Here are the Blogs in the The Non-Writing Me category.
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
GoDaddy drops ColdFusion support leaving thousands of hosting clients stranded
Please grant me a non-writing related rant today.
They say that any publicity is good publicity. I may have found a situation where publicity can't possibly be good for business. At the beginning of September, GoDaddy announced their intention to drop support for ColdFusion. This effectively leaves
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Posted on 11/22/2011 11:38 AM by Thomas McAuley
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Sometimes folks make it too easy: 469-WET
I apologize for this being the first post in almost two weeks, but I couldn't pass it up. This is a license I spotted in front of me. I'm not sure if they're the luckiest or the unluckiest folks for having 469-WET. I guess it depends upon their temperament.
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Posted on 11/01/2011 8:29 PM by Thomas McAuley
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Banking fun OR Another ticket to the basement
This is entirely unrelated to writing, so forgive me this once. I just wanted to relate a bit of fun my older son and I had last Friday. But first, a little back story.
My older son, Addison, 19, learned that he could save a ton by going to a specific unnamed bank. Being the money-grubber he is, he
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Posted on 10/18/2011 12:50 AM by Thomas McAuley
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Local Coffee wins Best Coffee in WOAI Channel 4's Best of San Antonio 2011
No homey don't play. My frequent workplace slash writing pad, Local Coffee in San Antonio just won Best Coffee in WOAI Channel 4's Best of San Antonio 2011 competition.
To anyone who has patronized Local Coffee since it's opening in September (I think) of '09, this comes as no surprise
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Posted on 10/13/2011 4:33 AM by Thomas McAuley
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Addison? More like nearly subtract a son
Last night, I was in my bi-weekly critique with Drafthouse. We had gotten through one set of pages and had just started reading another when Da-ding! my phone da-dinged. I know, right? Obnoxious. Irresponsible. I can't remember the last time I forgot to either turn on or off my ring -- okay, that's
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Posted on 10/06/2011 12:05 AM by Thomas McAuley
Wednesday, 5 October 2011
Reading glasses OR The boy is finally blind
Yes, the boy is finally blind. While everyone around me fell to poor eyesight -- my parents, my sister, my wife, friends and strangers alike -- my eyes remained in fortunate good health well into my forties. Then, in the span of a couple months, the optical floor fell out from under me.
I'm not
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Posted on 10/05/2011 1:18 AM by Thomas McAuley
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Texas ACLU Releases 2010-2011 Book Ban List
As many of us know, this week is Banned Books Week. Not being someone to react to anything in a knee-jerk fashion, I tend to seek out the opposing view. Or I try to start from a position of assuming that well-intentioned people with the interests of those they love are behind what may seem oppressive
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Posted on 09/29/2011 8:27 AM by Thomas McAuley
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
No good deed can exist without sacrifice OR I got skunked
To better understand this post, you'll need to know two things about me right up front.
I have a difficult time sitting still during prolonged phone calls. I pace. If the situation allows, I prefer to walk. Since I work out of a nearby coffee shop instead of my home most days, that
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Posted on 09/28/2011 9:39 AM by Thomas McAuley
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Gary Numan fronting Battles' My Machines
Well-crafted music videos are, to me, some of the finer abstract flash fiction pieces one can enjoy. And for a writer who should really be writing, videos can sometimes be a quick inspiration for our own stories.
Okay...maybe that sounds mostly like crap. Maybe it is. I am a weak whore nut for a 4/4
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Posted on 09/27/2011 9:10 AM by Thomas McAuley
Friday, 23 September 2011
Ok...ok...Poison the Well kicks ass.
First off, I recognize that I'm late to the show, but forgive me, I'm like freaking 43 as of this writing. But, I have been going back and forth on this band, not wanting to play in to the pussying out of hard rock that seems to have been slowly happening since -- well, I'm not about to
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Posted on 09/23/2011 9:07 AM by Thomas McAuley
Thursday, 22 September 2011
I suspect that, though also a genius, Twain was a dick
I found this little anecdote about Mark Twain online last night. There seem to be so many, one hopes they're all true. Even if only some are, he was a bit of a dick. I would have dug hanging with him to trade tips on doing mean-but-harmless shit to people.
And since he's all dead, I thought
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Posted on 09/22/2011 1:44 AM by Thomas McAuley
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
My new hero OR The real heart of Texas
I've never been a real cynic, but sometimes things can seem a little bleak.
Folks protesting mosques or soldiers' funerals.
So many good people out of work while bad folks get richer standing on their backs.
Pretending gays don't or shouldn't exist.
A growing
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Posted on 09/20/2011 2:06 AM by Thomas McAuley
Tuesday, 13 September 2011
whichbook.net: good or just interesting?
Either I've had too much bourbon or I truly can't decide whether I very much like or very much dislike whichbook.net, a funny UK site that describes itself thusly:
Whichbook enables millions of combinations of factors and then suggests books which most closely match your needs.
For
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Posted on 09/13/2011 4:55 AM by Thomas McAuley
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
More like Ethan Awesome OR New pimp-ass writing chair
What does a writer need? A clean machine with solid software, an ample supply of finest coffee and the trio of desk and screen and chair set to the right heights.
I have a good machine and good software and I have a great coffee maker my older son bought me but that's really where it ends. I
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Posted on 08/23/2011 3:38 AM by Thomas McAuley
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Tweaks to my site look and focus.
For the last year or so, I've been selling myself as a "dark fantasy" writer. I suppose that came more from the fact that I had been writing nothing but dark fantasy during that time. As time goes by, however, I realize that I am not only drawn to the darker side of fantasy. In fact, I'm
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Posted on 08/17/2011 5:17 PM by Thomas McAuley
Thursday, 28 July 2011
My 22nd Anniversary
I'd like to put my writing on hold for a very special day, for a very special someone. My wife, Nadine. She and I got hitched when I saw 21, a rare young age. 22 years later, we remain hitched, a rare feat in these days when marriages seem to fall apart all around us. And we're both youngest
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Posted on 07/28/2011 1:02 PM by Thomas McAuley
Friday, 15 July 2011
Today caps off a very interesting work week
What an interesting week this has been.
My younger son attended a drama camp all this week. It's crap traffic and a 40-mile round trip, so it made about as much sense for me to work downtown at various coffee houses, library branches and other free WiFi spots rather than Local Coffee, my normal
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Posted on 07/15/2011 3:56 PM by Thomas McAuley
Saturday, 2 July 2011
Even my Ibanez S520 WNF can't keep me away from my writing. Waaahwahwah!
The cavalcade of distraction continues past me, but I remain strong.
Dr. Who tried and came up short. Playstation's FIFA 10 fought mightily but could not bring me down. I vanquished the lures that were my bicycle, a healthy well of unused time and Groupons with their promise of almost-free cuisine.
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Posted on 07/02/2011 8:12 AM by Thomas McAuley
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
No posts in a week? Guilt or It's all good?
week away from blogging sort of snuck up on me. I hadn't let so much time go between posts in a few months. Not a crime, I suppose, but a little shocking.
They say the older we get, the faster time seems to fly. That's certainly the case for me. It doesn't feel like a week has gone by.
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Posted on 06/28/2011 5:57 AM by Thomas McAuley
Saturday, 4 June 2011
Do the folks at Nazi Hair and Facial not talk to anyone...ever?
WARNING: THIS POST HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WRITING. That should be okay now and then.
When I found my son might be involved in an outdoor event tomorrow, I got right on the Internet and looked for the address. You know, to scope out the place from space. Ooooh. So I find the place and immediately
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Posted on 06/04/2011 12:01 AM by Thomas McAuley
