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Ever since I learned to speak binary on a DIGIAC 3080 training computer, I've been involved with tech in one way or another, but there was always another part of me off exploring ideas and writing about them. Halfway to a BS in Space Technology at Florida Institute of Technology during the Apollo years, I ditched out and walked into a data center job with Franklin National Bank a few years before it made history. Software contract houses, like the one I signed up with after the layoff, not only offered paid benefits, but kept paying you between contracts while they searched for your next gig. Of course, by then, I'd already been infected with the ideas of Edward de Bono, so my approach to problem solving, and therefore every part of my life, including writing, was tacking towards uncharted territory.
Since then, I've worked on a remote weather station for NOAA and on NASA/JPL's Deep Space Network, diddled with a huge database for a DOD competition at what used to be McDonnell-Douglas, subverted the design of the database driving one of the Air Force's aircraft test sets, wrote tech docs in the 'Dead Languages Group' at Microsoft, and even created the entire IT infrastructure for a manufacturing business I co-owned.
And all along the way, I wrote. So far, there's three novels, as well as lots of short stories and essays. Some of which you can read on my blog. Oh yeah, I almost forgot. KlurgSheld? That's a game featured in one of my stories. But you'll have to find which one on your own. Don't forget to pack a lunch.
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Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 12:44:25 AM
Article : "Short Story: "Unspoken""
Rolling
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 12:19:53 PM
Quicklink : "The earth is alive, asserts a revolutionary scientific theor"
Its About Time
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 9:27:22 AM
Article : "Short Story: "Unspoken""
Walking that mile...
Monday, January 9, 2012 at 12:28:08 AM
Article : "A New Year in a New NDAA America"
Unbalanced
Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 8:12:11 AM
Article : "Short Story: "Steam Cycle" (7th in a series)"
Other kinds of money
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 9:34:26 PM
Article : "Four Psychologists at the Gates of Hell"
Corrected URL
Monday, December 12, 2011 at 10:49:39 PM
Article : "WAKE UP AMERICA ! YOUR DEMOCRACY IS BURNING ! 3 Founding OW"
Thanks for shining a light on that bill,...
Friday, December 9, 2011 at 10:06:17 AM
Article : "What if What We Think is Real is a Lie?"
A story of children
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 7:34:34 PM
Article : "A Bungling Fox in the Henhouse: The Corporatization of High"
Redefining Corporate Charters
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 4:47:15 PM
Article : "JFK Umbrella Man -- More Doubts"
Good. Now can we have...
Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 11:22:02 AM
Article : "This Is What Conspiracy Really Looks Like"
A Way of Thinking
Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 10:26:37 AM
Article : "Brain Police"
Learning in the doing
Friday, November 25, 2011 at 2:10:15 PM
Article : "The Language of Our Country"
Words are Important
Friday, November 25, 2011 at 1:55:01 PM
Article : "Brain Police"
Alternative way to test History
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 4:05:03 PM
Article : "Thinking REALLY Big For OWS Goals"
We can even rethink representation
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 12:48:43 PM
Article : "The Occupy Movement and the Great Shift"
Compromise... or Compromise?
Monday, November 21, 2011 at 3:37:03 PM
Article : "If Clarence Thomas Was Not Justice Thomas He'd Likely be Beh"
Broken 'checks and balances'
Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 9:06:29 AM
Article : "Short Story: "The Phoenix Narrative" (6th in a series)"
Changing what you believe in
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 11:09:55 PM
Article : "Thoughts on How to Execute a Corporation"
Execution or Incarceration
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 8:45:00 AM
Article : "Occupy Denver Elects a Leader"
An appropriate response
Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 8:33:44 AM
Article : "Right Sees Setbacks On Multiple Fronts-- OH Collective Barga"
Convicting Corporate 'Persons"
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 8:41:45 PM
Article : "Honeybee Democracy: The Occupy Movement as a Critique Of Hie"
Essential Reading for Occupations
Monday, November 7, 2011 at 9:31:30 PM
Article : "The Gop's History Of "Hostage-Taking""
Intervention
Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 4:24:55 PM
Diary : "Open Thread Discussing Livestreams At All The #OWS Occupied "
Occupation Central
Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 11:06:48 AM
Article : "Occupied -- What Now?"
Provide Guidance
Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 5:51:05 PM
Article : "Kol Nidre at Occupy Wall Street: "Prayer is meaningless unle"
A place of reverence
Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 8:54:22 AM
Article : "Day 2 DC Occupation of Freedom Square"
The power of story
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 10:29:39 PM
Article : ""We're Mad as Hell and We're Not Going to Take it Anymore""
Taking action against corporations
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 11:03:23 PM
Article : "All The Bad News Fit To Print"
Does OccupyWallStreet count?
