Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
This is where the real work begins. Updated the resume. Had an offer for a free resume review. Did that. Got a bunch of, IMO, idiotic recommendations and a couple good ones. What qualifies as an "idiotic" recommendation in my opinion? Turning my resume into a hype machine. It stopped just short of creating a POW!!!... Continue Reading →
Sometimes life just isn't fair. Like trying to keep your weight under control at the holidays. Even worse is when you are at the very start of the process, so it's not ingrained behavior yet. Sigh. I will be fine. I just have to remember that while I can relax a little, I can't go... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
So here's the story on the paperback edition of "Shorts". Which I promise you is just days away. Unless I mess up again. This is all being done by your humble servant, me. Which means that sometimes real life gets in the way of the creation of my independent publishing empire. Like losing my job... Continue Reading →
Here is the link I mentioned in this week's program. We Become What We Behold
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956) - Ten years after World War II, Tom Rath (Gregory Peck) is still troubled by what he did there. Meanwhile, at home, his wife Betsy (Jennifer Jones) is hoping to move up in the world, at least a little. So Tom takes a job as a PR... Continue Reading →
Time to get down to it. I got my first, full-time, adult job when I was 22 years old. So I've been working for 36 years. This is my fourth time on the unemployment line. Once upon a time that would have been an awful track record. Today, not so much. Still wasn't what... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
Well, isn't that interesting? This past week was one where I struggled a little with my feelings about unemployment. Between the weather and my schedule, my workout routine fell short (this is the first week in a while that will definitely fall short of 150 minutes). I'm trying my hand at NaNoWriMo (National Novel... Continue Reading →
Mandate of Heaven (Legends of Tivara, Daughter of the Dragon Throne Book 4) (2016) by J.C. Kang Princess Kaiya returns to her homeland carrying twins but without the magic of her singing voice. Cathay is assailed from outside by many enemies, while others work to weaken the Empire from the inside. Kaiya will have to draw... Continue Reading →
