Currents & Tangents

What I Did This Week

Theming my iPhone. #
At the Dallas Children's Theater. Watching Quack, Quack, Moo with Mia. #
My new iPhone theme. http://moby.to/0r8xy8 #
Pistachios just don't taste nearly as good without salt. #
Watching the new season of the IT Crowd. #
Loved Beatrice And Virgil. Part Pinter, part William Carlos Williams, and all Yann Martel. Love his creative use of the prose form. #
Checking Twitter for the first time today. Like my job, but man does it keep me busy. #
Booking Viable Paradise flights using frequent flier miles. At least one part of this trip won't cost me any money! #
Going off to Starbucks to write. Tried White Rock Coffee, but didn't like the chairs. #
Is there a more soulful violin than in "The Hurricane" by Dylan? #

Watching the Sorcerer's Apprentice with the family. #
Tuition to Viable Paradise delivered. Hotel room reserved. Going to see if my brother will fly me in direct via a rented plane. #
Think I'll finish this short story before I do a second round of edits on chapter three. #
Went back over my Critters.org critiques. I was too harsh. I'd say about four of the ten were quite good and helpful. The rest, not so much. #
Of course, I only use fiction critiques to amuse myself by laughing at others who can't recognize the transcendent excellence of my writing. #
I don't think realtors really want to sell houses. I express interest, make a request, and I never get a reply. With multiple houses. #
This is a post to twitter using Dragon dictate. #
I need a writer's nook. #
Dan Stark is my alter ego. #
Doing some writing at white rock coffee. #
Writing a horror story. #
104 degrees today. #youthinkitshotwhereyouare #

Uploading photos and videos to Flickr and Facebook. #
Out for a drive with Lea. #
Shopping @target with Lea. #
I was accepted to the Viable Paradise writers workshop in October. Very excited. ☺ #
Swimming with Mia and Willow. #
On my way to Los Angeles, my home away from home. Coming back tomorrow. #
After about five straight flights in first class I'm in a middle seat in coach. Not really loving it. #
Having dinner at the Ivy in Santa Monica. #
Reading some Viable Paradise remiscences from past students, and it hit me… I should probably read some of the works by the instructors. #
Watching the @oldspice videos. Very entertained. #
"You deserve it Monkey" http://is.gd/dt3xH #
Just downloaded a Scalzi novel to my Nook. #
On vacation today, but I committed to house cleaning, so not much of a break. #
Just followed @scalzi. Now I can gather recon for Viable Paradise. Muhahaha. Also, reading one of his novels. #
Hanging @borders with Lea. #
Read the first few chapters of Old Man's War by @scalzi. Reminds me a lot of the SF I read when I was young. #

$28.50 for an ebook? I'm afraid not, no matter how much I want to read the thing. #
Just finished Isaacson's biography of Franklin. Loved it. Absolutely loved it. #
Thinking of buying a summer home in rural Ohio. Damn thing looks like a haunted house. #
Preparing to watch fireworks in Lakewood. #
Brunch pick up at la Madeleine. Croissants be yummy. #
Working on a powerpoint for work. #
I don't know which book is worse: Unlundon, a tin-eared attempt to be Piers Anthony or Boneshaker, an attempt to make zombie steampunk. #
At the airport. NYC here I come. #
Hot in the city. Luckily I'm used to it. #
Got Flash working on my iPad. Sweet. #
Back in Dallas. #
Reading American Gods. Not loving it. #
At the sprayground with Mia and Willow. #
American Gods won the Nebula and Hugo? Really? Wow. #

$3.05 a gallon for gas. Hrm, that sounds higher than last week. #
Really enjoying Isaacson's biography of Ben Franklin. I doubt anything has shaped my life more than Franklin's Autobiography. #
Dropping Zoë off at the mall with her friends. #
Editing chapter three at Northpark Starbucks. #
Is it the height of egotism to be tremendously entertained by your own novel? #
Getting dinner at Kostas cafe. Gyros FTW. #
Off to LA. I also have a three hour trip to SF. That's right, not a layover, an actual trip to SF that will last 3 hours. #
Boy, this Neutron Star song by Muse is so overwrought. It's like an awful Queen song. #
Boy, this Neutron Star song by Muse is so overwrought. It's like an awful Queen song. #
Only second time in 19 years of travel I've been knocked out by sickness on the road. Sitting here in misery in LA. #
"@baldingangrily discovered the cure for cancer, but he promptly forgot when he became entranced with the nape of some guy's neck." #
My eyes and head hurt. Feels like a hangover. Food poisoning hangover? #
At least I was upgraded to first class. #
Whole family is Buffy crazy. What a great TV series. Deep themes and great writing/acting. #
Getting dinner at Fat Daddy's. #