http://www.stonetable.org Don’t think different — be different. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:11:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Work continues to dominate the majority of my free time. We're in the market to hire another solid PHP programmer. If you know of any, send them my way. On the personal front, the legal process continues to unfold. Lots of communication back and forth with the divorce lawyer, working out ... http://www.stonetable.org/2008/07/27/its-life-but-not-as-we-know-it/ ...blogging. I've been lax on posting updates and commentary, so this is my make-up post. ...tired. Work has been absolutely crazy lately. Long days, longer nights. I'm really looking forward to the days where I can delegate much more of the work. I never thought I'd look forward to taking more ... http://www.stonetable.org/2008/06/26/i-am/ Post 3 things you’ve done in your lifetime that you don’t think anybody else on your friends list has done. See if anybody else responds with “I’ve done that.” If they have, you need to add another! (2.b., 2.c., etc…) Have your friends cut & paste ... http://www.stonetable.org/2008/06/26/meme-things-ive-done/ Former writers group buddy (before he escaped to the land of 10,000 lakes) and all around nice guy, David Schwartz, released his first book earlier in the month. "Superpowers: A Novel" (David J. Schwartz) I remember when I first heard him describe the book in group one night. Five college friends wake ... http://www.stonetable.org/2008/06/26/superpowers/ The Return to Luna contest is officially closed. I wasn't sure if I was going to get my story finished in time. I wrote the first draft longhand a few weeks ago. I was in the middle of typing that up when work exploded. Between sixteen hour work days and sleeping ... http://www.stonetable.org/2008/06/15/return-to-luna/ The PARSEC Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Story Contest results are in for 2008, at least unofficially. I received my letter today. There were 89 valid entries this year, of which twenty-one were read by the screeners and twelve passed along to the final judges. My story The Dwarves of Iron ... http://www.stonetable.org/2008/06/11/2008-parsec-sff-short-story-contest-results/ I'm making fine progress on my Return to Luna story. It's not exactly going the way I intended but I'm not unhappy with the results. I'm around 1,600 words in (guesstimate since my first drafts are hand-written) and I suspect I'll come in close to the 4,000 word limit, if ... http://www.stonetable.org/2008/05/20/to-the-moon/ Writing: It's been all but impossible to do any writing this past week. The day job has been out of control. I worked close to eighty hours. I did manage to sneak in the research I needed to do for my Return to Luna story. No plans for the weekend, other than ... http://www.stonetable.org/2008/05/17/scratching-away/ The California Supreme Court overturned a ruling against gay marriage this week. The fight wages on as supporters on both sides rally for the battle to make the ruling permanent. Obviously, there are plenty of heated discussions going on. Jed Hartman has a nice summary of what the ruling really ... http://www.stonetable.org/2008/05/17/inequal-rights-for-equal-folks/ NASA is holding a press conference tomorrow afternoon to announce the discovery of an object that astronomers have been hunting for more than fifty years. I've seen some wild speculation, ranging from a black hole to evidence of life on Mars. Whatever it is, though, I swear that I had ... http://www.stonetable.org/2008/05/13/astronomers-discover-elusive-object/