I want. I have wanted. I will want. I don't really understand why. I rarely have materialistic desires; when I do, I just wait. ...

death of the baroque by ~ irishwind on deviant ART This is a drawing I love by irishwind . I followed her work two years ago, and think s...

Chasing is the opposite of repoussé, which is a metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is shaped by hammering from the reverse s...

I found this wonderfully warm puppy in the window of a consignment store. I haggled, bought, built a light-box with rope-lights & piano...

The 'raise-the-alarm and spread-the-panic' machines have been consistent and loud enough, that I suspect most people have already he...

I (we) chose to move to Portland, Oregon, three months ago, on not much more than: gut-instincts, a hope that serendipitous events of yester...

Am I the only person who prefers an 'American translation' when reading British authors? This is only a book-reading issue. I pre...

          In March of 06 my paramour Pam, and I, quit work and began a rambling shuffle of job-searching (for her) and camping journey (for ...

Hello? I am in the process of returning to the mix. This feels like the right time for me to try. Although only a small part of me is pee...

Difficult Index - pen/ink - 2001 I have--finally--come to terms with my non-writing and non-creativeness. Because my time, schedule, a...

They claim to send a meta crawler into your entire site, select words from your blog that you use, and will print it on a shirt of your choo...

This non-post, is merely to whisper that 'rumors of my death are exaggerated' and affirm that I still have a blogging pulse. I still...

I've still not connected. Feck (to borrow a phraze from davecat) I hate not having a computer set-up. I suspect it will still be weeks...

Although my respite is over, I am now without proper internet access. I find that I'm not one who easily creates digital renderings or ...

back-forward to this story's previous 1000 words back-forward to this story's beginning After three seconds it stops. Just like on ...

Wallace and Grommit.. (2005) directed by Steve Box (Chicken Run, 2000); starring the voices of Helena Bonham Carter and Ralph Fiennes: Snap...

back-forward to this story's previous 1000 words back-forward to this story's beginning Turning to look me in the eye, Robert-not-Bo...

Koontz at his best. This one rivals Odd Thomas with it's wonderful combination of: story/plot, interesting protagonist(s) and antagoni...

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005) directed by Shane Black (directorial debut, screenwriter); starring Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer: Snapratin...

In this newest of the Sunny Randall series, the female Boston PI is further defined as rough and tough (and at-the-same-time emotionally-fra...

back-forward to this story's previous 1000 words back-forward to this story's beginning Within meters of a turn out—empty at this ho...