RSS Dependency
Wherein I discuss my addiction to RSS feeds and what I plan to do about said addiction.
Month: July 2009
Future Transcendental or Future Fabulous?
I watched this while eating breakfast this morning: Go watch it, it’s short. You’re back? Ok. Two main thoughts. While Philip Zimbardo claims that a Future Transcendentalist is focused on life after death, I think there is a sub-category of this type that doesn’t think about life after death, but about achieving some kind of …
Screenshot
My current screenshot. The desktop image is called “Aurora 2” and I’m sorry to say I can’t remember where I got it from. I’m running three Geektool scripts: an iTune’s script, a PandoroBoy script, (both of which occupy the same spot on the screen and simply don’t show up when they are not playing) and …
Writing Challenge and Writing Tricks
One more week of writing every day. Except for one night when I couldn’t focus and ended up writing the beginnings of a random scene set in a diner—a scene that didn’t really go anywhere and that served as more of a writing exercise than anything else—I’ve been making slow but continual progress on The …
Project 365 Highlight
One of my favorite photos so far from my Project 365 set.
Spaced on Hulu
If you are a fan of Shaun of the Dead or Simon Pegg’s work in general, if you like British comedies that are fun and full of pop culture references from comics, movies, and tv . . . you really should watch this series. Yay Hulu!!!
Writing Update for July 19
Last Monday I started my “250 Words for 25 Days” challenge and have made it through my first week of writing fiction each and every day. I’ve been working on my humorous science fiction story “The Devious Astrolabe,” the title of which was suggested by Joya and you can actually read the unedited first section …
11 Days of Pictures
My favorite image from my recently started Project 365. You can see a slideshow here or go directly to the set on my Flickr page here.
Get Thee To a Dentistry!
Photo by mucus*plug Here’s the thing folks, if you don’t have dental insurance, save up for a yearly cleaning and checkup. Seriously. Because if you don’t, like I didn’t, you will go to the dentist (in the case DentPlus Dental Center because they are open on Saturday’s and I wouldn’t have to take time out …
5 Year Goals – Revisited
Over two years ago, I wrote out a list of 20 accomplishments I wanted to achieve within the next five years. Let’s revisit them, shall we . . . Attend Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers’ Workshop Start my own business & make at least 1/2 my necessary income from that business Write 2 novels …