It’s Everywhere

I’m not sure what it is about me, but I tend to get confidences. At the pool today I exchanged pleasantries with a young mother. Within minutes she told me how this was her first outing with the kids since she got a restraining order against their father. His best friend had acquired a gun, [...]

Not Just the World–People are Watching

So, yeah. I’ve been pretty wrapped up in the Iran election thing. I can’t help it. People standing up for themselves and for others gives me chills.

It’s utterly marvelous, some of what’s been going on.

World response, on a person to person basis, has been amazing. Half of Twitter is probably showing as from Tehran [...]

Susan Boyle Still Makes Me Cry

If, somehow, you don’t know who Susan Boyle is, go here. I’ll wait.

So. Why she makes me cry. Still, when I know what’s coming when she opens her mouth. Still, when she “lost” Britain’s Got Talent. (I put “lost” in quotes because it isn’t Highlander–there can be more than one winner, and coming out on [...]

Can’t Stop the Serenity

Can’t Stop the Serenity is coming up this month for much of the world. If you don’t know, that’s when Browncoats around the planet stage a showing of Serenity and throw one heck of a shindig to raise money for a good cause, Equality Now. From their site:

Equality Now works to end violence and discrimination [...]

DOOMY Summer of Editing DOOM

Ahem. Yes, well…

I have not fallen into a Pit of Nothing Accomplished as has happened before at the start of vacation. I’ve been working on Fidelis. I’ve been swimming nearly every day. I’ve been going to work.

Yes, work. As in years past, I am not quite done when I am supposed to be done. We [...]