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Don’t Get Into the Car

I was reading a thriller from the early part of the 21st century, “The Accident Man.” It’s a pretty good thriller, and the beginning seems to keep going for pages without taking a breath. A handsome British hit man teams up with a beautiful Russian spy to find out who hired them to kill PrincessContinue reading “Don’t Get Into the Car”

News from the Front

Well. I guess my invitation to Taylor’s wedding got lost in the mail. Should have let that girl know I moved to Barstow. But I”m not hurt. Mazel Tov, you two crazy kids. Lots of babies and good times to you. This is a “news” post to let you know what I’m up to. AsContinue reading “News from the Front”

Probable Cause?

I was watching Rizzolli and Isles on Netflix last week. It’s a very good show, good characters, good plots, well-written. Set in Boston. It aired in the 2010’s. But on this particular episode, they captured a very bad person, a person who killed indiscriminately, a person who set fire to Rizzolli’s apartment, a person whoContinue reading “Probable Cause?”

Password

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A Stretch

So when you get older your muscles and tendons just want to sit on the couch and eat popcorn and watch Netflix. Really, there’s lots of good stuff on Netflix these days. When you are young, of course, you worry about your body. You want to look muscular, svelte, sexy. There’s that whole dating thingContinue reading “A Stretch”

Grave Matters

My Facebook feed usually features pretty Asian girls dancing to strange music, videos of shelter dogs getting adopted (I admit I get a little tear in my eye watching them), and music from Japanese hard rock girl groups. It’s very entertaining. Lately, though, I’ve been getting lots and lots of videos of people going throughContinue reading “Grave Matters”

The Vagaries of Love

For most of us, Love is the great adventure of our lives. We will never save the world by cutting the right wire to the nuclear bomb a second before it goes off. We will never commit a brave deed in the middle of combat. We will never climb Everest. We will never throw theContinue reading “The Vagaries of Love”

More Songs From the Listening Room

So I go to this open mic in Ventura ( a 2 1/2 hour trip either way) on the Second Sunday and Fourth Fridays of the month called “The Listening Room.” I sing original songs. Here’s the latest, “Moonlight” and “Summer Moon.”

The Universe Answers

My last whiny blog was about how the mean ol’ universe was oppressing me like that peasant in Monty Python’s Holy Grail. Something about how depressed I was and it was all someone else’s fault because they wouldn’t publish my novel. Wah. As if to bring me up short, the Universe sent me an answerContinue reading “The Universe Answers”

Confession

I am a Catholic through and through. And every good Catholic knows that confession is good for the soul. If not the career. I confess that I have not written anything of substance since Nov 30. At that time I was working on a novel (I didn’t get to 50,000 words this year) but theContinue reading “Confession”