OK, so I am writing.
This is a combination of several things. I am out of work on short-term disability because of pneumonia, which I am recovering from, and congestive heart failure, which I am trying to shake.

As much as I would like to do some part-time work for the paper I work for, I can't do that.

What I can do is watch a lot of TV shows on ( Read more... )

Yes, my LJ feed is mainly "Hey, I am back -- again."

I took some time this morning to update my browser with new bookmarks, actually posted on G+ and will be posting to LinkedIn as well.

Friday is my day off, so I work on, well work. ;) And other kinds of writing, because that's what I do.

I will be around.

I am still here.

Really.

And I will be back.

But it's time for this annual post:

Those of you who have been reading my Facebook and LiveJournal pages for a long time, know that every year, I raise money for Special Olympics New York and jump into Lake George. This will be my 10th plunge (I did three in Massachusetts).
For various reasons, I have been ( Read more... )

I am uplifted by the number of comments on my first post back.

Then I realized there has been no second post.

Then I remembered: Oh, yeah, five stories in three days on the death of a 3-month-old, plus today's pot-bust and exchange-concert stories.

Headed to Massachusetts/Rhode Island for a three-day weekend to see all the cool ladies in my life.

I have been away for a while, succumbing to the instant gratification of Facebook, but I think I am going to stick my feet back in here.

What do you want to know about, well, anything?

The short version here is that I am very concerned with the New York State Legislature’s rapid approval of a gun-control package.

I’ve said that it’s not the laws that concern me so much as the process did.

It’s not necessarily what they did. It’s how they did it.

In order to explain better, please understand that I am a fairly liberal, middle-aged ( Read more... )

OK, one more Polar Plunge post before bed.
One of the other things we are doing to raise money is to have a fund-raising event a couple days before the Plunge.
We have tentative plans, and I will share them when they become untentative.
That said, we are putting auction baskets together for the event.
If you're in a position where you could send ( Read more... )

OK, here we go.

Saturday, Nov. 17 will mark the ninth time I have done the Polar Plunge for Special Olympics.
It might be the first time I plunge in a bikini.
That's up to you!
If you want me to plunge in a bikini, please donate at http://tinyurl.com/LiamPolarPlunge .
If I get to $2,000, ( Read more... )

evilnicola

She went and registered for the Special Olympics New York Polar Plunge today and has $150 already.

The good news is that she is second overall, and she is lifted the team to second place, too.

The bad news is that she has $150 more than me, and we are still $600+ out of first.

No good can come of this!

Unless, you can take a minute and make a donation ( Read more... )

This is the short version:

As of two weeks from today, I will be taking a position as an editor/reporter at the Glens Falls Post-Star, the local daily in the town in which I live.

I am sad to leave the Granville Sentinel, but I am really looking forward to this!