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New Witches Story: “Esteemed Relations”

"Esteemed Relations" is the fifth piece of the Witches of Ming Ung tale: "Did you really need to wear that?" Hardi whispered to Robert. "You look like a clown." Robert straightened his lavender shirt. "I, my dear, am a peacock in a field of pigeons." One of the soldiers ...

New Witches story: “Blackout”

After entirely too long a hiatus, I have a new Witches story/chapter ready. There's no good excuse for the lapse aside from the heartbreak of leaving my job of two years and the stress of starting in a new position. An amicable departure and happy beginning, but stressful nonetheless. Hardi and ...

“Breached defenses” posted

Back to Witches this week for "Breached defenses": Hardi blinked. "I think I'm done here," she muttered as she stood with her tray. "Have a good day, Dr. Yuk." "Robert," he said around another mouthful of food, "and it really helps if you soften the 'u'. Make it just a bit more ...

Three fun things on dance-day

In reverse order of occurrence: Assmar makes me do funny things Like ride down the highway in 40-degree weather with the windows down and the heat blasting at the floorboards. The cool air lowers my body temperature (bad cooldown after hip-hop) and the hot air keeps my lungs from seizing up ...

“The welcome goodbye” posted

Well, it's not quite still Saturday, but as promised, here's a new Witches story, called "The welcome goodbye": "Harding." Hardi stopped pacing. "Why are you so hot under the collar for this project?" Jim asked quietly. Hardi opened and closed her mouth. "I just... I want to do something about this." Now I'm going to ...

New TC story: Spiral’s End

Finally! A new story! Even my wrist won't hold me down. Less than a week left in the cast! Before I give the link to the story, though, here's a big, tacky warning: this story is explicit. It's dark and includes drugs and sex. Okay, that's done. "Spiral's End" ...
June 17th 2010
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Mo’ money, mo’ problems: a retirement app idea

I mentioned this obliquely a couple of weeks ago, but I'm wigging out a bit about retirement. In 39 years I will be 65, and I don't have solid plans with numbers behind them. Socking away $5k a year into an IRA just isn't enough. Back in the day, ...

Quasi-daily linkage

Penny Arcade! - The Universal Analogy - I don't think there's any harm in a bit of mocking humor on the oil spill. If It Was My Home - Visualizing the BP Oil Spill - Courtesy of @markrickert. Awesome visualization. I do not approve | Prometheus 6 - Wells Fargo and ...