Stars

Stars“Ricky""Yeah, Bernice.""Look at that star.""What about it?""I've never seen anything like it.""I don't even see it.""See the Big Dipper. It's to the left of--""I don't even know where that is."Bernice sighed. "It's so pretty," she said, "I think it's changing colors. Look Ricky.""Bern, I don't see it. I think whatever you smoked must hav--""It's coming closer. Right out of the sky. Coming down.""Dammit Bernice, you're hallucinating. There's...

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Monday Madness

Hope everyone's Monday is off to a great start. Mine is.I wrote for the first time in four days. I do my best not to go extended periods of time without writing. It doesn't always work out that way, however. I'm halfway through my fourth chapter. I broke the 20k word mark. I don't really have a goal for total word count. This particular novel will probably work best in a YA market. Therefore, an overestimate is going to be 100k words. That way I can trim it down. A underestimate is going to be 80k words. The latter will be better. To...

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Can I Have A Dragon, Please?

Before I review How To Train Your Dragon we have a new member to the Madhouse. Welcome my sister-in-law Jenifer. To check out her blog click on these words *Our Life Together*How To Train Your Dragon has debunked Shutter Island, and now rules the top spot of my 2010 Movie Rankings. We'll get to that in a minute.The animation was great. I think it's some of the best I've seen. It really shows how far the technology advance with each movie.Besides...

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Wolf Dreams

This is Diesel. We had to put him down today.R.I.P Mad Dog.I'll see you in the Wolf Dre...

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Lame Joke

I can't find the video icon on my blog. Don't know what happened. That ruins my plans for Freaky Friday. Curses! Oh well, adapt and overcome. Here's a joke to end your week with and start your weekend on . . .------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------>...

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Bitten

Hope everyone has had a great week thus far. Earlier this week I got an idea for a short story. It was such a compelling idea I made a special trip to the Barnes and Noble cafe and wrote for about an hour. I'm not going to waster anymore of your time. Hopefully you enjoy it. If you do, say so. If you don't, that's fine. Skewer me if necessary.BittenHe took a deep breath. He squeezed his eyes shut and placed the barrel of the gun under his chin. Sweat beaded across his forehead. Tears streamed down his cheeks. The heat from the barrel burned the...

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Monday Madness . . .

Because of my lack of regular updates I've decided to do something new with my blog. I spent about an hour brainstorming yesterday, and came up with this idea. I've developed a schedule of topics for three days a week.Monday Madness - Every monday I'll post something that I think is inspirational. Be it a quote, video, a few thoughts to ponder, etc. We all want to get our week started off right, and this will be the place to do it. Wednesdays - From here on out they shall be called Mid-Week Madness - On this day each week I'll be posting something...

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A Few Thoughts On Remember Me

Tonight the wife and I saw Remember Me. The first things that come to mind are this:1. Had the most realistic puking scenes, ever. They grossed me out. This is good. A person retching should never be a pleasurable viewing experience.2. Edward Cullen -- Wait, ummm, I mean, Robert Pattinson. Yeah, that's right. The fact that he's the lead man from Twilight didn't turn me off. I've seen the first Twilight movie. Not my cup of tea, but nonetheless, he's...

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2010's Top 5 Best Movies, So Far . . .

I meant to give a review of what I thought about Alice In Wonderland days ago, but I haven't done it. There's no real reason for the delay other than I haven't felt like it.On my list of favorite movies for 2010 Wonderland comes in at number 3. Here's a few quick thoughts . . .The movie was beautiful. Tim Burton movies always are. One of his best looking movies since Sweeney Todd.I expected a more over the top performance from Johnny Depp. I thought...

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The Crazies . . . Crazy

My brother and I just left the theater after seeing The Crazies. I must say it had me twitching, jerking, and watching with one eye closed. Was it the scariest movie I'd ever seen? No. But, it had me on the edge of my seat. And that's why I went!There were parts of the movie that were cheap scare tactics. You know, where the camera is on the protagonist and all of a sudden the camera jerks and there's the boogey-man. That's not scary. That's just...

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