Home Lane; Visitor’s Lane

Every highway needs to have a Home Lane and a Visitor’s Lane. I realized this a short while ago, when I saw several out-of-state plates in a row on “my” highway. There was a caravan of folks from out of town, though they weren’t all from the same place. I’ve heard the insurance company statistics that …

Evolution vs. Entropy

Generally speaking, and simply to clear up any misunderstandings before they happen, evolution is another word for “steady progression”, while entropy means “deterioration”. Mathematically, they can’t coexist in the same system. You can’t have entropy and evolution working together. They will always work against each other. One fun way to look at it is: take …

Big Freshwater Gulp

  As a blog post, more than a barchive, today, I’ll admit that I’m in the process (once again) of trying to secure an agent—a literary agent. Are frog’s feet lucky like rabbit’s feet? Frog legs should be lucky. What could be more lucky than a fish that grew legs? Anyway, whatever science fiction superstition …

Recently Read: Tom Hanks

I started out liking Tom Hanks’ stories in his book titled Uncommon Type. His writing has an easy flow to it. If he enjoys writing, then it shows in his work. If he doesn’t, then he could quit and go back to acting. His short stories (so far, I’m still reading) have a witty, humanity-conscious …