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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I’m never quite sure what to make of days like today. I did lots of good: I spent time with people I care about, including helping Jana get ready for her trip and taking her to the airport and sushi/grocery-shopping/practice/dinner with the kiddos. I got in a spectacular bouldering session, working hard and conquering new [...]

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No writing today. Spent my lunch break focused on inverted bouldering, and hung out this evening with author, F/friend and fellow spiritual traveler Elissa from Portland. In spite of some of the rotten things happening in the world, witnessing (via twitter and other media) the good hearts of my friends as they reach out to [...]

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The above picture’s actually from yesterday. CatGirl and I are showing off our thrift store finds: she has a shirt for the Wizard band, Harry and the Potters, and I used my Powers of Japanese to get a shirt with the kanji for “Death by Overwork: Take care not to work too hard” (this is [...]

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[Disclaimer: I am an outspoken critic of all forms of genital mutilation (male circumcision, body modification, gender assignment, &c.) unless voluntary, which, in my mind, is predicated upon the mutilatee being an adult at the time of the mutilation.] Female genital mutilation (“FGM”) is one of the most horrendous forms of enforced female submission. It [...]

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