Monthly Archives: January 2015

The nicest thing anybody ever said about my action/adventure/humor science fiction novels… sort of… and why I might be a good dad, but man, I make the world’s ugliest Geisha…

(Oh come on… if that title doesn’t suck you into the weird little world of my blog, I just give up… I don’t know what else I can do)… Okay, during our Christmas at my mom’s house in the Bay Area … Continue reading

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Wait… is that cow laughing at me???

Nope… she was laughing at that post I did recently about the Nazi cows… always nice to meet a fan of my blog. What?… Of course, Madame, if you would like to be featured in my blog, I am sure my readers … Continue reading

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I need some feedback…

I think I did it… I have written a rough draft of a query letter to send out to literary agents. I really need an agent in order to get published by a big company. Self-publishing is fine, but too … Continue reading

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Cats and birds…

Zoom zoom zoom… I can now take pictures of things that are very far away. Did you spot the blue jay in the tree? Okay, that wasn’t far away… I just like flowers… I like the way the backlighting highlights … Continue reading

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And we saw Willie!!!

Oh yeah… Willie… in a bear coat… and a new Christmas camera… What could be better than that? I can’t even remember if I took these or Mollie did… But the thing about a real camera is that you just … Continue reading

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New camera… new cousin…

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh… My new little cousin, Clark, taken with my new Christmas camera. So glad they moved to just North of the Bay Area so we get to see them at holidays. See, that time I didn’t want to use the … Continue reading

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Oh yeah… Christmas pictures from the new Christmas camera…

All my life I have thought I was pretty good at taking pictures… I am an artist after all… but I never had a good camera… until now… Turns out there is something of a learning curve, but Mollie and I … Continue reading

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Nazi cows are funny… but they are no laughing matter…

Yes… you herd me… (ha, see what I did there?)… Nazi cows are a real thing. Don’t you watch the Daily Show with Jon Stewart? Were else can you get your news and still laugh? It turns out that back … Continue reading

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An open letter to people who think it is okay to kill other people because they draw a cartoon of your deity…

Dear people who think the Prophet wants you to kill people if they draw a cartoon of him or make a joke about him, You are wrong.

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The coolest thing in the universe…

Here was my Christmas present from Jason, my daughter Jessica’s boyfriend… Oh yeah, the layout for my new book cover… complete with the Hub… which is an alien space station… which you would know if you just read the dang … Continue reading

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