The new school year has kicked into high gear and I am loving my new job as a media arts/creative writing teacher. It has however left me extremely busy and tired. I am getting behind on my editing, writing, reading, talking to friends, knowing what the hell is going on… Read the Rest »
I have said this a few times in the past but my video game time is extremely limited during the school year. Too much writing to do and not enough extra time to spend with wife, family, and kittens (don’t tell Troubadour and Ginger I listed them third. They get… Read the Rest »
I decided recently that a lot of my life had to be re-prioritized. I wanted to read more. I think my writing has suffered from not feeling my creative pumps with other people’s wonderful words. I wanted to get my own novel going in the right direction again, which I… Read the Rest »
We have reached the halfway mark of 2010 and it is time for me to give my best music of the year so far list (previous lists). I want all my wonderful blog readers to know how much I care about you. I spent the whole morning listening to the… Read the Rest »
Last year will go on record as the worst year ever for me reading books. How bad was it? My average for the previous five years was 150 books read a year. This last year I checked in at a measly 70. This is a direct by- product of my… Read the Rest »
My musical tastes are all over the map. I am not a huge pop fan but every so often something will catch my attention. Country is not my go to music but there are definitely country musicians I admire and listen to. Ultimately, it is about the sound. Sometimes I… Read the Rest »
> I have been Mister Grumpy Pants this last week. It seemed like every time I turned around something in the news or on TV was ticking me off. It showed in my blogs. It isn’t that I think my blogs were bad, but damn I think I might need… Read the Rest »
Music is such a large part of my life I don’t really know how to explain it. I started playing the Sax in 3rd grade and played it for a few years after that. I was starting to get to the point that you could actually tell what I was… Read the Rest »
I admit that I like to look over people’s year end music lists. I will often scour those critics I like the most for some missed gems. I almost always find somebody that I hadn’t heard before. So on the off chance that anyone cares. Here is my best of… Read the Rest »