Entries from June 2008

June 27, 2008

Super Quick Update

Already a lady’s man—Shea with the girls, Wendy and Emilia

So busy lately! Super quick update:
Writing
1. I wrote two nonfiction stories for an online writing contest. They’re both posted under Bustopher here. Password is truelife and you can register and vote. There are just three days left!
2. Will NOT make my dream goal of finishing my [...]

June 21, 2008

Cool New Blog

Grottoite Gerry Jones has started a new blog based on his frustration in writing a book that he sold two years ago. This is an opportunity for writers to get inside the head of a talented but “stuck” writer as he tries to rekindle the spark that helped him sell the book in the first [...]

June 11, 2008

Got bike?

I paid $80 to fill my gas tank today—damn! I remember back in the late 90s when gas was $1.03 a gallon and I could drive all the way from LA to San Francisco for just $16. Time to buy a bicycle.

June 10, 2008

What’s the piggy say?

I just found this animal sounds library on the Internet. Doncha just love the Internet? (Sadly, the pig imitation I do for Shea is sorely inaccurate.)

June 9, 2008

Getting Old

I just got a notice for my 20-year high school reunion, coming up in November. (Gulp!) At least I can say I’m married and have a kid now, and who knows, maybe the book will be done by then. Or I can just not go. That would solve everything.

June 9, 2008

Book Review

Busy. Busy. Busy.
My latest book review is here.

June 5, 2008

Update

Am crazy busy right now.
Green stuff: Switched to glass “Tupperware” containers. Started using cloth diapers this week (now that Shea has grown into them). Swapped out Avent bottles for glass and Born Free bottles. My first thought was, “Oh, come on. We all grew up with plastic bottles and turned out fine.” But then I [...]