Writing Facebook: A tool for journalists? 7 Nov 20115 May 2023 Ask anyone what Facebook is, and they're likely to give the same short, sweet answer: it's a social networking site. Indeed, that's its primary use for me these days (once…
Writing Rat Poison: Benjamin the Bookstore Cat disapproves — and so do I 3 Nov 20115 May 2020 About a year ago, Red Lodge Books adopted an adorable cat named Benjamin. He started his life as an alley cat, and was adopted by another business in town. When…
Writing Book Review: Writing with Pictures 26 Oct 20111 Feb 2023 I've finally finished reading the book that I won at the SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators) conference in Los Angeles a couple of months ago. Well, technically…
Writing Autumn in Montana 25 Oct 201118 Aug 2013 We now depart from our regularly-scheduled commentary on reading and writing for a photographic interlude. Fall is probably my favorite season here in Montana, and I went outside a couple…
Science & Technology Treadmills, books, e-books, magazines, and apps 19 Oct 201130 Jan 2023 We have a treadmill at home. A fine treadmill, but with a major design flaw (from my perspective): the book holder. I'm a pretty big guy, and at 6 feet,…
Tea Mitosis complete, cytokinesis in progress 11 Oct 20115 May 2020 Once upon a time, I had a blog. I talked about all kinds of stuff on that blog, but mostly books, writing, and tea. Over time, I found that the…
Writing Book Review: Wheel of Time #1, The Eye of the World vs Lord of the Rings 1 Oct 201118 Aug 2013 I'm a little behind the times here. The 13th book of Robert Jordan's epic (yes, "epic") Wheel of Time saga is hitting paperback next week, and I'm just getting around…
Tea Ruminations on a new tea website 26 Sep 201118 Aug 2013 (The post "Ruminations on a new tea website" was moved to my new blog, "Tea With Gary," on October 11.)
Tea Mr. Excellent’s Post-Apocalyptic Earl Grey Tea 16 Sep 201118 Aug 2013 (The post "Mr. Excellent's Post-Apocalyptic Earl Grey Tea" was moved to my new blog, "Tea With Gary," on October 11.)