After 10 days off from workouts, I was back in the saddle first thing this morning. I was up at 4:30 AM (after going to bed later than I would have liked) and I was into the gym by 5:50 AM. It was still warm out this morning, relative to how the temperatures have been…
Today is Megan’s birthday and so a hearty happy birthday is in order: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MEGAN! I have now known Megan for nearly 15 years (which is close to half her life) and she is one of the nicest, sweetest people I have ever met. She reminds me of a dark-haired Meg Ryan, and Dan,…
Do you really think any friend or family member would fail to inform me of such an event, knowing that I was not going to be able to stay up to watch the game? Doug was the first to text me and all his text said was, “Wow, back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs,” which left me guessing…
You can’t possibly go through the experience I went through this weekend and not be inspired to write. I mentioned earlier that I did some outlining at the ball game earlier today on the expanded version of my novella, “Graveyard Shift”. I had enough to get started (finally) actually writing, and this evening, I wrote…
I’m just back from my first Orioles game of the season. They played (and beat) the Toronto Blue Jays in a mostly one-sided game. You couldn’t have asked for better weather. Game time temperature was 85 degrees and there was a nice breeze blowing. (My seats are in the shade, so it was very comfortable.)…
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What started out slow turned into something completely unexpected. I’ve just gotten home (10:30 PM) after having one of the coolest experiences of my life. I’m so in awe that I’m not certain I can describe this coherently, but I will try.
A bunch of people in pirate costumes just walked by. I’m not used to this. (Sitting outside in the sun right now.) My first “event” of the day begins in about half and hour and I’ll be doing stuff from about noon until about 5 PM or so, at which point I head home. Incidentally,…
There was no traffic heading down here and I made it to the hotel in just under 2 hours. There was no parking in the hotel lot so I parted in the airport “economy” lot just across the street. It’s a little strange–lots of people in costumes of various kinds; I am in jeans and…
I’m heading off to Ravencon! It should take me about 2 hours to get down there. I’m bringing along all 4 issues of ANALOG in which Rob Sawyer’s novel Rollback appeared as a serial. Maybe he can sign those for me. Of course, I’ll also buy the hardcover while I’m there. I’m also taking my…