Random observation I had the other day: “F” is one heck of a consistently good letter in my iTunes library when sorted by Artist: Faces Faith No More Fats Waller The Feelies Feist Felix McTeigue The Fiery Furnaces Fine Young Cannibals (covering “Ever Fallen In Love” by the Buzzcocks) Fiona Apple Five Man Electrical Band…
Technical Difficulties
Seems my first try at posting the Quantum Leap fanfic story ran into a little bit of a technical snafu. iWeb was converting the text to an image, and the image was so large that some browsers were choking on it. I did some tweaking and now it should be showing up in good old…
Quantum Commentary
Finally got around to posting my 5th place entry from the fan fiction contest at Leap Back 2009 to the extras section of the main site. “Just Like Starting Over” It’s called “Just Like Starting Over” (you knew I’d go with a song title…) and serves as a bridge between the beginning and the end…
Ramblings III
Whenever I (legally) drive through a yellow light it makes me think of Back to the Future and how difficult it would logistically be to time driving through a lightning strike with such precision. Read a cool short story called “The Variant” by John August. Well worth the 99 cent price tag. And without giving…
Another Man’s DG
While walking the dog I had a random thought: Why did I use “Local Boy Done Good” instead of “Local Boy Done Gone” in TP? This question came out of nowhere. There was no internal debate over the name of Local Boy or his album during the writing phase. I honestly don’t remember any distinct…
Similarities
Just got back from a trip to Hawaii where I got quite a bit of reading and writing done. Oddly enough, the last 3 books I’ve read bore some interesting similarities to Timely Persuasion. Anathem by Neal Stephenson Set in an alternate universe of the far future, the novel introduces the concept of the Hylaean…
ARG(hhh!) Again, Naturally
Here we go again. Back in November I wrote a post that detailed my small brush with infamy related to DarmaWantsYou.com. This week saw the stars align for another 15 minutes of fame that felt worthy of revisiting. The rough timeline: February 29, 2008 Timely Persuasion is released. The book includes 2 hidden easter eggs…
First Impressions on Wilco (The Album)
The new Wilco record is streaming for free at the band’s official site (www.wilcoworld.net), so I thought I’d blog my early impressions. To be fair, “first” impressions in the title is a slight exaggeration; this is technically my third listen that I’m writing about. (And in the interest of full disclosure: I’m notorious for disliking…
Kindling
Timely Persuasion is now available on the Amazon Kindle for the low price of $1.99. (I figure if you shelled out $359 for a Kindle you like to read and deserve cheap content.) Don’t have a Kindle? Kindle books can also be read on the iPhone & iPod Touch. No new bonus lyrical references this…
141 Parentheticals
(Me, myself, and I actually, but what’s the difference?) (Thank god their union never resulted in kids!) (Or knowing I wouldn’t see them but hoping better?) (I realize now that just because he was old wouldn’t necessarily mean he was handicapped, but that was the first thought that came to mind at the time. Ageism…