He’s defying the doctors.When he was released three weeks back, they were certain he’d be readmitted with an infection or fever. Instead, he will go back for round three on Monday without having been readmitted. His stubbornness and determination seem to be winning the day.These last two weeks have been great for him because he’s […]
I like to read. No surprise there. I like baseball. To those who know me, also no surprise. As a result, I like reading about baseball. Fiction and non-fiction. As I
I’m not usually an early adopter of internet stuff. I was certainly not among the first to use the social networking sites or shop on line, yet I’ve come to embrace the need to stay ahead of the curve. As a result, when I received an invitation from Carson Tang to join Naymz, I didn’t […]
Day two at Lunacon was short but great fun.Got there in plenty of time for the 10 a.m. panel on “The Future of Comics”. The good news is that we had more of an audience than yesterday’s comics panel and we all agreed there is a future.After an hour of silliness in the Green Room […]
Lunacon day one was a tremendous amount of fun. While a business networking show, it’s also a place I see many tri-state area friends I don’t normally see so there was much hugging and schmoozing going on.I arrived in plenty of time for my first panel which was the topic of raising fannish children. It […]
Robbie has been in a good place. His friends have been home from school and he’s been out more than not. One day they all flocked here for the afternoon and that was cool. They make him laugh and he feels absolutely normal around them and they see to it where they go and what […]
For those of you following at home, “Things That Aren’t” did not make the final Nebula Awards ballot and I figured that was that.Then, I got an e-mail reminding me that I had volunteered to serve on the Nebula Awards jury for next year. Not only were they reminding me, they were telling me I […]
There may be no more boring, nor more important, than the town budget process. Once the school and town side budgets are released, every member of the RTM gets copies of these 300+ page each tome. We have a few weeks to fully absorb the data and then come to sit in the audience for […]
I’m a week or so away from completing the young adult non-fiction book on the Bataan Death March and I’m taking a hard look at my schedule to see what will take its place.Right now, I have several book proposals out and keep hoping one of them gets approved. One, a media tie-in pitch with […]
Greekover celebrates Greek Easter and Passover and any other spring festival you care to toss into the mix. It gave the extended Rozakis and Greenberger families yet another excuse to meet up and eat too much food.Being a made up holiday, it floats across the calendar, gently pushed by the spring breeze, landing wherever convenient. […]