I’ve lived in Germany for a while now, and, in general, I like the place. It’s well-organized and its heart… Read more Getting to the Bottom of Some Seemingly Mean German Last Names

I had not expected to wake up to a bajillion tons of snow today, but there it was! Everything in… Read more Snow!

The other night, for the first time in about 35 years, I couldn’t fall asleep because I couldn’t stop thinking… Read more What Can You Do?

Recently, I had a chance to review Hell/a Mexican, a chapbook of poems that was just published by Nomadic Press.… Read more Review of Hell/a Mexican

I watched an interesting show about the history of food on German tv the other night.  Although the program was… Read more How Many Chickens in a Lifetime?

Last week I read some of the short stories submitted to the sci-fi magazine I’ve been helping with. It was… Read more Some Short Story Writing Tips

I hadn’t blogged in forever and that was bugging me, but I couldn’t think of anything to blog about. So,… Read more Three Socks

Long story, short: I’m helping start a new science fiction magazine! And (if you’re reading this before October 30, 2021)… Read more Just a Few Days Left

Part I, if you did not catch it, is here. But to summarize, the fitness tracker totally screws up its… Read more Rage Against the Fitness Tracker, part II

Every now and again the very obvious truth of some matter will wriggle its way through my thick skull and… Read more What Blade Runner Is Really About