NaNoWriMo! What? Oh, you know.  National Novel Writing Month.  There's that crazy guy, Chris Baty, who lived in San Francisco in the...

Playing in the background: The smoochie bird. I'm not sure what kind of bird it is - possibly a bluejay - but it has a call that sounds...

Folks, I have to bail on NaNoWriMo for this year. I have a really good excuse, though. I'm in court. (I've always wanted to say t...

Folks, we've broken 5,000. Can Nirvana possibly be far behind? “Cheryl, they’re not real cows. They’re metal cows that have somehow c...

3409 words and counting... The media were all over it about ten o’clock that morning. News crews set up camerasall over the front lawn, irr...

I have had a couple of requests for the rest of that scene. This makes for a pretty long blog post, but what the hell. Here 'tis. Now...

(In case you don't know what the hell a NaNo is, go to this site: National Novel Writing Month. Here's my profile. ) I wasn’t th...

Playing in the background: Rain. Lots and lots of rain. Well, after a big wrangle with the Lulu powersthatbe regarding spiral wrap vs. perf...

Km swum in July, Swim for Distance Month: 41.1 Playing in the back of my head: "Keep On Rocking In the Free World" by Neil Young...

July Swim for Distance total to date: 1.9k Playing in the background: The air conditioner. I shouldn't complain, though. This is the...

Meters Swum Today: 1700 Playing on the iPod: "Castles in Spain" by the Armoury Show (a classic!) I had a dream last night that I...