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Celebrating 100 Posts of Crap!
Well, look at that. Today marks SB’s 100th post. I suppose I should celebrate or something. Woo hoo! Image credit: Skubasteve834 In addition to breaking the 100-post mark today, SB also commented on...
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The Myth and Tyranny of the Muse
I truly am my own worst tyrant. When I started this blog back in February I resolved to post an entry every single day. To date I’ve only failed to do so once, and that was because I knocked myself out...
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Friday Crap Roundup XV
Friday night and I feel like total ass. But hey, I got some much-needed housework done. Now it’s time to enjoy a cold one and write the Friday Crap Roundup. No Trotsky Treats today. I’m watching my...
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Gaming for Luddites
I was born in the United States in 1973. If you were too, you either (1) heard of the Atari 2600 or, (2) grew up under a rock. Note I said “heard of” instead of “owned.” While most definitely familiar...
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Rewards Are Relative
For several months Beachy and others have been after me to get my computer set up for Skype video calls. While I certainly have the know-how to make this happen, I haven’t had the right equipment....
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Dating as Performance Art
This month marks my four-year divorce anniversary. Although I’ve dated from time to time in the interim, for the most part since then I’ve been a single man. I can’t imagine why. Being such a catch and...
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Stupidity in Multimedia
My daughter went back to the 2T earlier today. Now I have time to catch up on my own projects. Projects such as buy laundry soap. Buy dish soap. Buy disinfectant. Buy batteries. Buy cat litter. Buy...
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Pardon the Mess
As mentioned a couple days ago, it’s high time SB started to at least pretend to take care of me as much as I take care of it. That means such things as Amazon Associate stores, affiliate programs and...
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Have Chromebook, Will Travel
Thursday evening, and I’m having dinner at the Mongolian Bistro on Overland. They have baby corn here. Σ loves this stuff. I can’t stand it. Big deal, right? Well, yeah, like baby corn it’s not that...
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Friday Crap Roundup XIX
It’s the longest day of the year! Well, it is if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere. Expect 50s in Canberra this weekend. They call it “winter.” Image credit: Martyman Anyway, a good many of you get to...
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Sleep: Why Bother?
A couple months ago I attempted to reset myself by staying up all night and throughout the next day. It didn’t help much, but at least then I did it on purpose. Today’s “reset” was totally inadvertent....
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The Sunday Doldrums
As a writer, I really hate having absolutely no inspiration whatsoever. Recently Sunday evenings have been the worst. It’s hard to write about your condition when you have no condition. I’ve often...
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Messing With Spammers, Part Deux
Y’all have one track minds. Nearly four months later, “Messing With Spammers” is still SB’s most-read post, and “gr8tits2play” is still its top search term. In the case of the latter, second place...
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Digital Foreshadowing
Σ shares my affinity for computers. For a variety of reasons, she also shares my childhood lack of access to computers. Entirely different reasons, mind you. Image credit: Flominator That means when...
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Friday Crap Roundup XXI
Wow, it’s Friday already? This week went by quick. I guess that’s what happens when you sleep through it. Image credit: bedzine Well, I suppose I should get started with this week’s FCR, or something...
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You’re On Report!
Last week’s writing primer proved to be very popular. So much so that I’m seriously considering devoting Tuesdays at SB to a writing workshop of sorts. I’m glad y’all enjoyed it. When I wrote last week...
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Friday Crap Roundup XXIII
My fundamental quandary, conveniently encapsulated in flow chart form: Oh Mr. Flow Chart, you have no idea …. In spite of it all, I still have the energy and desire to write the FCR, albeit a short one...
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Writing Q & A With Lane
You’d think a topic like Writer’s Tuesday would be easy. At least I did. But when writer’s block gets bad around here, it gets real freakin’ bad. So today I decided to go to Facebook and Twitter and...
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“Other” Revelations
It’s amazing how quickly a subject for this blog sometimes presents itself. Since Σ and I are going to Portland in a couple days to see Rush, she’s staying with me beginning tonight. Having just put...
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Friday Crap Roundup XXIV
It’s Friday. Concert weekend with Rush at last! And it’ll be so, so much cooler than this. Image credit: Trevor Dodge Looking forward to pleasant temperatures and no opening act this time around (in...
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