Two types of liberty

Part of freedom is responsibility, and I think there's a large segment of the country forgetting that. I split the libertarian people of the US into two camps: 1) those who understand that their freedom depends on their responsibility towards others with a a reciprocal responsibility from others. By being socially responsible, we protect each others' freedom of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And the other kind are 2) the ones who don't give a damn.

Dumb Things I Wonder About (an ongoing series)

When I read a book that is the same old thing as the last book I read, I wish there was a better term for it than "novel".

Rep. Allen West announces even more subversives in congress.

After US Representative Allen West claimed 78-81 members of Congress were in the Communist Party, his spokesperson clarified his remarks. "He also thinks there are 12 vegans, 47 tree-huggers, and 3 that shop at K-Mart." Rep. West has had quite a bit of trouble over his bomb-throwing remarks in the past. After declaring at a rally in Fort Walton Beach, Florida that he was no longer black, several members of the Congressional Black Caucus commented that the African-American community had long ago kicked him out, but had kept the information quiet out of respect for his family.

Fellow Representative Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) commented that at this point she wants to join the Communist Party just to wave the card in his face and watch his head explode. "Though he falsely claims he was a demolitions expert, it is true that his entire brain can be considered a hurt locker."

A poll in Rep West's district found 40% support for him, against 60% who want whatever medication the first 40 are taking.

World Horror 2012 - the aftermath

There are times in one's life where almost everything goes right. It seems that last weekend the laws of probability decided it was going to happen to a whole bunch of people at once. I'm pretty good with words, but I can't quite get it down. I do know that I heard person after person say that this was the best con they've ever been to. I also know that I'm one of those. Were I to even thank the individual people who made it a great time for me, the number would go way past thirty, and I'm sure I'd leave people out. Besides, you don't want to read about how Norm Rubenstein, Steven Booth, Leya Booth of Genius Publishing were the first people ever to make me feel comfortable in my own writer's skin rather than having to steal someone else's. Or how Brian Knight became my biggest advocate almost immediately upon meeting him. I'd be boring Hell out of you if I mentioned Chris Payne, Brad Carpenter, and Brett Talley of JournalStone taking me under their wings and giving me some good lessons on how to talk to editors, plus actually asking my advice on a cover design. I'll be damned by you all if I have to talk about how Gabrielle Faust actually knocked through a long-running brick wall in a novel I couldn't finish, or how Don D'Auria of Samhain went through the rest of the novel with me. Plus there's Martel Sardina, my new friend. Uh, oh, they're playing me off, so... J. Skipp, J. Strand, D. Fitzgerald, J. Wagner, N. Grabowski, A.L. McCoy, you were all great. M. Marano, M. Rowe, I miss you when we can't talk. ROCKY WOOD FOREVER!!!

Dumb Things I Wonder About (an ongoing series)

I feel I should have better luck explaining the fallacy of the excluded middle to my cat.

One of the worst jokes I've written

I study Arthurian legends out of Mordred curiosity.

Remember, they laughed at the Wright Brothers,

 but I think it was the clown suits they wore in their facebook pictures.


(Really wanted to use Google+ in this joke.C'mon, get more people to sign up!)

Existentialist Seuss

Mr Brown Camus, Can You?

motto

read fast, write young, leave a geeky-looking corpse

Short quote

He is third person omniscient, and everyone knows it. - me writing about me

An internet opinion template

(Something) is a plot by (insert bogeyman) to make us all (insert irrationality), but (insert institution) wants us to believe (insert fact)

People who shoot themselves while cleaning their guns

I laugh at their stupidity while simultaneously admiring their hygiene.