Tow Away Zone
By JohnU | September 3, 2010
I’ll be 40 in less than 2 weeks.
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Barbecue Jazz
By JohnU | September 2, 2010
Not just Jazz. Barbecue Jazz!
Oh, and DarkFluidity returns with a live event on 23 September!
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Tracks
By JohnU | September 1, 2010
Tracks.
An expert can follow these tracks to the source.
A true expert can determine the destination of these tracks based on the slightest, subtlest of clues, and then take another route to cut these great iron beasts off at the pass.
Do you still call it an Iron Horse?
Is it wild? Untamed? Can it be broken, and bent to your will?
Hey, it’s your life, and the paths you follow are your own. You don’t have to let someone who died before you were born (and designed said tracks) determine where you can go. Blaze your own path. Move in your own directions. Either break the Iron Horse to your will, or find another beast more suited to your temperament.
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Columbus Globe
By JohnU | August 31, 2010
Or perhaps I should re-name it Trump Globe?
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No Parking
By JohnU | August 30, 2010
Consider yourself warned.
I’ve started running. We’ll see how long I continue. Short bits, as yet. I never had much stamina for running. It’s all part of the effort to transform into a better version of me.
I suspect you’ll like the better version of me.
The running, short as it might be (and growing each time), is meant to replace racquetball on the days I have no one to play, or when rain makes it impossible to use the outdoor courts. (I play on the inside court only when the guy whose apartments has one is able to play; and once or twice without him, as no one else in that gym seems to notice I’m not from there.)
I’ve added the running to try to break through the plateau I’ve reached in weight loss.
In other self-improvement news, I’m also improving my wardrobe, evidenced by a few new shirts the past week and a trip to the tailor to take care of my pants; I cooked scallops and andouille sausage and mushrooms last night, with rice, and while maybe not the healthiest meal certainly all the ingredients were fresh; and I’ve subscribed to GQ magazine, because there’s too much I don’t know. For instance, when do you wear suspenders? {grin}
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Fire Escape
By JohnU | August 29, 2010
A disruption (a necessary and welcome disruption, but a disruption nonetheless) caused me to leave DarkWalker II for a moment. Other priorities. (The first DarkWalker, if you must know.) But the first has been delivered to the publisher, and now I’m again working full-steam on the second.
The first draft will probably take me the rest of this coming week. Perhaps. Next weekend is a three-day weekend, and I’ll begin the next project. It’s unnamed, as yet. I’m referring to it as Armando Luis Salazar, as that’s the name of the short story upon which it’s based. The story was part of my 30 in 30 project, 1 short story a day during the month of April. You can still read it here. As the title of the short, I thought it was perfect; if you read it, you’ll see why. But it won’t work as the novel title.
In non-writing news, the sun only pretended to rise today, hiding behind a blanket of unbroken gray. It’s Florida, so rain and thundershowers are inevitable today, and the gray is a nice break from having the unrelenting sun set at broil.
None of this has anything to do with today’s photo.
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Drug Free
By JohnU | August 28, 2010
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Grand Central
By JohnU | August 27, 2010
Who do you think is the star of this picture? The girl, of course. I think we should name her. How about Penelope?
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Spiral
By JohnU | August 26, 2010
This is plainly visible at Union Square, but I haven’t got a clue what it is or what it’s supposed to mean.
I’m told that it sometimes spouts smoke, but I saw no such thing.
Maybe you know what this is?
Maybe you can share?
~~~
In other news, I have no other news.
Not today.
Maybe tomorrow?
Probably not tomorrow.
But soon, I promise. Soon.
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Natural Histoy at School
By JohnU | August 25, 2010
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