Remembering 9/11/01

Big Bang Experiment

At The Firehouse

When you are thankful, what is it for?
We are thankful for our freedom. We are thankful for our land. We are thankful for the trials and tribulations of our forefathers. Stop and think. What are you thankful for? Now ask yourself: Is everyone able to give the same thanks? If the answer is no, what can you do to change this? Give a lending hand. Mentor. Help at your local soup kitchen. Donate your unused belongings to a shelter. Instead of tossing change to the beggar, give him/her a bus pass and instructio

Tuesday’s Rise to the Challenge
Each year I participate in National Novel Writing Month. And each year I donate to the Office of Letters and Light, the non-profit agency affiliated with NaNoWriMo. The money goes to supporting literary programs, libraries, and young writer programs worldwide. This year has been exceptionally tough for us. I wasn't able to contribute as much as I normally do. But this year we have the option of asking for sponsors. Today, Tuesday, November 24, 2009 there is a special 24-hour fundraising event. If you have a buck or ten you can toss into the coffer to help raise money for these wonderful programs, I'd be especially grateful. And if you do it within the 24-hour period via my sponso

The Transcontinental Railroad by Z-dude
“The Transcontinental Railroad” Spear on my back, arrow in my right hand, and bow in my left. Lay ahead of me, the buffalo that roamed and feasted on the grassy meadow, the mighty kill. I kneeled down, then fell on my stomach, then went into a full out crawl. I pulled the bow up, aligned the arrow, and pulled back the string until my muscles couldn’t take any more. The horn blew, the buffalo stepped forward, and then came the noise that echoed through the valley that my people often heard before the buffalo fell. I didn’t think it was possible, or true, until the buffalo fell. What followed was the laughter, heard far away, from the terrible machine that always passed and m

Made Your Pumpkin Pies Yet?
I just couldn't resist. A dear friend of mine forwarded this to me the other day and I simply had to share it.

Under Re-Construction
This blog, this website, will be undergoing some revisions and getting a new face over the next couple of months. It's time to revamp, upgrade, streamline and make some much needed improvements in preparation -- for what, you'll have to be patient and wait to see. It's out with the old, in with the new. Maybe I'll get lucky enough to have it all ready for release on New Years Day. Wouldn't that be the bomb? Periodically I might post here. Thoughts get caught up in my brain and need a way to come out. This has always been the perfect medium. It's just of late, well, there's enough going on that those thoughts can't be voiced in this type of forum. Please don't ask. It's pe