Modblog

I’ve been running a discussion group at writingforums.com for quite some time, six months or so, and, while the discussions are interesting, the format leaves a lot to be desired. Instead of creating a forum here or going through the steps of learning how to run forum software while I have other stressful activities on [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

New York, I never loved thee. Most of the time it was quite the opposite. Even when I was younger and my family spent a summer in Avoca, trying to get established, I didn’t like you much.
This despite the rolling hills, the foothills of the Adirondacks, which I loved to wander. I wasn’t unconscious of [...]

Mr. Bird, who has not yet assigned himself a better name (pets do that around here), arrived last week. He’s a white-winged budgerigar as near as I can tell, and very vocal. He started out just singing along with music but has taken to “conversing” all day long.
Yesterday he spent half the day scolding us [...]