The Chronicles of Charlie: The Assassin Who’s Not Very Good At His Job
Dan | December 19, 2008
I’m off on my kinda-annual jaunt to somewhere interesting. We’re (notice the plural!) flying to Bangkok tomorrow, then we’re going to go overland south, and eventually end up in Cambodia. Yes, Cambodia isn’t south. It’ll make sense, I promise.
Christmas in the tropics. I’m excited.
Dan | December 14, 2008
Well, Wordpress has released WP 2.7, and I was going to update, until I checked the documentation and realized that since this blog is themed, the theme might not work. So, I have to wait until the theme is re-done for 2.7, then I have to download it, then I have to check it and [...]
Dan | December 11, 2008
I entered a first-paragraph contest over at Nathan Brandsford’s blog. I’m comment number twelve-hundred and something, and I’m kind of doubtful that I have any shot at winning; I used the first part of a Charlie story, which I kind of enjoy.
Dan | December 11, 2008
As you may see over to the right in the “Recent Reads” column, I’ve been going through Brian Vaughn’s Ex Machina books this week. I originally hadn’t read them because I didn’t really like the art; for some reason or another the style left me cold.
But…it’s all about the story, isn’t it? [...]
Dan | December 9, 2008
I got a hepatitis B shot today along with a bunch of typhoid vaccine pills. My arm only hurts a little bit, but I’m not looking forward to the pills. Why? Well, you have to take two hours on either side of taking them without food or any drink other than water. It’s [...]
Dan | December 6, 2008
I started gardening a couple of years ago; my apartment has no yard, but San Francisco has an extensive network of community gardens. After a few months on a waiting list, I got a little plot about as big as a good-sized dining room table in a little garden a block from my house. [...]
Dan | December 2, 2008
So now I have this new shiny website, and I’m going to attempt to sell a shiny new book. This begs the question - how does one go about selling said book? The traditional way is to go ahead and send a bunch of letters to agents. Somewhat suprisingly, that’s what I’m going [...]
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