Monday, February 13, 2012

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Huns and Visigoths

Time was when the citizens of Rome could sit back on their chaise lounges, sip mint juleps and enjoy a detached sort of discussion about those Huns in the hinterlands, stirring up trouble again. Faraway fires, rumors of war. What a pity for those distant victims of rebellion. We'll have to send another legion.Ah, but in Rome, all is well.But by... Read moreChevron

From Agent to Publisher

Having signed now with an agent in hopes of selling my book to a publisher, I will take the presumptuous step of asking assistance from you all. Publishing houses nowadays are businesses first and foremost. In other words, their main concern is with making money. Therefore my main task at this stage is to convince them that they could make money... Read moreChevron

Before It Is Too Late

I am not dying. Not because of MS anyway. Or of anything else that I know of at the moment. But I am living more vitally, more completely--and that is because of MS. It's an irony, yes? A paradox. Illness and disability have a way of making mortality more real, more immediate, than it had seemed before. The motions of time have entered me... Read moreChevron

Whoops ... My New Blog Correction

Link should have sent you here:   <a href="http://www.everyonehereisjimdandy.blogspot.com">Click here to visit my new website!</a>

Things I Have Trouble With

I have trouble with parking lots.  Parking lots and banks.  And video stores.  I have trouble with slots where things are to be deposited.  This morning I deposited my Comcast payment in the Hollywood Video slot and was on the way to the mailbox with my DVD rental when I finally realized my mistake.  The thing about... Read moreChevron

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