Fear sits and smiles and is predatory, immobile and silent and serene; an observer who conserves his energy and is content to wait.
There’s a difference between the fact that the universe is inherently unfair on a cosmic level, and the fact that life is unfair because people are actively making it so.
The story of how I left Huckleberry begins – as do all worthy stories – with a goat.
I thought I saw him once, but it turned out to be a yeti.
I’m not insane, sir. I have a finely calibrated sense of acceptable risk.
When you lose someone you love, you die too, and you wait around for your body to catch up.
I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife’s grave. Then I joined the army.
When you’re a teenager and you’re in love, it’s obvious to everyone but you and the person you’re in love with.
It’s easier to miss her at a cemetery, where she’s never been anything but dead, than to miss her at all the places where she was alive.
Fear is a scavenger who feeds on the future; on what may be and what is possible, extending down the line of our lives.
Christianity is a fine religion and I wish more Christians practiced it.
Guns don’t kill people. The aliens behind the triggers do.
Do what you need to do and enjoy life as it happens.
I will not let my sales figures dictate what I say on the blog, because the blog is what I want to say.
I grew up in southern California in the 80s. Yes, I am a walking cliche.
You do what you have to do to give people closure; it makes them feel better and it doesn’t cost you much to do it. I’d rather apologize for something I didn’t really care about and leave someone on Earth wishing me well.
If the universe is bigger and stranger than I can imagine, it’s best to meet it with an empty bladder.
The original sin of Republicans is greed. Everyone understands greed. Everybody wants to get theirs. The original sin of Democrats is pity. Greed is more attractive, and a better motivator, than pity.
Ultimately the first, best step in getting your work noticed is to write good work. If people don’t engage in your writing, no amount of serialization or free downloads is going to matter. You have to write something worth reading, and often it takes time to get at that level.
I know a little bit about deaf culture because a friend of mine has been in the deaf culture for awhile. Over the course of 25 years, she and I have talked about many of the issues and concerns for deaf people and deaf culture.