The Speedo is Shrinking (Blog 2) (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/1479072-The-Speedo-is-Shrinking-Blog-2 I can remember it like it was only yesterday... and we're talking about something that happened around 25 years ago now. I guess it was just the culmination of a lot of personal discovery and exploration really. It was there, I was bored - it just seemed like the thing to do. I had been playing with it for months up until that time, but I never reall...[Read Full Post] Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:45:40 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/658881 Well, I've gone and done it. I caved in and did it. Now, it's time to see if I've got the muscles to pull it off. I've been working myself up for this for a while now. It's been about 2 and a half years of regular exercise, wrestling with inner demons, stretching exercises, and a whole lot of ego blowing when no one is looking. I h...[Read Full Post] Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:59:03 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/657965 I happened to have Thursday off this week as well so Kirsty decided to spend the weekend again. And this time, she brought Mafi and Mushkala with her; her new kittens. The kittens have been weaned and are only days away from being 9 weeks old so they're pretty confident, friendly, and aggressive when they want something. We weren't sure how l...[Read Full Post] Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:34:58 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/657705 This is going to be a very short blog entry today because I'm too tired to write anything remotely Penguinesque, and what I am about to do is long overdue anyway. Just to prove, once and for all, that Kirsty does exist and does in fact like me, here is a photo of the two of us together. ** Images For Use By Upgraded+ Only ** Enjoy the rest...[Read Full Post] Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:51:25 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/657260 How long does someone have to be dead before it isn't tacky to tell jokes about them? Seriously. I'm really curious about this. We know in the literary and artistic world that a property enters the "public domain" 50 years after the death of the artist/writer/performer. But this is an entirely different scenario we're dealing with. ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:34:37 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/656484 While I was writing yesterday's blog I was reminded of an incident in a writing forum I stopped in that really annoyed me. Okay, maybe it didn't annoy me. Maybe I just thought the idea was total codswallop. Or maybe I just thought the comment was said by someone who really just needed to grow up. Actually, that is precisely what I thought. This p...[Read Full Post] Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:20:56 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/655948 On my nonsensical blog the other day about my fictitious retort to a question about what movie I would take to a deserted island with me, a friend from back in Canada commented that I should be more concerned with the fact the question has changed from what book I would take to what film. She raises a very good point. I should be more concerned with that...[Read Full Post] Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:33:59 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/655780 I don't know where this thought just came from but it popped into my head like a boner on a thirteen year old dancing the final song at a school dance with the prettiest girl in school. Sometimes thoughts just hit me like that. I'll be working, or writing, or playing, and all of a sudden, WHAMMO, this thought sneaks up on me and gives me a reach-...[Read Full Post] Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:40:29 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/655522 The editor I have been assigned by the publishers is going to call me on Monday night. On Tuesday night I opened my email to see that they had sent me the evaluation of Aaric. After a couple of hours I actually decided to open it (while I was at work on Wednesday), had Kirsty on the phone as I read over what they said, and actually managed to not ...[Read Full Post] Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:08:35 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/655403 Every morning I wake up I am faced with an awkward decision, a decision that could have significant ramifications towards the rest of my day. And this decision is not a once in a while decision. No. This decision is a daily decision, at home, on vacation, or on my first space shuttle trip to the moon and beyond. Thankfully I have years of practice in mak...[Read Full Post] Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:34:04 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/654774