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Random Firing Synapses – 01.29.12

by John D. Harvey on January 29, 2012

Ten Bits of Advice Writers Should Stop Giving Aspiring Writers All writers (not just the aspiring ones) should read this post by Nick Mamatas. Moonbase Gingrich I’ve seen liberal and conservative politicians make pie-in-the-sky promises in the past, but this one comes the closest to actually being pie-in-the-sky. It’s already stupifying that Gingrich would promise [...]

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Like a lot of folk, I’ve made New Year’s resolutions that … ultimately … amounted to nothing. One of the podcasts that I really enjoy listening to is the 5by5 Network’s “Back to Work” show featuring Dan Benjamin and Merlin Mann. The podcast focuses on “productivity, communication, work, barriers, constraints, tools, and more.” Episode 47, [...]

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The long hibernation …

by John D. Harvey on November 11, 2011

… is about to end. This site will become active again in the near-ish future. Cheers, John

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Would You Be My Chaperone to a Stabbing?

by John D. Harvey on May 2, 2010

Because I’m using the Scrippets screenplay plugin for WordPress, this post probably looks like crap on Facebook and LiveJournal. Just go here to see it formatted correctly. So, I got a phone call from a girlfriend of mine that shall remain nameless (but said it was okay for me to post this). We’ll call her [...]

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Oh @#$% … It’s 2010?

by John D. Harvey on January 3, 2010

So, it’s been a while since I’ve put anything in this blog. That’s mostly because of the life static arising out of the holidays, work, and family. Well, the good news is that two out of those three complicating factors have been eliminated. Yes … the holidays are over. No … I didn’t kill off [...]

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On Having Conversations that Require the Penis-Endowed

by John D. Harvey on October 19, 2009

It never ceases to frustrate me that some men insist on talking to me about sports even though they KNOW I don’t follow or even care about sports. The conversation typically goes something like this: “Hey, did you see the game last night? Wasn’t that play by … ?” “I don’t like sports. You know [...]

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Because I’m a single guy, when I go to the supermarket I can usually get away with jumping in the “15 Items or Less” line. And I have to admit, while there’s a number of things that get under my skin rather quickly, I’m pretty tolerant of people who get into the zippier checkout line [...]

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