I Hope They Drive Into a Cul-de-sac

Today on the flat screens in the cafeteria, MSNBC showed “breaking news” of police chasing a white van. I flashed back to a similar situation–you probably know the one I’m talking about. A friend at my table said the cops should blow out the tires. I said they were going too fast so it might [...]

Red + Blue = ?

On one of the hardhitting Sunday news shows, one of the pundits referred to “states that Democrats don’t even fly over.” It was pretty obvious he was talking about the so-called red states in the South and some of those with Rocky Mountains in them.
But I wonder if this guy knows that, although Mississippi went [...]

Cooking 101, as Taught by The Universe

My novel has been on the back burner for a few months. I have to admit that I’ve turned the heat off a few times. A big reason for that, I’m guessing, is that one of my characters is in the military, and I don’t know much about that world. I’ve done some reading, watched [...]

Clouded? Turn Away. Come Back.

In response to my own poll about barriers to creative work, I could pin the blame on lack of motivation. But the part of my brain dedicated to quality control would prohibit that decision. It’s picky about such things, wasting my time on a devotion to precision, when I would much rather just say, “yeah, [...]

QuotaPoll #1: Barriers