SIX OF THE WORST… side effects of losing your memory
Today is April Fool's Day here in the U.S., but I'd like to talk about something very serious today. I'm losing my memory. Most of my friends know at least a little something about this, [...]
SIX OF THE WORST… things about applying for jobs
It's finally happened. You're fed up with your job, and you want a change. Or maybe you were downsized and need to find work. Job hunting sucks. It's hard. It's basically a full-time job -- [...]
SIX OF THE WORST… even-numbered Star Trek films
It's generally accepted that the even-numbered Star Trek films are the best of the bunch. But as we approach Star Trek 13*, I've been staring at my two-disc DVD versions of each of the first [...]
SIX OF THE WORST… parental technology troubles
By now you'd think that even parents would have figured out technology, right? At least the basic stuff -- texting, e-mailing, web surfing, simple printer setups, and so on. But if you went to visit [...]
SIX OF THE WORST… ways you can ruin an otherwise-good idea for a genre fiction story
In celebration (or something) of NaNoWriMo, I've written a series of columns full of writing advice and tips. This is one of them. It's NaNoWriMo time, when thousands of people try to bang out a [...]