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Recent Ramblings
- I’m back!
- Some thoughts on turning… 45 (dun! dun! DUN!)
- What if…?
- Small thoughts on the new Facebook and illiterate authors
- Observations regarding our art festival experience…
- On Art Festivals and Mobility
- Wot news, and short reviews of a couple of awful books
- Some Netflix picks
- Just a couple of things I could do without…
- Keeping busy
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Category Archives: Layouts
Observations on the nature of these posts…
Some observations about this blog: “Clara Bow” and “nude” are two paired search flags that show up almost daily in my reference log. There are people out there who really like the idea of a nude Clara Bow (who wouldn’t?) … Continue reading
Posted in Blogosphere, Humor, Layouts, Publishing, Rumor, Uncategorized, Writing
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Everybody Knows You’re a Dog
I mentioned the other day that I was looking for a nice, easy, streamlined way to get in touch with Facebook’s marketing in order to get permission to use their name in the title of a book. I may have … Continue reading
Posted in Blogosphere, Book layouts, Cooking, Dog, Humor, Merry Blacksmith Press, Publishing, Uncategorized
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Some Capsule Viewing Reviews
If we lived in such a world where one could adopt celebrities, I think near the top of my list (along with the late Vincent Price and the not-late John Waters) would be Charles Nelson Reilly. I bring this up … Continue reading
Posted in Blogosphere, Layouts, Movie review, Publishing, Reviews, Uncategorized, Writing
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Best Laid Plans…Recovered!
Remember when yesterday’s topic was all about nurturing “typical” days? Yeah. That was kind of funny. Yesterday was anything but typical. I ended up spending the majority of the day at a clinic. It wasn’t part of the original plan, … Continue reading
Setting ‘Em Up and Knock-Knock-Knockin’ ‘Em Down
Welcome back to Monday–post-hiatus. Time well spent, by the way. I got a decent amount of work done over this past week–and looking forward to getting more done. But it was nice to get some projects off the table–even if … Continue reading
Posted in Blogosphere, Book layouts, Fanzines, Layouts, Magazine layouts, Music, Publishing, Writing
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Yeah, it’s Monday. What of it?
Heckuva weekend. Last minute decision to go to a wake at the long end of Long Island led to a very exhausting (physically and emotional) Saturday. Long Island is a tedious sort of place–except for certain isolated pockets where one … Continue reading
Posted in Fandom, Layouts, Writing
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Return of the Rumor
The Rumor Monger is back now that the hiatus has ended. As usual, I make no claims to the veracity of anything printed here. Some of it might be true, but who knows for sure? They sure sound reasonable… I … Continue reading
Posted in Blogosphere, Humor, Layouts, Rumor, Writing
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Back From Hiatus
We’re back! Well, I’m back. That is to say, the blog is now off hiatus. What have I been up to? Big surprise…I’ve been setting up the new household. We did the Big Move last Monday, and have been getting … Continue reading
Posted in Blogosphere, Comics, Layouts, Publishing, Writing
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Eight Days a Week?
On Facebook, Jeff Vandermeer recently made a comment in which he discovered he was a day off in his reckoning of the week. This gave him an extra day with which to work and my first thought was, “lucky bastahd.” … Continue reading
Posted in Blogosphere, Home ownership, Layouts, Writing
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Working Hard, Playing Hard, Ponzi, and the Cosmos
Welcome to the wonderful world of homeownership. No… I’m not being sarcastic. This is pretty real. While there’s a lot of work going on and still to be done, it’s been a lot of fun so far–setting up house and … Continue reading
Posted in Book layouts, Home ownership, Layouts, Uncategorized
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