Look up twit on dictionary.com and you get the following definition: to taunt, tease, ridicule, etc., with reference to anything embarrassing; gibe at. Synonyms: jeer at, mock, insult, deride. to reproach or upbraid. Synonyms: chide, scold, rebuke, criticize, revile, castigate. It seems a pretty accurate description of what appears to go on at Twitter.  I […]

I’ve always been a contemplator.  I would say a thinker, but it bring visions of me sitting naked on a stone, chin-to-fist, and nobody wants to see that.  Not to mention, I’m guessing that stone is pretty damn cold.  So I use the term contemplator, and I think it is more accurate anyway.  I like […]

Stenson Blues, My second book in the Kingdom of Haven series, is now available at Park Road Books.  Park Road Books is an independent bookstore in Charlotte.  They host several book clubs and are constantly hosting author events.  They are supportive of local authors. I encourage any avid reader in the Charlotte area to stop […]

I saw In the Mood last night at the Knight Theater in Charlotte.  The event featured big band music from the 1940’s.  There was comedy, dancing, singing, and awesome music.  The group tours throughout the year across the U.S.  My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the show.  If you like big band era music, it is […]

Sounds a little echoy in here. (Yeah, I know that’s not a word.)  So my blog has been a bit empty lately.  I have no excuses, but I’ll make up a couple anyway.  I could say that I’ve been immersed in deep thought working on my latest novel.  I could say that I’ve been visiting […]

My philosophy has always been that there are too many books out there to spend the time to re-read.  I’ve only consciously made a couple of exceptions to this rule. A few years ago I re-read Robert Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land.  In my opinion, this is one of the classics of science fiction […]

I’ve officially lived for half a century.  It sounds much more impressive than it feels, especially on cold winter days.  I could say that I’m older but wiser, but this statement is only accurate for a small proportion of the population from what I can see, and I won’t try to claim to be the […]

Growing up, I hated watching the news. News was for grownups, I liked watching my afternoon sitcoms.  At that time we had three channels, so it wasn’t as if there were that many shows to choose from.  Still, I had my favorites: Gilligan’s Island, Hogan’s Heroes, F Troop, and many others.  They were all silly […]

Do you find it difficult to make friends online? I know I do.  Actually, being an introvert, I have never been the outgoing type that makes a passel of friends.  It has never really bothered me either, but as a writer it does hamper me.  I think that having a good network of writer friends […]

Sometimes I wonder about culture and why we value the things we do. I probably should rephrase that and say that at times I wonder about the culture I live in and its value system.  This thought came to mind the other night at a business dinner.  The conversation moved from sports, to travel, to […]