• The worst teaser ever

    You would never read the ending of a book first, because it spoils the rest of the book knowing what happens. Now imagine you just read the first book in a series and there was a teaser chapter at the end for the second book. This book had such a chapter, and it was o.k., so I went ahead and bought the second book. I got about a third of the way through the second book and there was no sign of the sample from the first book. In fact, it hadn’t even built up to the sample, and I was feeling really, really cheated. It was a real struggle to get even that far, considering it was all “back story,” and not particularly interesting “back story” at that. On a hunch I checked the end of the book. Sure enough, the sample chapter for the second book was THE LAST STINKING CHAPTER OF THE SECOND BOOK!

    What knuckle head thought that one up? I might as well have saved my five bucks and skipped right to the third book in the series. After this fiasco I’m not sure I want to buy any more of this guy’s books.

    And did I mention the book was bad? Parts of the book read like they were cribbed from L. Ron Hubbard. The series went from a decent sci-fi tale to a wacky, pseudo-religious manifesto in a couple hundred pages.

    Yep, that’s about it. I’m done.

  • Is it flattery or is it laziness?

    I just wanted to say that the new site design you are enjoying required a lot of effort, particularly the part where I copied the design from another site. Oh, it’s not as bad as the title suggests… the design was offered as a template.

    Lest you think it required no effort on my part, I spent a good two hours tweaking the CSS file. HAH! Take that nay sayers of the world!

    So what do you think of the new look? Personally, I could just sit and stare (at it) in slack-jawed wonder for hours on end. Picture in your mind a five year old with a high fever, further befuddled by cough meds, staring at a fish tank. That’s me… looking at this page. Who needs fish when you have such a serene blend color and design? Or better yet… who needs much of anything when you have a fever and cough medicine?

    **Surgeon General’s Warning: hosting viral infections can be harmful to your health. These infections can cause runny nose, sore throat, sinusitis, head ache, cold sores, fever, aches and pains, various gastro-intestinal “issues,” higher tolerance for euthanasia, and in rare cases: death. While entries on this site may portray these infections in a positive light, readers should avoid hosting viral infections whenever possible.

  • The only cold that coats

    There’s an old family saying that is appropriate for the occasion: “He who temps fate with recollections of good fortune hands fate a shovel, and grants it the vigor to dig a big hole.”**

    It was just yesterday that Cheryl had remarked that I had been in good spirits since getting back on the bike. Thanks to Cheryl’s hasty proclamations I woke up this morning with a raging case of post-nasal drip, with the customary sore throat. Around 2:30 Cheryl came home and suggested that I looked awful, and ought to take a nap. I would have too, if it hadn’t been 2:30 in the afternoon. The last thing I’ll want at bedtime is that fresh feeling that comes after a long nap. So I’m still up, struggling to keep my eyes open, waiting desperately for bedtime to draw near.

    **Author’s note: there is no such family saying. It doesn’t even add much to the entry… so I have no idea why I put it there. Heck, if I were going to erode the trust of my readers I should have at least told a decent lie… maybe something good for a laugh or two.