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Listening to my dear friend Joe spin some Irish (or Irish-inspired) music for his Friday afternoon internet radio show. Click to listen! My friend spins every Friday at 7:00 PM EST. He has impeccable taste and I always come away with a new song or album or artist to enjoy.

Got my hair cut today and ran into this cutie pie! A gray French Bulldog named Nova! You can't see the adorable sparkly collar she had on, but it looked fab on her!

I don't often pay attention to announcements from religious organizations, much less ones from the Catholic Church. But a friend pointed this out to me and I thought is good enough to share with y'all. Sometimes the good shit is a small light amidst the pervasive darkness... Click to read.

Sweep the Strait A Minesweeper layout in the shape of the Strait of Hormuz. Look: if you win, you might get to replace Pete Hegseth!

Daylight Saving Time is a public health hazard. Despite my usual hangover from "Springing forward", I managed to get almost 1000 words of writing done. And I actually like most of those words!

The only two-tone approved beer! Spent Saturday running some errands and writing at one of my favorite downtown Milwaukie establishments, The Beer Store ! Picked up some cider for Kim and some beer for me, including the only ska-related beer I've run across. Sometimes I write something that tickles me. Silly W-Y, nursery rhymes are for kids! Sunday is International Women's Day, so I listened to some music from one of my favorite musicians who happens to be a woman. Click away

So I'm still riding a high from yesterday's news about my story, "Prompted", finally being let loose in the world. Please see my Writing page for the link to purchase the latest edition of Weird Fiction Quarterly. Also, too: if you are a fan of the legendary DC punk band, Fugazi, then you might be interested to know that the long-shelved version of their album "In On the Kill Taker" mixed by the one and only Steve Albini has also been let loose into the world! You can find i

It's here! It's here! OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!! Click the image for the AI Issue of Weird Fiction Quarterly! I hope you enjoy my story, "Prompted", along with the others in this issue of WFQ. Now, if you'll excuse me. I'll be floating for the rest of the day...

This is a strange piece of good shit: a withdrawal. My first submission withdrawal. Remember that story I read aloud at the Beaverton Main Library at the end of January? The one that was accepted for publication by Black Sheep magazine? Well, I had submitted it to another publication at the same time. This morning, I received notice from that magazine that "Flamenco Frio"had passed through their first round of review and was on to the second. Sounds great, right? Well, there

I collect a lot of images that I find in my online travels. Here are a few I really like a lot. Enjoy! A photo of a foggy Forest Park in Portland, Oregon. A Norwegian landscape by Tonnyfroyen.com . A thunderstorm seen from the International Space Station. A beautiful sunrise over Mount Hood.

Apologies for this late update. But I had a great weekend and I didn't have time to update in time. Apple Watch screenshot of the atrocities. Started out the weekend with a short and brutal workout that pushed me past the evil redline. Anti-ICE/Trump protesters along a major highway. This is only the East side of the road, there were just as many on the West side. Seeing people out protesting on a Friday afternoon was heartening. Most passing motorists honked their approval.

Ever since my Father took me to see "Alien" when it first came out, I have been fascinated and horrified by the future presented in these stories. The uber-corporation, Weyland-Yutani, bestrides the future like a colossus, and is forever hungry for profit and knowledge. That hunger for knowledge leads them into the darkest corners of the universe, and what resides in those corners sometimes bleeds acid. On this day, in the fictional timeline year of 2023, a young Peter Weylan

Sometimes good shit makes you sad for all the right reasons. I was thinking about this poem a few days ago. It is a splendid work of verse, made even better by its inclusion in "Four Weddings and a Funeral". "Funeral Blues" by WH Auden. Performed by John Hannah.

Thanks to billionaires, their accountants, and their laywers! But I did get my taxes done today, regardless of how stupid the process is in this country. And, for the record, my taxes went UP this year under 45's first year of his second term. I'M NOT FEELING GREAT AGAIN, DONNIE. And I can't help but feel that I paid MORE than any techbro billionaire.

Here is an announcement I have been waiting for with (somewhat) bated breath... Part of the cover of the upcoming AI issue of Weird Fiction Quarterly, by Betty Rocksteady .

Ryan Coogler and Mulder and Scully. Now this is some good shit!

US Men's Hockey Team Celebrating Their Gold Medal by Honoring a Deceased Teammate Normally, I'm not a big "USA! USA! USA!" kinda guy, especially not these days. But I was happy to wake up today to see that the Men's Hockey team joined the Women's Team by winning Gold. And when I saw this picture of the team holding up the sweater of a fallen teammate, and holding his kids in the picture, I may have teared up a little. Sometimes sports can be more than just winning and losing.

Finally found the tagline for my "Alien"novel. And I wrote over a thousand words today. It's been a while since I did that. Nice to get back in the groove...

Got to the gym early today, in time to see one of my coaches headed out the door. She teaches a class for older folks just before my class and one of her atheletes followed close behind. "Tom, this Olivia," Paula said. "Good morning, Olivia," I said. "I hope Coach Paula wasn't too rough on you." For context, Olivia was pushing a walker and wearing a nasal canula, with tubes trailing down to an oxygen tank she carried over her shoulder. "Well, I deadlifted a bit," Olivia said.

Work words. I don't often post word counts about my day job, but it's nice when you break through some "writer's block" and finally get some writing done on a project.