Books, beer and barbarians

Yet one more thing screwed up about this country (the U.S.) ... Looking into building a house, and found out today I don't have a credit...

Early this morning my beagle Lily passed away after suffering a seizure. I am devastated. She was my baby. I might talk more about her event...

My beagle, Lily, turned 16 yesterday, and for her birthday she got her very own cake.

I'll let the video speak for itself except to say that if you have interests in historical weapons, I highly suggest regularly checkin...

I am thankful Kelly and I had 12 years together. I am thankful to have Lily, our beagle. She is like having a little piece of Kelly with m...

Ooo, aaah, it's like the 1980s all over again. What you see above is my Alphasmart Neo, basically a portable word processor. You ca...

It's the middle of the night and I can't sleep, so I thought I'd blog a little, something I've not been doing enough of the ...

I don't want to get all maudlin here, but the subject matter can be quite depressing, so if you're in the mood for something sunshin...

As those who follow my Facebook page are already aware, my wife died on Sunday, May 11, Mother's Day, at 2:04 p.m. my time. It had ...

About this time of year, I do a post looking back upon that year, and usually I do a post looking ahead to the year to come. Not wanting to ...

I recently spent some time in the city of Savannah, Georgia. It was my first extended stay in that city, though I had driven through and b...

I don't talk much on this blog about my personal life for two reasons: 1.) I like my personal life to remain just that, personal, and 2....

I've never told anyone this story. It's not that it's a secret or anything, but more that I never thought it was much of a big...

Eleven years ago, almost to the day, we met standing in line at a German deli. We both like quality sandwiches, so that was a good start. Af...

After two blog tours in the last six months, I've decided to take a break from online life. No, I'm not going to give up blogging al...

So I'm visiting my mom last week in Jesse Helms country. She lives out in the country, not much different from where I grew up in Kentuc...

In case you haven't heard, Amazon recently announced a new digital publishing program called KDP Select, which is part of the company...

I had been thinking about getting a job lately. You know, a real job. I don't have to. I make enough from my writing to keep the bills p...

I just wanted to say goodbye to Chloey, to leave some mark upon the world for her, for others to know she existed and was loved. Chloey wa...

Recently I was visiting a city about an hour from where I'm currently staying, and visited a thrift store. From time to time I go into s...