Archive for March 2010
Sunset of my DJ career
With the sale of my second book, it now appears that my career as a DJ is coming to an end. With a new daughter at home and a more profitable use of my time, this business and career that I launched on a whim in 1997 is now becoming somewhat obsolete. The long Saturdays…
Read MoreWorld War II in under two minutes
Urban Dictionary provides a definition for World War II that I love. I’ve cleaned it up a bit before posting it here: Germany invades Czechoslovakia. Britain and France tell them to knock it off. Germany invades Poland (Russia also invades Poland from the other side, but everybody forgets this). Britain and France declare war. This…
Read MoreA blogging dilemma
When I am finished writing a post on this blog, many things happen. First, I reference the post in my Twitter feed, in order to drive readers to my blog. That Twitter post feeds into my Facebook profile as a status update, driving still more readers to my blog. At the same time, the post…
Read MoreConformity
PSYBLOG recently posted an article about conformity, a topic that means a lot of me. The protagonist in my current manuscript is something of a non-conformer, and according to one friend who I spoke to today, he and I could be brothers. Conformity has never been my thing either. The item in the PSYBLOG’s list…
Read MoreSimplicity
I don’t drink coffee. I don’t like the taste and don’t like hot drinks. They cause me to overheat. Despite my aversion to the drink, I also took a stand against coffee at an early age. Watching my bleary-eyed mother and father grumble about needing their first cup of coffee in the morning, and watching…
Read MoreLittle boys in restrooms
I wish that parents would stop sending their four-to-eight year old sons into the public restrooms on their own. I can’t tell you how many times I find myself alone in a restroom with a boy who is at an age in which things can easily be misconstrued. Yesterday I was in the men’s room…
Read MoreTwo-dimensional parades
I am sitting here, listening to my wedding guest complain about the quality of the broadcast of the Hartford Saint Patrick’s Parade today. Though I am refraining from commenting, I want to shout, “It was a parade! If you wanted to see the damn thing, get your ass curbside!” We’re talking about a local television…
Read MoreOld school television
When I was growing up, channel 56 in Boston ran a contest in between afternoon cartoons in which one lucky viewer could play an on-the-air video game over the phone for cash and prizes. Cross-hairs were broadcast on the screen overlaying a field of stars. Flying saucers would speed by the screen, and when in…
Read MoreThe price of an e-book
While I continue to wonder why the six major publishing houses don’t get together and produce their own game-changing e-book reader that they control, I also think it’s critical that they do a better job of explaining the finances of of the e-book to the general public. The industry cannot survive if readers believe that…
Read MoreA brief history of my favorite musicians
I thought it might be fun to track the history of my favorite bands or musical acts of all-time. Perhaps you could share yours as well. Here goes: My first favorite band was The Rolling Stones. My evil stepfather had a collection of records that included a bunch of Stones albums, and though I didn’t…
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