Monthly Archives: December 2009

This has been a pretty good year for my writing. I’ve had nine fiction publications in 2009, which is my best showing by far. For anyone reading who is a struggling writer, hustling your butt to get a short story … Continue reading →

Let’s get right to it. Drabblecast is awesome. I know, I’m always saying that. This series of spoken word flash fiction, self described "strange stories for strange listeners; such as yourself", now has a separate feed, a proverbial B-Sides (RSS) … Continue reading →

Every now and then, someone comes along with a theme for an anthology that’s nothing shy of brilliant. That’s what’s happened with the new anthology from SamsDot Publishing called The Book of Tentacles. I’m fortunate enough to have the opening … Continue reading →

If you’re like me, you take a certain amount of satisfaction from eating processed meat from a can. This processed meat seemed to be largely grain filler. This processed meat says that it was "slaughtered according to Islamic law." More … Continue reading →

Remember that dried lutefisk that I bought in Cranfills Gap? Well, I finally found a use for it. It’s now a Christmas lutefisk! This way I get all the nostalgic value of lutefisk without actually having to eat it or … Continue reading →

The publication of Anasazi-35 has stimulated some interesting conversations, so I think that it deserves a little more attention. I’m going to post several exegetical articles, covering different aspects of the story. Today, I’m going to talk about how Anasazi-35 … Continue reading →

Here’s another interesting little incident at the Bizarre Bazaar.

I hope I don’t post any more cute animal pictures, no matter how popular they make this blog. But honestly, who doesn’t love a friendly duck? This duck was at the Bizarre Bazaar down at Fiesta Gardens. It seemed perfectly … Continue reading →

If you know anything about my food-frakking deputy, Julia, you know that she frequently has uncontrollable cravings for octopus. You know, I’ve had octopus a lot, and I keep forgetting that they have this weird butt nozzle. Julia and I … Continue reading →

The other night Julia and I walked down 37th street. Every town has one random street where all the houses have a lot of holiday lights. In Austin it’s 37th Street, although it looks like that block is approaching its … Continue reading →