From the "What part of Schadenfreude don't they understand?" Dept: Oblivious Texters Killed While Walking... Bad enough that the girl's this stupid, but kudos to her mom for that additional lump of insanity to top it: My Vote's with "Idiocy".

Good news: Brett passed his final medical coding exam and is now officially a CPC-A (Certified Professional Coder - Apprentice). Bad news: I find out Friday whether or not I get to keep my job. That second part, I'm not sure which side is the actual bad news: not keeping my job, or keeping it...

From the "If you can't hire a real Food Photographer, FOR GODS SAKES DON'T TAKE THE PICTURE!!" Dept. Dear gods. You're trying to sell the food, not make me wonder who's intestines you used for the sandwich...

The Watchmen trailer Okay. I'll wave a hand and admit to slight comic-book geekdom here. I love certain graphic novels (Sandman, Bone, Elfquest, A Distant Soil, the original Ninja Turtles, etc). I tend to avoid the Superhero genre, save for a scant few (Frank Miller's original Dark Knight). I LOVED the Watchmen. I own the … Continue reading The Watchmen…

Thanks to Steve Huff of Random Lunatic News for totally destroying my computer monitor with a snarf...

...is getting what you ask for. Hooo, brother. I've been bitching, ranting, depressed, pissed, angry over my having to work corporate. It's been getting pounded into my head for the past two years how much I don't want to work corporate. Well, today I got notice that four positions on my team are being eliminated … Continue reading The price of getting what you ask for…

A fellow fan at work (Duane Frum, contributor of many wonderful pics on the Shrine) dubbed a copy of Journey's recent Rockline appearance for me. And, YES, per Ross, the re-records were done because Wal-Fart insisted on it. Wal-fart originally only wanted 2 original songs, but the band stuck to its guns and we got … Continue reading Journey, the re-records, part 4001…

Ok. Here I sit, too jittery to sleep. Brett takes his final medical billing certification test tomorrow. When he passes, he'll be a fully certified medical coder, Apprentice. He's already had one job interview (which he turned down), and he's got a second interview Tuesday (without help from the school), with his school in process … Continue reading God’s not just an Iron, he’s Emo Phillips on Meth…

So...a couple months ago, I took the plunge and started doing Critters.org, a semi-professional online critique/writing workshop. Basically, it's a group of amateur-hoping-to-turn-pro & pro writers looking to get feedback on their writing in order to improve. I submitted a couple chapters of The Severed Earth through their queue, and got rather complimentary feedback (including … Continue reading God is definitely an Iron, part two…

...and a practical joker.