Story Dilemma
As most of you know, I am participating in the National Novel Writers Month. Things are going well. I am looking toward finishing early this next week with the 50,000 words. But my novel will extend beyond that. I am projecting that to finish the story will take at least double that word count. I have run into a dilemma. I am presented with two options as to how to create the right...
Read MoreA Happy Ending
All stories have happy endings. At least that is what most popular entertainment would have you believe. Not true. But in the case of the eBay scammer story I do have a happy ending to report. Despite the scammer’s best efforts to trick me into sending my iPhone off to Nigeria without receiving payment, I came out on top. As I mentioned in the first part of the story, I reported...
Read MoreThe Story of the eBay Scammer
This might interest some of you and I definitely like telling the story so here we go. As some of you know I purchased the new iPhone 3GS when it came out in June. This left me with an original iPhone sitting on my shelf doing nothing. I thought for a while that I would give it to my wife but she didn’t seem to interested in it so it still sat. Finally, after a few months of...
Read MoreThoughts and Spider Webs
My blog is an interesting animal for me and it has changed over time. If you knew me around 10 years ago you might know that I did not like the idea of keeping a journal. As much as I wanted to write my thoughts down I did not want them in such a permanent form as ink on paper. That unnerved me because I knew for sure that my thoughts on a particular subject would eventually change and...
Read MoreSmellograph
I have an equation for you: sugar + coffee + late nights watching movies = very random thoughts Last night we watched a movie with friends till the early morning hours, had lots of sugar and a big cup of coffee. So all the elements were there. The random thought it produced was this: we have an instrument that captures some of the different senses like sight (photograph), sound...
Read MoreQuick Funny
Just a really quick funny blurb. At work today Kevin, our CPO (that’s Chief People Officer), and I were discussing the merits of dieting. Kevin had something very profound to say about it. Basically, he said that he didn’t believe in dieting because he believes that our bodies are the temple of God. He believes that our God is a big God and therefore deserves a big temple. ...
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