So I came home today and discovered that the dog had chewed apart a good portion of our new couch. It is the chaise lounge portion of our sectional. *sigh* My fault, in a sense, since I didn't get home until late. She was probably just bored and got lonely, though she does have the cats to keep her company ( Read more... )

Well, it pegged me correctly. I'm from Missouri, but grew up in Florida. I like the compliment it gives me: good voice for tv and radio ( Read more... )

Someone needs to develop a laptop-projector combo unit so that you can project whatever is on your screen whenever you'd like. Both laptops and LCD projects are now cheap enough and small enough to combine them without overburdening the user. If I had some venture capital, I'd create one and sell it. But you need money to make money.

I'm on the verge of a breakthrough with my research ( Read more... )

Playing in a golf tournament tomorrow to raise money for the Special Olympics. Pretty cool ( Read more... )

Wow! I didn't realize how much publicity I was going to get from my Fulbright trip ( Read more... )

The interview is over. It went ok. I don't think I was that eloquent or anything, and I know I stumbled a few times, but the technicians running the show thought it was really good. I'm pretty sure they say that to everyone on the show, but I guess we'll see. The question now is whether I'll listen to it or not. lol. I believe it is being aired on ( Read more... )

The Chancellor of the university is interviewing me this Friday on her radio talk show. We are the local NPR affiliate, and we broadcast to over 13 counties in NC. She wants to talk to me about my recent Fulbright trip to Hungary, but also about my upcoming book. How cool is that ( Read more... )

The book is done! At a convention last Friday, I handed it over to my publisher.

I've got just a few days until I go to a convention in South Carolina and, while there, deliver my manuscript into the hands of my acquisitions editor. I'm finishing the last read-through now, and catching just a few minor mistakes ( Read more... )