Bread and Sacred Cows
Anyone who knows me knows I am in general antipathetic toward sports. I don’t watch it, I don’t follow it, and I could not care less who is winning or losing. The sun does not rise and set on finals, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Absurdity
National Day of Idiocy
We should have a National Day of Idiocy to celebrate our rich heritage of public figures who make asinine statements. I find it both fascinating and revolting how a certain faction reaches for the Holocaust at every opportunity in order … Continue reading
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Afterimage
I finished the first draft of the new (old) novel, a rewrite of a rather pathetic bit of crime fiction that I just could not give up on. The chapters are being reviewed as I write this. I’m taking some … Continue reading
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Coming Up On…
Every writing project comes to a point when it crowds everything else into smaller and smaller spaces, mainly of time. Right now I’m 3/4 of the way through what I’m currently working on. As a result, my reading has slowed … Continue reading
Wrong Is Right: Political Absurdity Incarnate
Eleven North Carolina state representatives are attempting to do something which has been illegal in this country since the ratification of the Constitution. Namely, establish a State Religion. Here’s what they’re trying to pass: SECTION 1. The North Carolina General … Continue reading
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New Mars
Yeah, I was goofing off this morning, trying to find a way into a rewrite, and needing to distract myself from overthinking it. So I redid my header (see above). It’s the same NASA image I had up before…only different. … Continue reading
New Me
I haven’t done any serious new shots of myself for a while. A few opportunistic snapshots here and there, but nothing suitable for framing, so to speak. Comic Con is coming up and I’ll be there and I was asked … Continue reading
Other Stuff, Sundry and Otherwise
I posted a new piece over at my Other Place, The Proximal Eye. A few folks have expressed a bit of amazement that I began another blog. After all, I’m constantly complaining of lack of time. But I’m a writer, … Continue reading
We’re Back
Please excuse the “brief” hiatus. Once in a while, I have Issues with all this internet falderol and this time it resulted in a protracted absence of the Distal Muse, for which I apologize. I take full responsibility for the … Continue reading
12-12-12
Because I can’t resist the date. This particular confluence of numerical coincidence won’t happen again this century. Proper appreciation must be shown. Or, as Stephen Jay Gould once said, “I have always and dearly loved calendrical questions because they display … Continue reading
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