There are two issues with my name that pop up with astonishing regularity. The first is the number of people who read my first name as “Markos”. I don’t know where they get that extra S at the end, but it happens a lot, and it’s genuinely puzzling to me. Is it because Marco is…
turns out I’m a fraud.
Did you know that I have rigged Amazon’s review system to sell my mediocre, derivative novel, and that I’m taking money from other authors that actually deserve those reviews and sales? Yeah, that’s why the novella still isn’t finished. I spent all my writing time making seven hundred sock puppet accounts to game Amazon’s review…
the government shutdown diaries.
Tuesday: Day One of the government shutdown. Park rangers are furloughed. The fires from the grizzly bear riots are painting the night sky over Yellowstone bright orange. Bald eagles are ditching their tracking collars and skipping the country. WHEN WILL THIS MADNESS END *** Wednesday: Day Two of the government shutdown. They have begun to…
bad copywriting kills business.
Why a good copywriter is important for your business, Part XXXVI: Our fiber line is ready for service. We have two options for service providers at our location. As I can write off the cost as a business expense, I will order either 50- or 100Mbit service, at a cost of $99 or $199 a…
the net is the word-killer.
My brother-from-another-mother Chang has some thoughts on the proliferation of internet-connected smart phones and the way in which they have shaped our social behaviors. This is a tricky subject to address without coming off as a Luddite. I love the Internet and the social and professional possibilities it has opened up. There are tons of…
from the desk of the ink-splasher.
I checked Amazon over the weekend, and it looks like Lines of Departure is available for pre-order in all formats (Kindle, paperback, and unabridged audio) for the January 28th release. (Terms of Enlistment will also be released as a new, “Director's Cut” edition at the same time and in the same formats.) I know that…
yes, but how is his therapy going?
On court-sanctioned liberty from prison, a convicted rapist in Switzerland killed the therapist who was accompanying him to reintegration therapy, fled the country, and was eventually captured by German police just across the Polish border a few days later. Let’s see where the Swiss court system could have possibly gone wrong, and play “spot the…
at least we didn’t fit naugahyde upholstery to the thing.
So Voyager 1 is the first man-made object to officially leave the solar system and travel into interstellar space. Anyone else bothered by the fact that we sent a thing into space that contains a map to its origin planet and an open invitation? “Hi, we’re a barely space-faring civilization that you could probably conquer…
i’m all out of weiner jokes, and so is new york city.
This just in: Carlos Danger will not be the mayor of New York City. I doubt it’s going to keep him from trying to shoulder his way back to the public trough in the future. People like Weiner or Eliot Spitzer don’t really have any other qualifications or employment prospects. I mean, would you hire…
the most noble use for cowhide.
Here are the two main carry rigs I use to comfortably schlep around the Beretta M9 (42oz. loaded weight) and two spare magazines (7.5oz. each): Bianchi #3S “Pistol Pocket” Gould & Goodrich “Gold Line” horizontal shoulder holster Two holsters, both alike in dign…you know what? No. The belt holster is fine as far as reputation…