Goodbye 2008
Well, I’m far too brain-dead to write a coherent update today, but I sort of feel that I should… It’s the end of the year! Greatsociety in 2008 has been an entirely new beast. I’ve resurrected the horror that is …
The Mob
Since I have a tremendous amount of free time at my day job, I’m constantly looking out for distractions. It was the six hours a day twiddling my thumbs that inspired me to marathon Star Trek: The Next Generation, which …
Bullshit Holiday Break Novel Intermission
So we’re six chapters in. Forty thousand words, give or take. I say “we” because it is you and me. I haven’t written a novel and you’re not reading something that’s been completed and carefully wrapped in consumable pieces. It’s …
Post-Holiday
Oh, thank god. The holidays are over. And my Christmas dinosaur can go back to the window where it scares my neighbors. Well…nothing can scare my neighbors. Even toddlers spend the weekend in the parking lot using My Little Ponies …
Hey, what am I? A method actor?
Die Hard liveblog! Yep, that’s where I’m at.
Christmas at GS
My family has abandoned me, which might be a good thing, so Christmas will be spent alone with my life-size Jonathan Frakes inflatable doll.
Sunday Archive XXV: Nacho’s Halloween List
This was first published on Dirtyfreaks.com for Halloween, 2002. The guy who designed Dirtyfreaks, instead of using an out of the box content management system, which I would do for the Greatsociety.org changover in December 02, designed his own CMS. …
The Fall
I’ve been stealthily avoiding all of the talk about how the publishing industry is dying because, really, are we surprised?
Silent night, deadly night
At this time of year I always find myself singing the theme song to 80’s slasher classic Silent Night, Deadly Night. Except I don’t remember the theme at all, and can barely recall any of the films, so I just …
Just Rewards
This has long been a theme for me – being indignant when people defend their wage slave jobs. I define those as everything from the most menial shit on up to the more acceptable range. Let’s just say customer service, …