Weekly World News’ closing has meant many media sources have linked to this page and we have plenty of first-timers paying me a visit. To all, welcome.In brief, in addition to being the paper’s Managing Editor (for one more week), I am a freelance writer with credits ranging from fiction (Star Trek, and other media […]
The news continues to spread about the paper and scanning the coverage has been fascinating. Most quote each other or my blog or just AMI’s release. The Palm Beach Post had one of the more interesting takes on the situation, placing our closing in context with general newsstand sales woes. And last night, Keith Olberman […]
Some of my fellow bloggers invite readers to toss out questions and they get some real interest ones. They also get volume. It seems my small and loyal group learns enough and have little they want to know more about.However, for those who asked, here are the answers:Malnurtured Snay had several:It’s twenty-four hours to get […]
The closing of Weekly World News instantly reminded me of the final episode of the brilliant Sports Night. For two episodes, Dana the Producer had been speaking with a charming man at her favorite watering hole. By the end of the second part, she realizes the man was wealthy and had just bought her show’s […]
So, what sort of week has it been?Let’s review:On Monday, it was back to work and the routine, playing catch up on deferred projects and what I may have missed from the time out for the funeral. That evening it was back to the gym for the first time in a week followed by an […]
When a death occurs in any family, those affected need to put their lives on hold and tend to the immediate business at hand. It’s worse when there’s no warning, no doubt, but the number of arrangements to be made on short notice most certainly adds a level of stress.We got the word that Deb’s […]
There are balances to life. That point was rammed home this weekend.Deb and I went to Atlanta on Saturday for my cousin Aimee’s wedding. This was as close to a family reunion as we were going to get (something Aimee and I tried to organize and abandoned after resistance form, of all places, the older […]
Been an intense but productive week around here.As of today, I reached the 86% mark on The Unnamed Project. I suddenly feel better about managing to finish this by the August 31 deadline without blowing my brains out. Don’t get me wrong, there’s still a ton of work to do on it after I reach […]
Our Fourth of July proved to be gray and threatening all day. We chose discretion and avoided schlepping to the beach for fireworks that were as likely to be canceled as fired off.Instead, I spent the majority of the day working on The Unnamed Project and was pleased by my progress.Additionally, I learned this morning […]