Chapter Eight is alive, ALIVE! (and actually very free of Frankenstein allusion) I am actually going to start with a complete aside on wordpress. See, I just updated my wordpress last night (well, tonight/right now as I write this, whatever) like a good little boy, and then when I did a preview of a page, [...]

As my own family is in town today, I feel compelled to talk about the literary complications that can come in including family in a story that “doesn’t need them.” (isn’t that a short and sweet introduction?)

I am the proud father of two children.  The elder is about to turn four, the younger just turned two.  They are darling angels and vicious hellcats at the same time, and I love them with all my heart.  Because of this, whenever I see any other child in danger or in joyous rapture, it [...]

So, I’m twenty-six years old right now. Granted, most people who meet me expect that I’m fairly older than that. Probably helps that I’ve been in my day-job career for ten years already, have two kids, half the time am wearing a thickish, full beard, and I am—not to be conceited—a rather intelligent fellow. So, [...]

Preamble: this is an introspective post that has nothing to do with writing.  Just saying. Every so often in life, I think of my late Uncle Steve.  I feel bad that I can’t remember exactly when he died without looking it up, even to the point of not remembering if I was in high school [...]