Well, one year ago today I put up my first post here. I haven’t made any attempts to publicize the blog, other than sharing it with friends and occasionally posting a link on other sites. So it remains my own little quiet corner of the Interwebs, where I can ramble about whatever I want, fine-tune [...]
Archive for August, 2010
One Year of Blogging
Posted in Life, Travel, Writing, tagged blog, Cyborg Deer with Lasers, random on August 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Short Story Posted on Hennen’s Observer
Posted in Writing, tagged Submission on August 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I recently submitted a short story to a site called Hennen’s Observer. It’s sort of a combination of newspaper and literary magazine, publishing a mix of factual articles, short stories, and poetry. Every month, the best web submissions are compiled in the print publication, and if a story or poem makes the print publication, the [...]
NASFIC Report: Great People, Sparse Con
Posted in Writing, tagged Cons, Panels on August 8, 2010 | 4 Comments »
It’s funny how less than a day after complaining about my insecurities in regards to socializing and meeting people, I found myself hobnobbing with all sorts of cool people at the launch party for Mary Robinette Kowal‘s new book “Shades of Milk and Honey.” I hadn’t read her work yet; however, she’s made several appearances [...]
Aisha’s Story
Posted in Life, tagged Afghanistan, Aisha, news, politics on August 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
In the eleven months I’ve posted to this blog, I’ve thus far managed to avoid political topics. But now I’m going to tread the line, because while the topic is definitely political, I feel like this should really be a humanitarian issue first. On the cover of TIME Magazine’s August 9th issue is a picture [...]


