Category: Ink Dribblers
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Memories of the Food Bank
There was a time back in the 90’s when I would look forward each week to visiting the Food Bank in Bellingham, Washington. Artisanal breads, whole salmon, whole turkies at…
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Remembering the Day the USA began to Die
This one made it into the book. I wrote the original account in 2000, on election night — the Gore-Bush election, the one that ended with Florida and Supreme Court…
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The Dogcatcher Cometh
Here’s Shakra in the window of my first and favorite VW bus – The bus’s name was Belle. Picture taken near Juneau, Alaska Another true life excerpt from the current…
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Me and God when I was a Child
I wrote this quite a long while back. I incorporated it into the 2009 version of Slackville Road which you can find here. It hasn’t made the cut in the rewrite…
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The Keys of the Riad – Done! I’m a Nanowrimo Winner
Just in case you were wondering where I got the inspiration for the novel I just finished…here you go. Great feeling to be done. Lots of work still to…
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An Invitation from the Madman
I’d like to invite readers to join me for a thousand and one Sundays of reading and writing. I’ll write if you’ll read. If you’d like to join me, you…
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Announcing My Forthcoming Novel…. The Keys of the Riad
This is a funny thing to do, but it’s nice to have a blog that’s all about me so I can do this kind of balderdash. I’m still in Marseilles…
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My Latest Book – Douchebags, Fags, and Hags – now available
I’ve finally published my latest novel. Douchebags, Fags, and Hags. You can find it for kindle here or in epub format here. Here’s the cover: This novel was a labor…
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Wisdom for Sophia – A poem for my daughter
Adventures to inspire my child, your child, Jules Verne, National Geographic, Sir Richard Burton’s stories – my stories. Tans-Siberian railroad – Russian steppes Race nomads – throat singers of Tuva.…
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Liquid Water Found on Mars
A new analysis of pictures taken by the exploration rover Opportunity reveals what appear to be small ponds of liquid water on the surface of Mars. The report identifies specific…
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Some technical notes…
I’ve been doing a little bit of work on the blog today. I added a plugin called wordpress cache that is supposed to make the site load faster. I don’t…
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100 Words Every High School Graduate should know
BOSTON, MA — The editors of the American Heritage® dictionaries have compiled a list of 100 words they recommend every high school graduate should know. “The words we suggest,” says…
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Homeland Security Asks Sci Fi Writers for Help
Government seeks sci-fi antiterrorism insight In effort to broaden its thinking about terrorist attacks, the Department of Homeland Security is tapping into the thinking of a group of science fiction…
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Do Jesus Freak chicks get more Freaky?
A 19-year-old virgin walks into a bar. He’s got his lucky cross in his pocket and his best jersey on. Please God, he says to himself, let this be the…
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The dark legacy of Carlos Castaneda | Salon Books
The godfather of the New Age led a secretive group of devoted followers in the last decade of his life. His closest “witches” remain missing, and former insiders, offering new…
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20,000 Books to Burn
Stop the madness…buy used books today at Primitive Books KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) — Tom Wayne amassed thousands of books in a warehouse during the 10 years he has run…
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Billy Bragg Turns His Hand at Writing
I remember when I was working in London, my friend Dan and I went to check out Billy Bragg at a cafe. Awesome. I’d always been a fan and was…
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Why Christians Have Sex Before Marriage
(Thanks Rachel!) Link In William Shakespeare’s play, “Romeo and Juliet,” the titular star cross’d lovers fatefully decide to pursue their love, despite the chaos and war unfolding around them. Their…
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Hundreds of Impeachment Rallys on Saturday
from Rawstory.com. (Thanks RJ!) People will call for the impeachment of President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney at over 100 actions planned across the country on Saturday,…
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Kurt Vonnegut, Dead at 84. 🙁
I remember when I first read Breakfast of Champions, I can honestly say that it changed my life. Vonnegut’s wit, humanism, and critical thought couched in slapstick humor, showed me…
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WW III ala 1999
Here is a scenario I came up with for a novel in 1999. I am putting a lot of old columns and ramblings up on the site dating back to…
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The 'New' Unabomber….The Bishop.
This is strange…mainly because I am writing a story about the future and just dubbed a character ‘The Bishop’, the guy in my story isn’t a letter bomber, but maybe…
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Giant Ocean Found inside Earth
Just when you thought it was stran ge that they have found a river under the surface…now they turn up an Ocean…reality is stranger than fiction….don’t think for a second…
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Creating our own happiness- NPR
Wayne Coyne is singer and guitarist for the Grammy Award-winning rock band The Flaming Lips. He wrote and directed Christmas on Mars, a science-fiction film featuring the group. Coyne and…
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Eldest Son of Kim Jong Il
This isn’t much of a story…the real story would have been if he was caught partying with Kevin Federline… cd Kim denied his identity, saying “No” when a TBS reporter…
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