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Perhaps this article will explain my bird phobia. It likely could at least explain the prevalence of bird-headed deities among ancient cultures.

Progress on Ulrik, about 4,000 words: 73,736 / 100,000(73.7%)

My youngest son will turn four on tax day. He can take a DVD off the shelf, load it into the DVD player and make it work. But he refuses to use the toilet. He’s the most stubborn of my four urchins … and has the shortest temper. Or maybe I’m just too old for…

So much for daily updates to this blog. Oh well. It’s not like I’ve had any real news to post, anyway. I have two pieces of news … but I can’t tell you about them yet. One’s a sure thing, the other is just a glimmer of something potentially really big. I’ll tell you when…

Last night Kim and I watched The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Naturally, any movie about satanic possession is going to be compared to the granddaddy of the genre, The Exorcist. There were some similarities, of course, but there was one great big difference between the two, and I thought that would make for a good…

The past few days I’ve found a new piece of spam in my e-mail. There are the usual offers of dirt cheap software, pleas from Nigerian widows, hot naked teens and hair growth and weight loss treatments, but now there’s one for Soft Tab Viagra. For some reason, the idea of a drug to make…

Well. Not only did I not pass, the review panel made an immediate request that the Oklahoma Department of Human Services come and collect my children. Seems I shouldn’t be around anyone under the age of 21. It sure is quiet here without the little boogers. Or not. (And I actually have three neighbor kids…

Congratulations to the University of Texas Longhorns for beating those arrogant Southern California condoms. Errr, Trojans. Unfortunately, at the start of the fourth quarter I thought the Texas defense had a fork in it. They looked exhausted. When USC scored that last touchdown, I gave up and went to check my e-mail. So yeah, I…

More work on Ulrik tonight. 67,909 / 100,000(67.9%)

Proofread and mark up galleys for Darkscapes — Done. Remove paranormal researcher’s name from Murdered by Human Wolves — Done. Work on Ulrik — Done. Avoid padded room following four more days with children — Done (though at times I’d rather have been locked away). Countdown until school resumes — Five days! The galleys for…