Category Archives: The Walking Dead

Time Traveling

We fell back an hour on Saturday night. That’s the second weekend in a row for me. I was on a plane to Germany the previous weekend when Europe switched to “winter” time. Coupled with the jet lag that I … Continue reading

Posted in Justified, Mentalist, The Walking Dead | Comments Off on Time Traveling

Potpourri

As I recall, “Potpourri” was the title for categories on Jeopardy! that had no theme. Make of that what you will. I’ve been struggling with a short story. It’s a tad on the experimental side, and I’m probably forcing it. … Continue reading

Posted in Castle, Mentalist, The Walking Dead | Comments Off on Potpourri

Tickling the ivories

My latest Storytellers Unplugged post went up this morning. It’s called Maybe I Could’ve Been a Rock Star, like this guy over here ⇒. One of my latest “claims to fame”—one of my tweets was quoted in a Guardian article about … Continue reading

Posted in Castle, Mentalist, Sons of Anarchy, Survivor, The Walking Dead | Comments Off on Tickling the ivories

The tube

Just because it’s spring doesn’t mean winter is over yet. Today the temperature has dropped over 25° from what it was this morning as a cold front sweeps through. We might also get ½” of rain or more in the … Continue reading

Posted in Justified, Mad Men, Survivor, SVU, The Walking Dead | Comments Off on The tube

Norman? Is that you?

Last week was Spring Break here. We spent the weekend at our favorite getaway, Surfside Beach on the gulf coast. It’s a little under a hundred miles from us but a world away. We thought the beach might be busy, but it … Continue reading

Posted in Castle, The Amazing Race, The Walking Dead | Comments Off on Norman? Is that you?

The place where every fugitive wants to go

I posted my review of NOS4A2 by Joe Hill yesterday. I finished the book a couple of months ago but held off releasing my review until it was closer to publication day. Just one more review to polish off and … Continue reading

Posted in Justified, Survivor, The Walking Dead | Comments Off on The place where every fugitive wants to go

The Tao of Cho

This was one of those productive weekends when I cleared several things off my desk. And off the floor around my desk, where pressing but oft-ignored things sometimes end up. The two major items were a 1200-word essay for FEARNet, … Continue reading

Posted in Mentalist, movies, The Amazing Race, The Walking Dead | Comments Off on The Tao of Cho

Skyfall

My February contribution to Storytellers Unplugged went live yesterday. It’s called Social Media. I also (finally) finished my review of Ian McEwan’s Sweet Tooth and got it up. A book I wanted to like more, but didn’t. I finished the first draft … Continue reading

Posted in movies, The Walking Dead | Comments Off on Skyfall

You know things are bad when the heroin addict thinks you’re a bad influence

I had four things I wanted to get done this weekend, and I managed to complete them all, though it was later on Sunday than I’d planned when I put the finishing touches on #3. First off, I wrote two … Continue reading

Posted in movies, The Walking Dead | Comments Off on You know things are bad when the heroin addict thinks you’re a bad influence

It was a dark and stormy day

I started the short story I “dreamt up” yesterday morning. I wrote 450 words in a burst and thought I was done for the day. Then I wrote 500 more. One sign that a story is working for me, on … Continue reading

Posted in Justified, NCIS, The Walking Dead | Comments Off on It was a dark and stormy day