So I got a new gig, which I might be able to keep for a couple of weeks before I get fired. I’m gonna be on the (web) radio! The deets: Wednesday nights (for now), 11pm EST, on the405radio.com, The Mojo and Tupper Show: Ever wonder what you’d get if …
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Dude and I went to see this movie for his birthday. I haven’t been interested in reading the books because a) I’m not a thriller/mystery fan and b) haven’t had time to devote to sampling genres I’m not usually interested in. I’m still not …
So now that I’ve cooled off, numerous conservative tweeters apologized and deleted their tweets, Mike Cane and Aaron Worthing and Patterico came to my defense, and Fox News didn’t completely trash me, I feel like I can stand down. What I should’ve said was: or some variant thereof that was …
I’ve been accused of having wished for Sarah Palin’s death and/or threatening her life because of this tweet: Now. Anybody who knows me, has read my books, has read my blog, has read my Tweets, has breathed the same internet air I breathe knows I’m a Reagan-conservative-moving-swiftly-to-libertarian Mormon with a …
(…who would know this blog existed if you ever bothered to come talk to us…) We are not obligated to go ’round the neighborhood introducing ourselves and presenting ourselves for your approval as The Right Kind of People. Not when we moved in five years ago. Not now. It’s yours. …
I’m in the middle of writing Magdalene, book 3 in my series. If you’re passingly familiar with Christian myth, it should be quite clear where I’m going with this. But let me tell you a little about my main characters. Mitch Hollander, PhD, metallurgical engineering; founder and CEO of Hollander …
If you remember, about 100 years ago in blog time, Eugene got lambasted all over the bloggernacle for his book, Angel Falling Softly, for various crimes from “not very spiritual” to “sacrilege” to calls for his excommunication or at the very least, pulling his temple recommend. Eugene’s tab did not …
Neo-libertarian. That’s me, according to politicalcompass.org. Here I am on the graph, apparently a tidge left of Milton Friedman: Yeah, that’s pretty accurate, although the questions were definitely slanted enough to make you think twice about whether you were thinking or feeling, and tilting you toward feeling.
XX and XY Tax Deductions notwithstanding… I have projects. I adore projects. Alas, I am only one person. Let me tell you what’s on tap this weekend. NEEDLEWORK. I do it. I also make a bit of money doing it when I actually do it. The Proviso has taken up …
In case anybody missed it, I’m a Libertarian. Now, RJ Keller got me started and of course, it doesn’t take much to push me over the edge some days. In Maine, where she lives, apparently, people on state assistance get to purchase alcohol and tobacco with their state-granted funds, so …
I’ve had a lot on my mind lately that I haven’t been able to untangle, much less unpack on an issue-by-issue basis. What are they? 1. The election 2. Prop 8 in California 3. “Black October” in publishing 4. Independent publishing 5. Agents and editors (the “Gatekeepers”) 6. Mormon writers/Mormon …
“Marriage” is an ancient artificial construct that, in modern US society with no property rights attached to the female (i.e., dowry), has no real place. As I said on chosha’s blog A Little East of Reality, what’s going on with California’s Prop 8 and the LDS church’s involvement with that, …
McCain hasn’t been my favorite person in the world for going on about ten years now, so I was looking at McCain or Staying Home or The Libertarian Dude. It’d be the first time I’ve not at least voted against The Other Guy (like I have since, oh, King George …
I play with boys. Always have. I was the Batgirl and Princess Leia to my cohorts’ Batman, Robin, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, etc. Apparently, I am not the only one, since the “urban fantasy” subgenre (with the blatantly hard-ass heroine) has become such a success. Only within the last few …
Haven’t talked about politics much, have I? Yeah. There’s a reason for that: I’m pretty burnt out. Barack Obama: Untried newbie left-wing liberal with a yen to reach into my pocketbook. Yawn John McCain: Moderate liberal who gave us McCain-Feingold attempting to pull the wool over the conservatives’ eyes. Yawn …