I was researching USB microphones on my MacBook yesterday afternoon when, unnoticed by me, the wall behind our desk suddenly took on a brilliant pink hue. My wife, ever more observant than her hyper-focused husband, pointed it out. “What’s the Sunset look like?” Now, when I’m typically in hyper-focus mode I get annoyed when someone…
Month: February 2017
Paying for News
My post on February 2, entitled #resist laid out some of the ways I plan to resist the current political shift in our culture. One method I chose to pursue was paying for news. Achievement Unlocked. This past week my wife and I spoke and agreed to get a digital-only subscription to the Washington Post….
We Will Not Forget
Note The post below was written for the Central Baptist Church website. I am reposting it here because my voice is actually a little louder on Painfully Hopeful. The Message On Sunday, February 12, residents in a neighborhood not too far from Central Baptist woke to find hate literature in their driveways. The cards, disguised…
Unpacking Diversion Junction
And now the nature of the war begins to unfold. Let’s unpack. The Abbreviated Narrator The Narrator cuts off his conversation with Will once Bug becomes aware of it. In my other Novel, Welcome to the Valleys, the lead character is able to speak with a spirit-type being in his head. Will cannot do this…
Fiction Tuesday – Diversion Junction
Today’s blog continues my long-neglected satirical fantasy, In The Land of the Penny Gnomes “What was that, kid?” “It’s nothing, Bug. Never mind.” Good idea, we’ll chat later. Will huffed a sigh as he sat back in his seat. The others assumed he was simply bored by the monotonous travel and continued to chat amongst…
Blogging vs. Site-Building
I’ve recently set up two websites on the Squarespace platform — ABCNJ and Riverview Estates. The platform is wonderfully fun to play with, and all the themes are responsive so they look great on any device. It was so fun to do, in fact, I seriously considered moving Painfully Hopeful over to it, but then…
