I took the entire day off for Condor 2012 and it turned out to be a very good decision. This entire week at my day job has been a very busy and fairly stressful time, sleeping in on Friday allowed me some much-needed relaxation time. Continue reading
Ephraim Scott is having a challenging adolescence. The departure of his father has sent his mother spiraling into depression, dead-end jobs, and drunkenness. The girl of his dream, Jean, doesn’t seem to know he exists, and he and his best
friend Nathan are regularly the target of abuse and bullying. So when, after tragic and mysterious circumstances, a seeming magical wish granting coin falls into possession, Ephraim thinks that all of his troubles have ended. However things aren’t what they seem and soon he’s running for his life with disaster spreading in his wake and lives of everyone he’s ever cared about hanging on his decisions. Continue reading
This week my day job has been busy busy busy. I normally take my laptop Colossus with me to work so I can write during my breaks and my lunch.(I can sometimes get 2000 words a day done in that manner.) However this week, I have been so bushed by the amount of work and training for new work that I have actually used my breaks as breaks.
It hasn’t been all bad. I picked up a new book on Sunday, “Fair Coin” by E.C. Meyers over at the Star Trek rewatch blog. I should finish it soon and then I’ll post a review.
I have managed to keep momentum going on “Command & Control,” my new Seth Jackson novel and I do not entirely hate the prose that has been produced.
I’ve also made plan for going to Disneyland in April with an old friend whom I have not seen in a few years. It’s going to be just the two of us guys, palling around and acting like kids again. I haven’t been to Disneyland in almost 30 years.
This weekend is Condor, a local sf and fantasy convention and I am on three panels, including one with noted and award winning author David Brin. I shall try not to embarrass myself.
retro entery, best guess for date.
Headache at work 1 dose of Treximet taken.
As I write this, the results are coming in from the Michigan and Arizona primaries. I haven’t looked to see which way it is trending, but I do want to speak to the announced, ‘Operation: Hilarity.’ Continue reading
I am by nature a person who likes things that can be measured. While I did horribly in any sort of mathematics beyond simple arithmetic, I adore doing science with its focus on numbers, measurement, and prediction. Continue reading
Developed a headache by afternoon, took a single dose of Treximet
I am hoping that next week turns out better than this last week. While I am happy to have added ‘Colossus’ to my network of home computers and anticipate lots of good writing at his keyboard, this has not been the best of weeks.
On Monday last week my sweetie-wife injured her shoulder. I’ve been playing the part of left arm for her, helping out in any way I can, but there is still sharp amount of pain for her. Because of the injury she needs to sleep upright, so there will be no Sunday Night Movie this week as unlike most Americans we do NOT have a TV in the bedroom.
Had another headache in the evening of the same day. Took another dose, headache relieved.