So, I do have a spreadsheet of my fossil/cast specimens. It’s got over 700 entries, and I know I’ve missed a few. There’s about 800 actual items in my museum, though some have the same accession number (because no way on this good earth am …
Read MoreOrishas, Crossroads and Radio Weirdness
I posted about this on my author Facebook page a few months ago, but I figured I’d do an expanded version here. Back in early August, I was heading back from my favorite writing haunt, the local Panera. Why Panera? It’s generally quiet, nobody bothers …
Read MoreMean Unicorns
This post is courtesy of one of my students who mentioned this during the last few days of school. My classes were all watching The Last Unicorn. They didn’t have Chromebooks, testing was done, and where wasn’t a whole lot left to do after 8th …
Read MoreTchotchkes, Or, How To Lose A Sale In Thirty Seconds
And here’s your moment of irrational annoyance, courtesy of someone who didn’t mean ill by it, but aggravated me anyway. I’m always on the hunt for curio cabinets for my museum. Yes, I already have a bunch, but I particularly need ones that have doors …
Read MoreThat Isn’t What You Said It Was, Buddy. Not Even In The Clade.
When one collects fossils like I do, it pays to know what you are looking at. It helps one not get ripped off. Here’s a really good example of this notion. A few years back, I was browsing a certain website for fossils (because that’s …
Read MoreI Am Done. It Is Finished.
The school year…not writing. I’ll be at that until the day I die and get to go and make whatever supreme being out there utterly insane. You’ve been warned, whatever you are! I’m not going to say that I write as a survival mechanism, but …
Read MoreReptile Wrangler: Copperhead Mayhem
Why is it always me that gets to remove rogue critters from a school? Or gets brought animals (salamanders, scorpions, dead black widows, kittens) and asked to care for them? Oh, wait…it’s because everyone who worked with me knows that I did four and a …
Read MoreThe Legendary Puffy Pebble Pie
I like to cook. I’ve liked to cook since I was a kid. I collect recipe books and look forward to using them this summer. I particularly like to make/bake sweets, though increasingly I enjoy making them more than I like eating them. My first …
Read MoreNot Today, Creepy House With Shag Carpet In The Bathroom
Back in college, my folks decided that I couldn’t stay in the dorms anymore. There were a multitude of reasons, not least of which was when the guy next door to use tried to get into our room with a credit card and then peed …
Read MoreThe Beast of Gevaudan
This was one of those historical mysteries that still flummoxes people today. For those not in the know, the Beast was an animal or animals that went on a multi-year rampage in south-central France from 1764-1767. It, or they, racked up quite a body count, …
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