Diversions

Evony – A great way to waste a lot of valuable time

Even the most fanatic workaholic needs a few good reasons to waste time now and then and I am definitely no exception. The latest in my absolutely nonproductive pursuits is a free online game of conquest and world building sort of like a cross between Civilization® and Sim City® meets Age of Empires®.  It’s a [...]

HD Radio with song tagging

If you're a serious muxic lover like I am, I think you'll like what I have to tell you in this installment.  I'd like to take just a moment to tell you about HD Radio.  HD Radio is pure digital quality music, but not from some location ignorant satellite system.  This is radio the way [...]

The last long day.

Well ladies and gents, this is it. The last day for NaNoWriMo 2007. Perhaps next year I’ll jump in and participate, but I’m honestly glad that I didn’t this year. A weeks worth of being sick would have left me with 50,000 words like “ick”,”ewww”, “sniff” and “ugh!”. When you’re [...]

Films, writing and acting, Sweeny Todd

There are those actors in the history of film that make you feel the character they portray. That character may be the hero, the villain or any number of supporting characters, but the actor brings the vision of the writer, director and producer into its own. It becomes an extension of the actor, [...]

NaNoWriMo Day 26. Where are you?

Well guys and girls, it’s day 26 of National Novel Writing Month.  by my calculations you should have written 43,334 words by this point.  Have you gotten to that point?
If so, my sincere congratulations!
If not, don’t despair, my friend.  You’re not alone by any means. I’ve never finished a NaNo either.
Having said that, I’m pretty [...]