Monday, September 12, 2011 at 7:26:18 PM
Article : "Who Are These People?"
Look past the fog
Sunday, August 14, 2011 at 10:38:33 PM
Article : "Romney says corporations are people, so why aren't HMO hoodl"
Imagine if...
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at 6:40:47 PM
Article : "Time to Turn the American Economic Model Upside Down? Consid"
Start with how we refer to People
Saturday, July 30, 2011 at 6:10:15 PM
Article : "Why mainstream news reports are fast becoming irrelevant"
News Story - or - News Report
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 1:31:16 PM
Article : "Voyager 1 At Edge Of Deep Space With Its Message"
Before Voyager was Pioneer
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 9:29:24 AM
Article : "Short Story: "Terrifying Vindication""
Unleashing a Beast
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 12:11:32 PM
Article : "Short Story: "Focus Group""
Wobblies Waver, But They Don't Fall Down
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 11:51:41 AM
Article : "Short Story: "Eulogy""
Empty Words
Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 9:09:25 AM
Article : "Short Story: "Round" (5th/last in a series)"
Story Arcs
Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 9:47:45 AM
Article : "Short Story: "Face Value" (4th in a series)"
Implications
Monday, May 2, 2011 at 1:02:54 PM
Article : "Short Story: "LA Scrip" (3rd in a series)"
What's in Your Pocket?
Sunday, May 1, 2011 at 12:50:09 PM
Article : "Made In America; Real Monsters-- Corporate Personhood"
Two things...
Friday, April 29, 2011 at 10:45:41 AM
Article : "Short Story: "Full Value" (2nd in a series)"
Walking a Mile
Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 6:59:35 PM
Article : "Time For the Left To Declare Bloody, Ugly War BACK"
Reframing the sides
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 1:32:46 PM
Article : "Short Story: "As Is" (1st in a series)"
Exploring the Possibilities
Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 8:19:40 PM
Article : "How I View the American Crisis"
Listen to the words
Friday, April 15, 2011 at 10:24:39 AM
Article : "Killing Us Quickly - Ryan's Medicare Proposal"
Flip it over
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 9:14:07 PM
Article : "A Bottom Up Virtual Choir to Delight Your Heart and Milk You"
This is what Peacefare looks like
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 8:56:57 PM
Article : "Pity the Poor Tea Partier!"
Short Horizons
Monday, April 4, 2011 at 9:39:17 PM
Article : "This Is What Resistance Looks Like"
Why I left B of A
Monday, April 4, 2011 at 9:36:59 AM
Article : "Quelle Surprise! Democrats Have a Candidate for the Presiden"
It's not a 2-party system
Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 10:34:50 PM
Article : "When Pigs Rule"
Hear! Hear!
Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 1:36:01 PM
Article : "There Is Only One Party in the USA - the War Party"
What does peace look like? What does it sound like?
Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 4:05:05 PM
Article : "The Dark Side of "Comprehensive Soldier Fitness""
Question the Motivation
Saturday, March 26, 2011 at 11:18:12 AM
Article : "The Dark Side of "Comprehensive Soldier Fitness""
The APA's unspoken prayer (Twain)
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 2:28:34 PM
Article : "America 'Trapped' by False Narratives"
Applying the Same Perspective Elsewhere
Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 5:22:22 PM
Article : "President Obama Bullying PFC Bradley Manning"
Is this the sort of 'freedom'...
Monday, March 14, 2011 at 10:53:49 PM
Article : "Inside America's 'Adjustment Bureau'"
It hasn't stopped
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at 12:00:20 PM
Article : "Attention Unchurched Military Personnel: They're Coming For "
Think: a new wave of holy crusades
Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 9:35:40 AM
Article : "War uber alles"
Mark Twain said it well, too
Friday, February 25, 2011 at 12:04:48 AM
Article : "It's Really Hit The Fan!: How Obama's "DOMA Dump" Brought Ou"
Compromise... or Compromise?
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 2:26:39 PM
Article : "How They Stole America"
The nub
Monday, February 21, 2011 at 6:21:27 PM
Article : "The Money Party on the Road to Ruin"
Political parties are tools
Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 1:11:04 PM
Article : "Independent Voters Are On the Move. Two-Party System BEWARE"
The other use for redistricting...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 2:39:31 PM
Article : "Tea Party Crashes: The Most Unpatriotic Act"
Connect the Dots
Sunday, February 6, 2011 at 4:50:00 PM
Article : "Mary Pipher: Writing to Change the World"
"Remember Miss Ebo?"
