Earth…a mote of dust…the pale blue dot…and the place where we keep our stuff

April 22, 2011

Today is Earth Day. My first exposure to how important it was to protect our environment happened when I was about six-years-old. I’d watch Saturday morning cartoons, and there was the U.S. Forest Service’s Woodsy Owl, telling me to “Give a hoot. Don’t pollute” and the Keep America Beautiful campaign with Iron Eyes Cody with [...]

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I’m pretty sure every writer needs a TARDIS

April 13, 2011

I was sitting on the couch with a spiral notebook last night, watching some Doctor Who, and occasionally sketching out a scene for my Script Frenzy project, when something very obvious occurred to me: This is not the best way to work. Of course, this didn’t stop me from sitting there, did it? Then something [...]

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I bought a fucking poster that I probably won’t be able to get fucking framed at Hobby Lobby

April 11, 2011

I recently came across a great fucking poster that I had to have. Good Fucking Design Advice is just that. And while I suspect that it’s intended for the the graphic design community, I think a lot of it can apply to designing (or re-designing) one’s life, so I bought a poster to remind myself [...]

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I’ve Just Spent One Full Week On The 4-Hour Body Program

March 21, 2011

About a month ago, I picked up a copy of The 4-Hour Body by Tim Ferriss. I’ve been off the better-eating bandwagon since about November 2010. Between the holidays, kidney stones (and with it, a lack of any kind of exercise), birthday dinners, Mom’s comfort foods, good-bye meals with friends, and eating out way too [...]

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Get the Clay on the Table

January 6, 2011

This year, I’m focusing on writing. One of my biggest problems with getting it down on paper is that I think about random scenes that go somewhere in the story, but I don’t like to write them down as they come to me. I like to write them down linearly, as they fall into place [...]

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Breaking Down And Buying MacJournal…I Suppose

December 26, 2010

I’ve been meaning to take Mariner’s MacJournal for a spin for a long while now, and since it’s the end of the year, and I’m gearing up, planning, plotting, scheming, and laying the groundwork for 2011, I thought this would be a good time to download a trial version (free to use for 15 days) [...]

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Okay, This Is Me, Planting An Idea In Your Mind

December 13, 2010

Is it odd that one reminds me of the other? COBB: You’re waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you, but you can’t be sure. Yet it doesn’t matter. Now, tell me why? MAL: Because we’ll be together.

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2010 Goals List “Review” Because, Let’s Face It, I Didn’t Do A Whole Lot Of Things On That List, Ya Know

December 9, 2010

I wrote a total of 16 blog entries this year (not including this one), which averages out to 1 entry every 3 weeks. One of my goals for 2010 (Number 4 on the list, in fact) was to “Keep my blog updated”. Oops. And I didn’t do that well on other items either. I’ve had [...]

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Practicing Yoga Practice

October 4, 2010

I’ve given up on the running. It’s just too much stress on my feet and knees at this point. After each run, it would take 3 days before I could move about without pain in my left foot, and my right knee and shin. Not good. Completely opposite of healthy, in fact. Maybe I’ll try [...]

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Why We Would Never Have Been Good Contestants on The $10,000 Pyramid

September 6, 2010

Saturday morning, Cindy and I drove to Tulsa for an overnight trip to visit the family and see the To Live Forever exhibit at the Philbrook Museum. We’ve been having some problems with the car lately, so we decided to take Route 66 instead of the turnpike. And somewhere along the way… Cindy Did you [...]

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