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Many Moments More


Tankification process
Tuesday 1/17/23 Turns out I had mentioned that other Beatles books project on here. I had pasted in a description of it. My error. My...
Jan 19, 20234 min read


Stairs, Ramones, website, special idea for a special work
Monday 1/16/23 Was up at 2 AM yesterday for work. That is when my day began. Soreness in my calves. It's because of the Monument. Run all...
Jan 16, 20235 min read


Rip and wring
Monday 1/16/23 I'm rarely around anyone during this phase of my life, and nor do I talk to anyone, but when I do, it's reaffirmed to me...
Jan 16, 20238 min read


On safety
Saturday 1/14/23 My mother fell off of a chair she was standing on the other day. I didn't learn about it until today. She seems to be...
Jan 14, 20234 min read


Anyone else?
Saturday 1/14/23 There is a version of a tale you sometimes encounter in maritime narratives. A ship has gone down at sea. Many people...
Jan 14, 20231 min read


Journey
Saturday 1/14/23 J: R's teacher at school died C: Of? J: The only one she really liked C: Oh no J: He left the classroom and was going to...
Jan 14, 20231 min read


"Brush Dream" short story excerpt
Saturday 1/14/23 A dream I’ve had but never harvested is to be a person who has multiple toothbrushes in their home—a considerate surplus...
Jan 14, 20236 min read


That's definitely true
Saturday 1/14/23 * Energy is higher than ever, strength is higher than ever, conviction is higher than ever, focus is higher than ever,...
Jan 14, 20233 min read


Everything wrong with publishing: A scam from American Short Fiction
Friday 1/13/23 There's a kind of comedy that is more depressing than humorous, because it speaks of that which is beyond the pale of what...
Jan 13, 20235 min read


Drops
Thursday 1/12/23 I had to write some unpleasant things to some unpleasant people yesterday. Having to do so is upsetting to me, but...
Jan 12, 20232 min read


Everything wrong with publishing: Megan Sexton, editor in chief of Five Points
Wednesday 1/11/23 Time to highlight a bigot. Can you lowlight a bigot? Because bigots are the lowest of the low. I'm not sure. Either...
Jan 11, 20237 min read


"Answers from an Interview Without Any Questions," short story excerpt
Wednesday 1/11/23 I don’t look at family that way. It’s not something I’d do. What’s family? You were born and they were born and so now...
Jan 11, 20239 min read


Work song
Tuesday 1/10/23 Worked my ass off today. Obviously put up what I did on here. Then wrote 2100 word story called "Answers from an...
Jan 10, 20231 min read


First time skating
Tuesday 1/10/23 The other day I wrote about my feelings on outdoor NHL and college hockey games. It could perhaps seems that being so...
Jan 10, 20236 min read


Oh so healthy
Monday 1/9/23 * Doing a scurvy in reverse. Feeling not quite right. I go non-stop. I had mentioned that I began work yesterday at six. Is...
Jan 9, 20233 min read


Patriots 2022 postmortem and 2023 predictions
Monday 1/9/23 Embarrassing again yesterday for the Patriots. I was working (began at six; at seven at night was sitting in a cafe still...
Jan 9, 20235 min read


"Mr. Spangles," short story excerpt
Monday 1/9/23 Circumstances in dreams hit you a different way than circumstances in life, even when they’re the same. With life you’ll...
Jan 9, 20236 min read


Cub scout
Monday 1/9/23 Got a Winnie-the-Pooh and Piglet birthday card for my three-year-old niece. One opens the card and Piglet is giving Pooh a...
Jan 9, 20235 min read


Twitter departure for this period of the war
Monday 1/9/23 I'm not going to be putting anything up on Twitter anymore. There's no point right now for me to do that. I'm just giving...
Jan 9, 202311 min read


Outdoor hockey
Sunday 1/8/23 I am not a fan of outdoor NHL and college hockey games. I don't like them at all. I think they're stupid, actually. A...
Jan 8, 20233 min read


The Beatles' Decca audition
Sunday 1/8/23 A couple nights ago I was listening to the Beatles' Decca audition from the first day of January 1962. I first heard this...
Jan 8, 20234 min read


Solid production
Saturday 1/7/23 Was at the desk at six, worked non-stop to just after noon. A lot of the work was on "The Ghost and the Flame." Very...
Jan 8, 20235 min read


This is the kind of BS that writers with no talent like to say to curry favor with other writers
Saturday 1/7/23 Who also have no talent. This popped up in my Facebook feed, a quote from Jennifer Egan. She has no ability but is handed...
Jan 7, 20232 min read


"The Ghost and the Flame," short story excerpt
Saturday 1/7/23 Years ago, a man had returned to this house in which he used to live after having to search to find it. He didn’t think...
Jan 7, 20238 min read
"Heroism is endurance for one moment more."
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