Melinda does her scary adventures, and I do mine. The scariest thing I’ve done lately was go to the Coastal Magic Writing Conference (https://coastalmagicconvention.com/) in Daytona Beach. I should have known better. The featured author list bios were mostly paranormal romance writers and almost 100% female. I was the only male there (not exactly true, …
The Agenda Marches On Greg Berlanti, one of the creators of the CW’s Arrowverse (Arrow, Flash, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, etc.) introduces yet another gay character to the Arrowverse. AM I shocked? No. Mr. Berlanti has made it very clear in various interviews, but more importantly, in his show-running, that he is actively promoting a …
Previously on “Boycotting Berlanti”… Oh, to hell with it. Read the first part. The Real Problem My primary concern here is not the agenda Mr. Berlanti is clearly pushing. It’s not even the racism (which I think only divides us). My main concern is the lack of quality of these shows. Millions may disagree with …
In regards to age: A friend of mine says “we are in the 4th quarter of life”. Depressing much? Another jackass friend of mine says “we have more life behind us than in front of us.” Why do I even get up in the morning? I’ll be dust soon. Bonnie Raitt has a line in …
All-Star Radio Interview on The Writer’s Edge Paul K. Metheney will be one of the guests on the Writer’s Edge podcast, on Friday, December 29th at 4 pm in their all-star radio interview. The Internet radio show, hosted by McKensie Stewart, an author, educator, and entrepreneur living in Charlotte, NC, will be the All-Star show, as …
The Cinci Zoo, “the Greenest Zoo in America”, installed a canopy of 6,400 solar panels to reduce their $700,000 electric bill by 20%. 20% of $700k is $140,000. The solar panel project cost $11 million. That’s right. Eleven. Million. Dollars. They won’t break even for 78.5 years. Does anyone but me think this doesn’t add up? And here is the funniest part: They’re proud of this achievement.
Matthews & Mecklenburg Co. spent $1.6 million of our tax dollars on a “nature” park for the wealthiest citizens to ride bikes in spandex, breathe fresh air, and walk their spoiled dogs, but have to close down libraries where kids with eager minds and seniors, who can’t afford to buy books. I’m so proud I could bust! We should have safe places to enjoy nature. In fact, we do. It’s called “Outdoors.” It’s free. Try it.
This doesn’t feel like it will be a popular opinion, and I am always concerned with how popular my ideas are (no, wait, I meant I am NEVER concerned with that). I watched the new Will & Grace and was not overwhelmed. I wanted to be. Society has changed in 11 years (as evidently did …
Book Review Scourge by Gail Z. Martin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Imagine the TV show ‘Supernatural’ mated with ‘The Game of Thrones’. Don’t work too hard at it. Just read Scourge by Gail Z. Martin. It feels medieval, but could be some far-off, dystopian future. And frankly, it doesn’t matter to me which …
Favorite Christmas Songs I have 3 all time favorite Christmas songs (Warning: off-color humor & language – 2 of my favorite things! Real Christmas lovers will HATE these!) Special thanks to my sister, Avis, for turning me on to these classics years ago, and to Gail Martin for reminding me what I like about Christmas …
Lipstick Lesbians & Tight Leather Outfits If Greg Berlanti wants to use his TV shows to promote an over-the-top gay rights agenda (hey, they are HIS shows after all!), cool. I have the choice to NOT watch them if I feel the writing insults our intelligence. But let’s get real, for real. Not all lesbians …
Let’s start off by stating: I am NOT homophobic. I AM agenda-phobic, stereotypically-adverse, and anti-populist (No, I didn’t watch Seinfeld and never will, just because everyone said I HAD to). My rant is not even about the fact that EVERY TV show feels it must portray at least one major character as LGBTQ. But … …