Russian Hackers FAIL
Okay, I know that I probably shouldn't do this, but... I can't help myself. Not quite four weeks ago, I had someone attempt to hack into this blog. He tried 17 times to hack my password, but I guess I do okay at choosing passwords because he gave up and ...
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February 18, 2010
English Language FAIL
I've been combing the thesaurus and the dictionary for a synonym for "experience" (verb form). Did you know that, unless you have a very specific experience in mind (e.g. "feel" or "imagine" or "meet," et al), there isn't a good substitute? I need an adjective adverb form of "experience," ending ...
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July 20, 2009
Winters Are Like Leap Years
I had to leave the house a couple of hours ago to visit the next burg about 20 minutes from here (usually, at least). When I left, I knew I was in for potential trouble. See, this is south Texas, and people here are completely ignorant of how to drive ...
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December 10, 2008
Website Review: Albernstein.com
A few items of intriguing synchronicity have occurred, which I think deserve bringing up to my favorite blog readers: you folks. 1) I am editing a new book for Immanion Press, and it’s on modern vampires and vampirism. I don’t want to give away anything in advance without checking with ...
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May 15, 2008
Los Angeles: City of the Soulsuckers
Here there be random bitching about celebrity. Annie Leibovitz is a world-renowned photographer who was créme de la créme when I first started reading Rolling Stone magazine in the mid-70s. Who the hell are the Moral Majority to criticize a goddess such as she? Why in the hell should she apologize? ...
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