Friday, July 31, 2015

Perseid Rain

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In the wake of my friend Pete Wells's passing, I want to put out a call for folks to have a look at the work of another friend of mine, ...
Thursday, July 30, 2015

Another Good One Gone — R.I.P., Pete Wells

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What a terrible year it's been for losing friends. This morning, I was stunned to learn that Pete Wells, an old friend from my hometo...
Sunday, July 19, 2015

Sounds and Spirits in Asheville

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Old Rodan at Paley's "Passion" This weekend, Kimberl...
Thursday, July 16, 2015

Ban The Green Inferno?

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Attempts to ban material of objectionable nature have been happening ever since human beings discovered how satisfying it is to be outrag...
Sunday, July 12, 2015

Of Conventions and Culverts

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Dammit, Jim, that's my girlfriend! ConGregate is done, geocaches were conquered, the shower is a mess, and I'm off my rocker. F...
Thursday, July 9, 2015

ConGregate II in High Point

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This weekend, I'll be a guest at the second annual Con-Gregate convention in High Point, NC, at the High Point Radisson. The first ...
Monday, July 6, 2015

The Great Wall of Death and Others

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"Have you seen the cache? Where's that confounded cache?" ...
Sunday, July 5, 2015

Das Boot — The Director's Cut

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In the early 1980s, I saw the original cut of Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot (a.k.a. The Boat ) at one of Chicago's best theaters, o...
Friday, July 3, 2015

Beware...the Jaws That Bite, the Claws That Catch

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Have you ever had a run-in with a honey locust tree? Lord knows, these arboreal beasts are the work of Satan. So lush and green, so in...
Sunday, June 28, 2015

None But the Brave

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Most of the movies I review here are of the horrific persuasion, but I'm breaking tradition because I've recently been on a western...
Thursday, June 25, 2015

Other Gods

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If you're one of those unfortunate (or perhaps very fortunate) souls who have never made the acquaintance of Other Gods , then permit m...
Sunday, June 14, 2015

All Alone in Goblintown

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It's been a somewhat slower year for geocaching than others since I took it up in 2008, mainly because I've claimed most of th...
Sunday, June 7, 2015

Deer Damage

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One deer: dead (R.I.P., deer). One Mazda 3: a bit cracked up. Helluva scare for Ms. B. late last night — or rather, in the wee hours this m...
Friday, June 5, 2015

The Forgotten Door and Others

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I've been geocaching in Danville, VA, countless times; in fact, I've cached out the town more times than I can remember, only to ha...
Tuesday, June 2, 2015

The Lebo Coven — Now an Audio Book

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The good folks at Crossroad Press, who have previously released my novels Balak , The Nightmare Frontier , and The Monarchs as audio books,...
Saturday, May 30, 2015

PI PSA

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I do a lot of geocaching in the woods — I hid a new cache on one of Greensboro watershed trails just this morning — and especially at this ...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Exists

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I've gotta tell you, I'm a sucker for movies about Bigfoot and other cryptozoological beasties. During my teenage years, it was a r...