Or at least how I plan to write my novels. Right now I'm tweaking a novel for release (aka Fine Drafting it). No matter how essential this step is, fine drafting a book doesn't feel like real writing, so I thought I would flex my writing muscles by trying to recapture what it took to bring this book into existence. What burbled up from the morass seemed about as wiry as Jeffy's run through...

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Admit it, that was great. Come on, it was awesome. You probably didn't even watch it did you? Well, if you missed the State of the Union Address then you missed out. Say what you like about him but Obama has once again showed us why he is the president. When Obama gives a speech, it ends and whether you agree with him or not you just feel compelled to say, "okay, sign me up, just tell me...

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An interesting new development. Discover Magazine released an article about a new human ancestor which apparently had a bigger brain than you or I. They call it the Boskop and it lived in South Africa from 30,000 to 10,000 BC

http://discovermagazine.com/2009/the-brain-2/28-what-happened-to-hominids-who-were-smarter-than-us/article_view

I'm not sure if I agree with everything the article has...

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I woke up this morning half-listening to an Atheist defend his beliefs in a Godless world through the notion that an eternity spent in a heavenly afterlife is not much of a reward at all. This is nothing new. I've been pondering the notion ever since I first listened to the song Heaven by the Talking Heads way back in the 80's (damn you David Byrne! Just kidding). No, this morning I woke...

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It finally happened, only a month or so after its release my local Barnes & Noble received a Nook of its very own to put on display and have people handle, caress, heavily pet, pucker up to and totally smooch (okay, okay, a smiling ultra-hip be-spectacled employee stopped me before getting to second base, but I was leading...). Actually, it wasn't love at first sight, but I was quite impressed,...

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