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Category: Me
Let The Summer Time Roll
I enjoyed our two weeks away, and it was definitely long enough for me to start thinking about all the things I wanted to do when I got back. There are many writing-related things, of course, but I’m trying to let them take a back-seat to family life, since I have my boys (9 and… Continue reading Let The Summer Time Roll
One Decade On
Exactly ten years ago this morning, I saw two pink lines on a pregnancy test for the first time ever. I had waited some time to see them, then instantly forgot whether two lines meant yes or no. It’s been a quick decade, thanks to my lovely boys.
Change Your WordPress.com Blog’s Subtitle/Tagline
Along with the sample first post and the sample first comment, WordPress has an annoying habit of putting an automatic subtitle on all new blogs. It reads “Just Another WordPress Blog” and looks like this: Now, I’m a fan of WordPress and all, , but I don’t really want that as my subhead. To change… Continue reading Change Your WordPress.com Blog’s Subtitle/Tagline
Novelling Demon
I wrote seven thousand words on my novel today. Seven thousand! I feel great. Apart from the slight ringing in my ears. (Is it possible to break your brain?) More importantly I learned a lot. But I’m going to have to get away from the computer, so you’ll have to wait to hear about my… Continue reading Novelling Demon
Tick that Box
So I voted this morning. I’ve only done that twice in my life before, and the last time was at some point in the early 1990s when I was still a student 1. With all the hoopla over recent elections in the US (hanging chads, anyone?) I was under the impression that everyone had these… Continue reading Tick that Box
Everything I Need To Know About Economics I Learned In Kindergarten
So I’m sitting here listening to people on the radio rant about Class Warfare In America. Uh-huh. I know about class. I may carry a US passport, but they didn’t take away my British one, and that’s where I grew up. Class is not about income. Class is about hierarchy and exclusion. If you’re not… Continue reading Everything I Need To Know About Economics I Learned In Kindergarten
Thursday Morning
Wow, winter has come quickly. I mean, it’s November and we’ve had snow already, and its not that I’m surprised at having to scrape frost off my windscreen at 7:55AM, it’s just that that it’s so sudden. October spent a good part of its time this year pretending to be August (or at least early… Continue reading Thursday Morning
Thank you NASA! Thank you, NASA! thank you, NASA!
T-5 minutes to the last ever shuttle launch. Thirty years ago, the first home computers came out. The best had 16k of internal memory. To watch the last launch, I picked up my iPad (64gb internal storage), fired up the NASA app, pressed a button and sent the live video from Florida to my 42″… Continue reading Thank you NASA! Thank you, NASA! thank you, NASA!
Normal
Today’s post is a private one on my boys’ blog. You probably won’t be able to read it, unless you’re me. (You’re not, are you?)