Not-yet-published pieces, stories, essays, rants, and random strangenesses

In 2006, I wrote a blog piece about the Legend of the Black Turkey. Every year it seems to get more random Internet hits. Last year, a...

Remember those Six Unspectacular Things? Well, Iyov picked up my gauntlet, answered the question twice as well as anyone else (well,...

The Prestigious Arte y Pico Award I am beyond honored. I am verklempt. I am . . . wow, that thing is really gaudy, isn’t it? . . . At any...

I have been tagged by Indigo Bunting. I guess that means I’m It. It’s some kind of meme, I understand, though I’m not altogether sure I...

Last night I put Mom to bed, and went off to my office to watch the season finale of Torchwood, a sci-fi TV series I’ve been following....

Just in case you missed it over on my other blog (which I think a lot of people did because it was sandwiched in between a couple of...

You and seven guests. They must be alive as of this writing. Who would you invite? I’ll tell you my selections after you all tell me...