While the recent decision in the Prop 8 debacle was a great birthday present for me, Valentine’s Day is coming up and the battle isn’t over yet. Here is a fantastic idea for Valentine’s: the All You Need Is Love Campaign. Someone found out that the average person (? couple?) spends $100 on Valentine’s Day [...]

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(Though Steve might suggest that we reboot.) To the man who made this anti-consumerist feel less guilty about buying some products, and to the Buddhist who made me feel more attached to these possessions more than any other. He gave me the tools that I use to connect with other souls, to create and convey [...]

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All the Tolkien book responders, apologies that I haven’t gotten back to you yet. While I’m going to try to give away the majority of the books via blog posts, about once per week I’m going to personally select a book for someone. This week, I gave my new friend Jenn Reese Type Rules!: The [...]

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Because her boots aren’t made for walking but for ass kicking! This is one of my favorite covers of all time. Geri Halliwell is an ex-Spice Girl (Ginger) and in my book, that alone qualifies one for a certain level of awesome. But on her own, she continues to kick musical, proverbial, ass and this [...]

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We each pay a fabulous price For our visions of paradise But a spirit with a vision Is a dream with a mission – Rush, “Mission” from the Hold Your Fire album Las Vegas is one of my least favorite places in the world, probably ranking just under Chernobyl, and maybe rating a bit higher [...]

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Some of you have expressed interest in reading the stories I churn out. If you’re afflicted with this minor-insanity, ping me via email (and not in the comments). I have to warn you–they’re going to be pretty rough. We barely get time to write–we read and critique about 65000 words in 17 separate stories per [...]

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Today’s highlights: – sat through a project post-mortem/review meeting. Considered it a glimpse of story critique sessions I’ll experience…soon! – tried to chat with Jana via skype but the internet gods did not cooperate. – that’s actually it. work work work. had pizza with the kiddos while laughing at the close of Hitchhiker’s Guide to [...]

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I’m trying to hold to the commitment to post every day, but I will allow myself to post next to nothing on some days. Here’s a clue about what I had for lunch today: Busy day, filled with work projects, family, and exercise. No writing. Tomorrow!

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Only for another ten days! I’m learning something–I seem to be most successful at writing if I make it my first priority of the day. Today I completed a rewrite on a 1300 short short and got an excellent critique back. Then other things, important things, took over: workworkwork (“Goooooing through the motions~~~”), cooking dinner, [...]

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My best friend Chris, who got me into Mormonism (I forgive him), also got me into 80s heavy metal and 70s progressive rock. I remember sneaking out of Architectural Drafting class, heading over to Chris’ house and sitting in his bedroom, wearing my jean jacket and threadbare cons and listening to Black Sabbath, or Iron [...]

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