Fred Saberhagen

I’m currently reading the first book in Fred Saberhagen’s Berserker series — and oddly enough, he died a couple days ago, no matter what Wikipedia editors might think. That got me to wondering, is it possible some of the best Science Fiction writing is being written now? I know the greats are the greats, but it would seem an author … Read more

Housecleaning

Well, a couple things have changed. One, I am using a template that actually works for Windows Internet Explorer folks. Secondly, I moved hosting to an actual host instead of the computer in my closet. It was cool to host things locally, but some days my personal bandwidth is affected by web traffic. I need my speed y’all. 🙂 I … Read more

Lydia, Oh, Lydia

This video clip is kinda special for my family. Our daughter, Lydia, really likes it. I’m sure you’ll see why. 🙂 [flv:http://web.mac.com/shawnp0wers/lydia.flv 400 300] It probably violates copyright of some sort, but for reference sake, it’s The Muppet Show, Season 1, Episode 2. Enjoy!

Some things shouldn’t be found

Have you ever been looking through a box of pictures, or in my case a pile of hard drives, and found a picture that you don’t remember? Yeah, me too. Here’s proof. I have no idea where this is from, but I found it on an old hard drive in my office. Apparently it was from a time that I … Read more

No Windows?

I just discovered that my website doesn’t render right under Internet Explorer… How odd! I’m starting to get enough traffic that perhaps hosting from my home DSL line isn’t really the wisest move anymore. Perhaps I’ll run to blogger or something, now that they have well done domain interaction. Did you know you can point your domain name to blogger, … Read more

Keyboards

John Scalzi has some good advice today on his website, and it caused me to look at my own keyboard. My lovely children are the worst offenders, but it still amazes me this keyboard still works without any problems.

Guitar

I play guitar. Well, I want to play guitar. I’ve been learning for probably 20 years, but when it comes to actually playing a song, something doesn’t click in my brain. Oh, I admit that I haven’t practiced as much lately as I should, but honestly, practice starts to feel futile when you can’t seem to strum out a simple … Read more

Back!!!

Hi everyone! I’m back. I’m tired, but I’m back. I have a terrible headache, but I’m back. My nose is running like a faucet, but I’m back. I miss my wife and oldest daughter (they stayed for another week), but I’m back. So far, being back kinda sucks… Hope you are all doing well. I look forward to catching up … Read more