Yes, I finally finished chapter twelve of my novel. Those who have a username and password for my writing section (you know who you are) can go check it out and give me feedback.

Unfortunately, what I've written for this post appears to be too long for Movable Type to process properly, so I've uploaded it to a page here. (Note: This entry was originally published on my now-defunct political blog, Attilathepundit.com.)

A couple of days ago, the Nigerian women who was sentenced to be stoned to death was reprieved. Apparently, this got some people interested in how to stone someone to death, because my server logs show that two different people clicked through to my blog looking for information on how to stone somebody. As it turns out, I'm at the... read more »

I had some inspiration this morning that I think will get me going again on Chapter 12 of my novel. But I've got a major headache tonight, so I'm not up to actually writing it. But at least I feel excited about writing it again.

Last night I started watching The Others, a ghost movie starring Nicole Kidman. It wasn't as creepy as The Ring, but it was creepy enough that I stopped watching it in the middle and finished it tonight. So, if you haven't seen it and are in the mood for a little creepery, I recommend it. This entry was written in... read more »

I'm sitting here at The ParentsTM house watching Monday Night football (Broncos-Raiders) with Dad and my cousin Scott and blogging wirelessly from my laptop. Since my fantasy football team was up by over 30 points, there was only a a slight chance that I could lose (which is now a "no chance.") But Dad and Scott had things to worry... read more »

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Using viruses to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria. (And for those who think I should have said "virii," click here.)

For several years now, my favorite series of books has been the Honor Harrington series by David Weber. Crown of Slaves is a book set in the "Honorverse," co-authored by Weber and Eric Flint. While Honor herself makes only a cameo appearance, it involves several characters introduced in the series (and in some of the Honorverse short stories previously written... read more »

Well, I won't bother posting the prediction I made regarding the BYU game, because it was wrong and they lost. The defense did pretty well considering that Stanford had wonderful field position most of the time. Our offense never really got on track. Ah, well. At least it wasn't a conference game. This entry was written in part while under... read more »