• Happy 5 year anniversary Doug & Rachel!

    25 Aug 2006 » 1 min read

    Today is Doug and Rachel’s 5 year anniversary. Five years ago today we were all hanging out on Catalina Island, having a blast. I just wanted to wish you guys a very happy anniversary.

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  • City of Angels

    25 Aug 2006 » 1 min read

    I got sucked into City of Angels on HBO tonight. I’ve seen it once before when it first came out and remembered it was a pretty good movie, with an even better soundtrack. I got curious and it took about ten minutes of skimming through my 1998 diary to tell me that I first saw…

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  • In the department of “too much information”, Part Deux

    25 Aug 2006 » 1 min read about Music & Arts

    I just did my best ever rendition of Lars Ulrich, air-drumming to Metallica’s “Breadfan”. And keeping with the Lars tradition, I was wearing nothing but my boxers. And now my arms feel like they are going to fall off! But I can’t resist: I’ve got to follow this up with an encore of “Whiplash”!

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  • More Metallica

    25 Aug 2006 » 1 min read about Music & Arts

    strausmouse will hate this, but I just bought Metallica’s Garage, Inc. off the Apple Music Store. Most everything I’ve heard by Metallica after the Black Album is Just No Good. However, I discovered the “disc 2” of Garage, Inc. is, in fact, Garage Days Revisited and that’s the one early album that I don’t have.…

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  • In the department of “too much information”

    25 Aug 2006 » 1 min read about Music & Arts

    I just did my best ever rendition of Michael Stipe’s part in the Indigo Girls song “Kid Fears” while I was in the shower. I had my invisible audience on their feet. Now I’m hoarse.

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  • Halfway through Dangerous Visions

    24 Aug 2006 » 1 min read about Reading & Books

    I’m approaching the halfway mark through Dangerous Visions (slowly, as usual for the summer, what with Everything Else going on), and I must say, I’m surprised. All of the stories are, of course, good. I didn’t really “get” Phil Farmers “Riders of the Purple Wage”. That was a tough one for me. But so far,…

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  • Workout #19 (leg and back w/Bernard)

    24 Aug 2006 » 1 min read about Fitness & Health

    My second really busy day in a row and I haven’t been able to keep up with my normal posting pace, but if I don’t get the workout posted, I’ll forget all about and so without further prelude here is the…

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  • More proofreading

    24 Aug 2006 » 1 min read about Writing & Publishing

    I have a plan now for finishing up the proofreading and editing of “Graveyard Shift” in order to get it in the mail and on its way to F&SF Saturday morning: 1. Complete proofreading the second third of the story tonight. (This is now done) 2. Complete the final third of the story tomorrow night.…

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  • Workout #18 (cardio)

    24 Aug 2006 » 1 min read about Fitness & Health

    I was back on track with a cardio workout this afternoon after work. I did 40 minutes on the elliptical, and since it was the first time in about a week, it was noticably differerent than the last time. I only had to do about 64 RPM to maintain my target heartrate, which was down…

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  • Protected: Through the slush pile!?

    23 Aug 2006 » 2 min read about Writing & Publishing

    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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