Oh good Lord, everyone wants a story!! Let me tell you why I love Jonathan. Well, I can’t tell you all the reasons because it would go on too long, but I can tell two stories that speak to his character. There was the time that some kids were picking on another kid in Jonathan’s…

I mention forums and behold, I have forums c/o Anna. I mention tags and I get no tags. Just some guff about switching to another blog host. Sheesh… that sounds like work. Anyway, knock yourself out. The link is to the side.

Written under extreme duress. Well Tori being Tori has asked for a story about herself. I would remind her about the myth of Narcissus, but she’d have to set the mirror down and really, you don’t want to come between her and that mirror. I know Tori as Toree and I know Toree exclusively from…

Many thanks to Anna for setting up a new feature for Big Blue Mess – a guestbook. I’ve put a link to the side; the actual link isn’t dolled up, but it is functional. Some random thoughts… I’m going to tell you a little story. Many years ago Lori had this notion that I should…

If I had tags, this would be tagged “old story”. If I weren’t lazy, I’d have a link to my working guest book, too. As Kurt Vonnegut says, “So it goes.” Have you ever wondered how you would react in a specific situation? Would you face down the gunman threatening the room? Would you stand…

I’ve been online since around 1992. That year I got my first e-mail account, learned how to make use of telnet and determined that UNIX and I were definitely never going to be friends. I’ve talked to a lot of people in that time and in the beginning I bothered to meet them in real…

One more comment – I’m amazed at what people like, based off the handful of comments I received on Flickr. The picture I personally like the best, of the ones that are posted is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bigbluemess/222506216/in/set-72157594247858055/It’s a picture of a silverback at Zoo Atlanta. I liked it because of the color and of course, the fact…

I’m always a little bit behind the times – the kid always chasing their older sibling around trying to see what they’re doing because it must be the coolest thing ever. If you were to ask me about any of my interests, more than likely I could point to someone I know and say “that’s…

There are days that I don’t like what I do. I think everyone goes through it – those days you wake up and wonder, “How did I get here?” A few of you I know are exactly where you expected to be and despite a few bumps, you enjoy what you’re doing. I applaud you.…

The one truly great thing about having friends over a long period of time is that you get to serve as a living record for every embarrassing moment you’ve ever shared together. Thankfully, I’m quite skilled at this game and can usually outdo my friends who use the brains for more useful information (no Anna,…

The fifth anniversary of the day the towers fell has come and gone. I had thought about posting my pictures of the towers, but they’re part of my memories and the media has already been saturated with those images. I remember on one of my trips standing next to one of the towers and looking…

On the SciFi network’s website there are now new “webisodes” of BSG that are being released every Tuesday and Thursday at midnight up until the new season begins. If you are not caught up on the show, restrain yourself from going there; too much is given away in a single shot and the latest “webisode”…

Several of you are Deadwood fans who also happen to be writers. So, being that I’m having “a day” that defies all humor, I’m throwing out my big pressing Deadwood question: What was the purpose/role of the acting troupe in this last season?

We’re back from our trip and let me be one of the many to say that home is one of the nicest places to travel to. Thanks to an exchange of “the last season of Deadwood for babysitting our cats” I came home to two happy, fluffy, indifferent bundles of “oh, it’s you people.” April,…