I’ve been seeking the perfect theme song for the upcoming summer vacation in Europe. This evening, I have finally settled on one, which seems perfect to me: “Come Sail Away” by Styx. Aside from the sailing motifs, it seems like a great getaway song. I can picture myself listening to the song on my iPod…
I decided to send my short story, “Wake Me When We Get There” to Electric Velocipede. The editor opens for submissions between April 1 and June 30 and it’s a good story for which I have received good feedback and deserves another chance. It looks like it could be a long wait, anywhere from 3-6…
I watched portions of the Yankees game today, but since I was reading, I didn’t watch the whole thing. I checked the score late in the game and saw that the Orioles were winning 7-6 in the bottom of the 9th inning with 2 outs, bases loaded and A-Rod up to the plate, so I…
There are many things to which I am grateful to my parents, but at the top of the list has to be their encouragement in reading. My parents read to me beginning at a young age. They did so fairly regularly, it seems to me.
Certain keys on my laptop keyboard have begun to squeak when I depress them, none more so than the spacebar. It’s driving me nuts! It’s the kind of thing that would force me to go out and by another laptop if I wasn’t about to shell out $3,000 in taxes! Does anyone know how to…
We ended up with about an inch of snow. Most of it had melted by the time I woke up this morning, but I could tell there was an inch by how much snow was on my car. Of course, tree branches are covered in snow and so everything looks unusually bright. Furthermore, it’s odd…
Yes, a rare April snow storm for the metropolitan Washington area. And I don’t mean flurries. Current reports suggest 1-2 inches of accumulation overnight! Plows, which had been put away for the season have to be hauled back out. Prince Georges’ County is reporting that the surprise April snow will cost them $200,000. For some…
Today is 89 days before the cruise (and 87 days until my month-long vacation) and since it’s within 90 days, it’s now possible to book special services on the cruise and this evening, through the convenient website, I booked myself 4 strategically scheduled massages, ensuring I get the times that I wanted: July 6 @…
I’m looking forward to getting into bed, reading more of In Memory Yet Green and perhaps watching an episode or two of the Magnum, P.I. DVDs that strausmouse and rmstraus got me for my birthday. And I’m looking forward to being able to sleep in a bit tomorrow. Regular readers may have noticed I haven’t…
It’s Good Friday, which is a religious holiday and that’s as good an excuse as any to do some writing about religion. Actually, Dan’s blog entry “The Soulful Atheist” also got me thinking about it a while back. In any case, here are my thoughts. The last time I had any feelings which could be…