Photo credit: Laffy4k This blog remains popular despite the fact that I only post every 7-10 days (or so). I have mixed feelings about this. I am, of course, very grateful that people continue to read it; but, I am also experiencing a certain amount of guilt because I don’t update often enough—in my estimation—to [...]

Photo credit: mnd.ctrl The original title of this post was going to be, “I’m not dead, just a little twisted,” but I was afraid you would get the wrong idea thinking the word “twisted” meant “diabolically crazy” when, in fact, my meaning was more along the lines of, “Hey, everyone, look at me! My spine [...]

Photo credit: guy.p I have discovered the secret to getting yourself in the mood to write, and, surprisingly, it has absolutely nothing to do with magic mushrooms. I want to make the distinction right away that what we’re discussing here is not writer’s block; we’re discussing how to get motivated to write. If you are [...]

Photo credit: Picatostes Captain Trips is the name given to the fictional super-flu virus in Stephen King’s novel, The Stand. In the novel, this flu, which originated as a biological weapon that got away, is so treacherous that it wipes out nearly the entire world’s population aside from a few thousand people. These people are [...]