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 12:36:38 AM
Article : "SC Republican Commodities Broker Uses FOIA to Investigate El"
The Rabbit Hole goes far deeper that this
Friday, January 28, 2011 at 7:56:12 PM
Article : "Ronald Reagan's 30-Year Time Bombs"
Hmmm, what else has a 30-year history?
Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 5:30:15 PM
Poll : "Poll: Are corporations evil?"
Corporations are inherently sociopathic
Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 2:32:08 PM
Article : "Shasta and Goliath: Bringing Down Corporate Rule"
Get people thinking differently about this
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at 4:41:08 PM
Article : "Shooting in Tucson: the Real Answer"
There are other systemic issues
Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at 11:05:35 PM
Article : "Justice Scalia's 'Originalist' Hypocrisy"
Take Scalia at his word, then
Friday, December 31, 2010 at 2:48:12 PM
Article : "Suggested Amendments to the U.S. Constitution for 2011"
Reining in Corporations
Friday, December 31, 2010 at 2:30:28 PM
Article : "Compassionate Resistance - #4 Study Peace"
Can you even define peace?
Friday, December 24, 2010 at 1:00:46 PM
Article : "Sarah Palin and C.S. Lewis"
No such thing as witches, eh?
Thursday, December 23, 2010 at 10:44:16 PM
Article : "Another WikiLeaks Cable from the Bush Administration About M"
Yes, what ELSE are they hiding?
Monday, December 13, 2010 at 3:02:55 PM
Article : "What is "The American Dream?": John Boehner vs. Barack Obama"
Bifurcation
Monday, November 22, 2010 at 3:16:59 PM
Article : "Power and the Tiny Acts of Rebellion"
"But..."
Saturday, November 20, 2010 at 12:57:03 PM
Article : "Why the Battle Against TSA Groping and Body Scanners is Just"
4th Amendment evasion
Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 10:18:15 AM
Article : "We Do Not Consent to Warrantless "Porno-Scanning" in Airport"
How would the TSA react...
Monday, November 15, 2010 at 9:41:40 AM
Article : "TSA Encounter at SAN: One Passenger Draws Attention to an Is"
It could get far worse on Opt-Out day
Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 10:38:01 PM
Article : "Of Irony and Implosion"
How do you end a stalemate?
Sunday, September 5, 2010 at 7:41:53 PM
Article : "War Pigs-A Rock and Roll Epistle"
Federal Jobs Programs
Saturday, July 10, 2010 at 3:40:51 PM
Article : "Growing Up Globally"
Authority
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 10:12:51 AM
Article : "BP Is a Corporate Criminal"
Imagine, indeed...
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 6:01:54 PM
Poll : "Poll: Do You Fear the BP Gulf Oil Disaster Will Dramatically"
Indirect effects are being ignored
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 11:10:58 PM
Article : "Finally, A Win For The Good Guys: Philly Judge Acquits Army"
Inspiration of another sort
Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 11:18:29 AM
Article : "Time To Declare War on BIG; America Needs Giant Killers"
It's already begun
Friday, April 16, 2010 at 5:48:44 PM
Article : "A Pale Blue Dot / Humanity In Perspective"
Love of what
Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 4:16:29 PM
Article : "Holder Asked to Prosecute Blankenship"
Corporations are persons, huh?
Monday, April 12, 2010 at 5:37:12 PM
Article : "Who Are The Progressive Leaders?"
First Followers
Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 5:43:47 PM
Article : "Mapping a path to single-payer"
Thanks
Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 2:50:39 PM
Article : "Mapping a path to single-payer"
The Long View
Friday, March 5, 2010 at 2:44:51 PM
Article : "Whither Financial Reform: Why They Don't Get It?"
Systemic
Friday, March 5, 2010 at 2:20:50 PM
Article : "Michael Moore: There's Going to be a Second Crash (And Glenn"
Nothing is as it seems
Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 2:09:12 PM
Article : "The Voice Vote"
As Deep Throat never said: "Follow the Money"
Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 1:34:14 PM
Diary : "Why Do You or Don't You Comment on OpEdNews.com"
Making use of the 'Thumbs-Up'
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 5:06:13 PM
Article : "Are Major Countries Preparing to Financially Dismantle the U"
So *that's* why the SC5...
Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 1:01:13 PM
Article : "Real Vampires, their Human Cattle and Supreme Court Capos: t"
Interesting emotional argument
Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 10:26:00 AM
Article : "Real Vampires, their Human Cattle and Supreme Court Capos: t"
An apt metaphor
Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 5:11:15 PM
Article : "The Supreme Court decision further weakens our democracy"
Punishing corporations
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