our electricity, phone or internet. My wife is sick and stayed home from school. I’m off on Thursdays. My daughter is watching a [...]
THE LAST FOUR OF YOUR SSN
I’ve talked to some pretty paranoid people through my job, but one just a couple of weeks ago really takes the cake. When we verify a card member, we usually verify their mother’s maiden name or password. When we can’t do that, either because we don’t have it on file [...]
