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Well, it looks like we’re out of the woods for another month, thanks to the efforts of a whole lotta people and the sale of my prized Epiphone G400 for quite a bit less than it was worth. Still don’t have a job but that’s bound to turn around if I keep poking into dark [...]

I’m not sure I believe there is gonna be a dawn. I’ve spent two months searching for a job to no avail, and now I find that the relief agencies nearby aren’t much help either. Our savings are nearly gone-I spent most of the last of it to keep the electricity on so our food [...]

Jobhunting, frankly, sucks. Most everyone knows that. Unless you’re part of an in-demand industry like healthcare, you’re gonna be a while looking.
Right now, I don’t have a car, so I’m limited to establishments along the bus route. Fortunately, the public transportation in this part of the country isn’t too bad. The job market, though, is [...]

Yeah, so call me a Johnny-come-lately, at least as far as posting…I’ve been a Black Hawks fan since the days of Mikita, Hull, Tony O, Pit Martin, Keith Magnuson, and the rest…for a very long time, let’s just say. I was there when they were defeated by the Gretzky/Messier/Kurri Oilers at the old Stadium in [...]

Today marks my one-year anniversary of quitting cigarette smoking. Hardest thing I’ve ever done. The cravings still haven’t gone away but I ignore them.
It’s worst when someone outside lights a Marlboro…my gf has been prevailed on to smoke outside, and her Mistys smell like burning rope anyway. Oh, but them ‘boros…they smell to me like [...]

I’ve been unpacking book boxes at my leisure, since my bookcases didn’t make the trip down here. I know pretty much what’s in each, and so am able to pick and choose which to unpack based on what I feel like reading.
Under ordinary circumstances, I have a number of books going. One in the bedroom [...]

Another November, another NaNoWriMo novel…this was my second official year, and both novels went smoothly, way ahead of schedule. Last year’s entry, MILK, is undergoing editing and will likely be finished in the reasonably near future. It’s part of my future history arc, and I’ve been working on making that whole series internally consistent. Takes [...]

Well now…if you’re from Encore Property Management, LLC, or Imperial Manor apartments in Greece, NY, you probably don’t want to read this one.
As reported in modblog, June 21, we had a few rough nights because of the sheer incompetence and criminal negligence of those worthies. Monday the 17th, a “work crew” led by a musclehead [...]

The Big Dumb Object is a science-fictional plot device, as described in the linked wiki entry. Examples would be the Ringworld, Rama, Gaea, or Jack Kirby’s Ego, the Living Planet.

I got to thinking, while driving cross-country and sucking caffeine to stay awake, about big dumb objects. More specifically, I started thinking about the planet Carcosa [...]

Sooooo, where was I? Oh yeah, leaving New York State. Good idea.
I have visited NYC twice…hate it. Makes Chicago look and sound tidy. The rest of the state revolves around the city and its needs…Albany being a haven for suckerfish and other percentage-shavers, as well as clueless current Governor David Patterson. Rochester politics are a [...]