My Inner Author

I had been intending to blog about a specific topic, but so far, I have been unable to really get to where I want to be on it before I post anything, so as a writing exercise which might possibly generate one comment from someone, somewhere, I thought I would take some random questions, discussions and such I have seen online over the years, or heard people wonder about before and just post some of the questions here with my answers to them.   I would welcome other's answers, it could be fun and informative.   However, since readership is likely to be miniscule, I will just enjoy the writing exercise and anything else is gravy.   I did put a real eye opener in here, so, let's see what we get. What is a creative way or two at making other people's days better? For me it has been simply calling people by their name, especially in restaurants and other service industry environments (grocery store, retail stores, etc) and even at work.   There are others I hav...

I saw a link online where they discussed the idea of casting a JJ Abrams reboot of Star Trek: The Next Generation.  After pondering some of the people they discussed, I chose to take it upon myself to try and choose my own choices for the roles.  I tried to imagine what I would do with a reboot and choose accordingly.  In many cases, I struggled to make a clear choice, I had several candidates.  The one certain casting which I think is absolutely perfect is Jon Hamm from Mad Men as Commander William Riker. He fits the bill of being handsome, a bit unstable, and can rock the beard. So, feel free to contribute your own ideas and choices. Without further adieu: Captain Jean Luc Picard - Ben Kinsley or Stanley Tucci  Sir Ben would be almost perfect I think.   Commander William Riker - Jon Hamm  Just perfect.   Counselor Troi - Morena Baccarin Morena, known well in the SciFi genre for Firefly, Stargate...

Today is July 4, 2013.   The 237th anniversary of the day our nation declared to mother England, our freedom from their rule.   We usually celebrate such an occasion with barbeques and fireworks.   Today in Tallahassee though, city officials cancelled the big celebration at Tom Brown Park due to the torrential rains and thunderstorms which have pounded our fair city for the past few days, with the rain stretching back over a week.   I agree with their decision, after all, if it is storming again tonight, we sure don't need thousands of people out in it.   And there is another part of me which finds it ironic and perhaps appropriate the celebration be cancelled.   You see, those folks in 1776, they were more free then, than we are now.   Today we talk of freedom as though it is overflowing in abundance, and yet the sad fact of the matter is, it is dying.   Oh, some of you just rolled your eyes and said in your head, there he goes again. ...