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"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Columbine" now available

In 2005, I got a lot of anger and frustration out of my system by writing the first draft of a novel. Six years, nine rewrites and polishes, dozens of "we like it but... uh... no" rejections, and one annoying hack of a literary agent later, that story is now available. Seeking revenge against a...

The PaBlog

There’s been some rumbling about the Supreme Court’s decision that Congress can legally re-copyright works in the Public Domain. This upsets me because it’s actually a very good decision. Congress has the Constitutional authority to establish, enforce, and regulate copyrights. This is as it should be to help encourage creative works and if there were no copyrights at all there would be no way for creators to profit off of their works. A decision going the other way would have …

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In 2008 and 2009 I was part of a production team that put together a video podcast called The Idiot Box. We managed to produce 10 episodes before funding ran out and our production team went in different directions. An attempt to revive it late in 2009 was thwarted by the death of one of our producers. Part of our promotional campaign was using YouTube as a place to put up promos, clips, and behind the scenes stuff. From the …

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I couldn’t resist.

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At 3:34 PM Eastern Standard Time this afternoon, a library user attempting to access my blog found himself or herself blocked by your library’s censorship filters. Perhaps if your staff keeps logs on this sort of thing, someone might be able to find out why my writings are unfit for public consumption by the people of Charlotte.

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The Far Circus

On a whim, I wondered how effective a mashup of the uber-innocent Family Circus and the ultra-bizarre Far Side would be. So I took random images from a Google search for both panels, pairing Bil Keane’s artwork with Gary Larson’s captions. The result? A mixed bag.

 

Occupy the airwaves

With the Occupy movement forced out of its locations in America’s cities, the activists have been shifting their gears from long-term semi-permanent protests, such as flash mobs, “mic checks” at right wing speeches, and anti-foreclosure actions. All of these are worthy actions and need to continue, but there is one area where the Occupy energy and tenacity should be brought into play, and that is opposing the radio stations that spew right-wing propaganda 24 hours a day. Even in “liberal …

 

Obama and the Tortoise

As the Republicans in Congress continue to hold the country’s working poor hostage in order to advance the more radical aspects of their agenda, Obama’s talk of compromise puts me in mind of the paradox of Achilles and the Tortoise.

 

“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Columbine” now available

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Seeking revenge against a bunch of high school bullies, redress from an intransigent school system, and escape from their mundane lives, four boys make plans to stage a mock Columbine-style school shooting, fake their deaths, and get out of the country. An audacious plan, but planned meticulously down to the last detail. Except for…

 

Next project.

I’ve gone back to work on my next play, Mourning Has Broken. I’ve finished the first five minutes of Act II, and hope to have the whole first draft finished before the first of the year. I’ve had the basic plot worked out for just about three years now, and just need to write the dialogue between the characters to move the story along. I just finished typing one exchange between “Barry” and “Amy,” two thirty-somethings discussing the death of …

 

The Defense of Marriage Against Kim Kardashian Act

Write all of your Congressmen who drone on about the “sanctity of marriage” and demand that they pass this piece of legislation, the Defense of Marriage Against Kim Kardashian Act: Section 1. No State, territory, or possession of the United States, or Indian tribe, shall recognize a wedding the rights for which were sold to a television network, newspaper, magazine, or other information vending entity, as a valid marriage. Section 2. No State, territory, or possession of the United States, …

 

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