Not much. Always something. Mostly good.

The Michael Mystery

The next draft of The Paper Midnight is ready. It's not anywhere near complete, but this may turn out to be longer than I expected. Let's see how it goes next week.

The Michael mystery is this: according to Social Security Online's Popular baby names page, the name Michael jumped in popularity during World War II, became number 1 in a few years, and hasn't been lower than number 2 ever since.

Why? I don't remember any popular Michaels at that time? Was this a result of immigration?

Pounding, It Is My Ache

I'm double-posting, meaning as I update my story at flattland.com/cr_writing, I'm also writing this. It's not because I have anything to say, but because my neighbor across the hall has his music turned up enough that the bass sounds like an unbalanced washer on the spin cycle.

Thump thump thump thump thump thump thump thump thump. . . .

Even the ironic lyrics of Phil Ochs are no respite. More later. Gotta put my brain to better use than complaining.

Okay, more complaining! I'm editing this entry since I just lost several paragraphs of writing, some of which I was kind of happy with. Computers, technology . . . a writer craves not these things.

Those Cloudy Tomorrow Days

Huh, good title for a story, but in this case it just means I've been busy with other stuff and not updating my log or my story.

It's a good thing I have one more day to work on it. With some luck, I might have a decent draft by end of Sunday.

After a pretty full day and evening of coding, I'm going to watch a movie I've never seen. Groundhog Day. I'm embarrassed; I know it's a classic.

In the meantime, here's a great little software development tale about an Apple employee who just couldn't let a project rest.
The Graphing Calculator.

Oh, and here's a teaser for a (potential) future entry.

  1. Intelligent Design is not a scientific theory, and therefore shouldn't be taught in science classes.
  2. The "controversy" and "problems" that these religous groups try to show with evolution have already been answered many times. They simply aren't valid scientific challenges. (In other words, there is no controversy.)
  3. What if Sunday School teachers were required to describe evolution as an alternative religious idea to creation? How ridiculous that would be!