Date:	2008-05-08 23:14
Subject:	African Action Rally For Darfur in NYC
Security:	Public
Mood:	blank
Music:	Silence

Join Africa Action and Partners in a Rally to Stop Genocide in Darfur!


WHAT: A rally at the U.S. Mission at the United Nations to deliver thousands of handprints and messages from all over the country demanding decisive U.S. action to end genocide in Darfur.


WHEN: May 22, 2008; Noon - 2:00pm.


WHERE: U.S Mission to the United Nations in New York, 140 East 45th St, between 3rd and Lexington Avenues.


WHY NOW: The U.S. takes over the presidency of the U.N. Security Council on June 1, 2008. This is our opportunity to demand decisive action. Specifically, that the U.S. uses its influence in the U.N. to push for the deployment of well equipped peacekeepers in Darfur.


WHO: While Africa Action is the lead organizer, everyone is invited to co-sponsor and participate. To co-sponsor, you need to make a commitment to bring at least 5-10 people to the event.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Briggs (briggs@africaaction.org) or Marie (marie@africaaction.org)


Africa Action
1634 Eye St, N.W., Suite 810
Washington, DC 20006
T: 202.546.7961
www.africaaction.org

Date:	2008-05-05 12:17
Subject:	Political Information
Security:	Public
Mood:	cranky
Music:	Steve Miller Band Box Set, Disc 1

www.factcheck.org

www.ontheissues.org

Feel free to share these sites with your friends. They're both very useful in getting some idea of where candidates stand on every issue and the truth of what they're saying.

Neither of these sites are partisan. Just in case you're wondering.

Have a gratifying, philanthropic day.


Gary . . .

Date:	2008-04-28 20:22
Subject:	Where's Darfur?
Security:	Public
Mood:	content
Music:	Silence

For those out there who aren't sure where Darfur is, this is a link to a map of Africa. Darfur is located in Western Sudan near the border of Chad.

http://www.library.northwestern.edu/africana/map/

The Central Republic of Africa (right under Chad and Sudan) is also an area of conflict with Darfur refugees fleeing there.


Gary . . .

Date:	2008-04-28 13:50
Subject:	Radio, Radio
Security:	Public
Mood:	angry
Music:	Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over America

(A little Elvis Costello (very little as a matter of fact))

We live in an age where we decide what we believe is true based on the information we're given. That information is funneled to us by people who pick and choose what they decide we should see, hear and read. If they deem something inappropriate, then we won't see it. It's secretive censorship at the highest level.

We are at the mercy of these corporate CEO's whims; we watch, read, listen and despair at what we're shown: the scandals, feuds, and the non-news that used to be relegated to entertainment shows like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. More people in this country know the name of Tom and Katie's child, Angelina's children, Jennifer Lopez's twins than have any idea where Darfur is.

Truth has been supplanted by entertainment because ratings (and dollars) have become more important than humanitarianism. And what's to be done? None of the politicians this election season has spoken on control of the airwaves. Since Reagan repealed the Fairness Act in 1987 that had been in place since 1949, we've had fewer and fewer options in this country to get the truth. Now I've got to seek out foreign sources to learn what's happening in my own country.

For more on the Fairness Act: http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2053

Where's the outrage? It's focused on the judges of American Idol when they dispatch our favorite underdog. It's there when we frown at who got kicked off Survivor. It rears its ugly head when our favorite next top model or top chef is sent packing. No longer does the plight of the homeless, poor, hungry, disenfranchised, and refugee incite us to take action. If we even hear about it, we think, glad that's not me as we pick up the remote control and start surfing through hundreds of channels of mind-numbing drivel because we need to escape from reality.

What about those whose reality consists of begging for food, or wondering if they're going to survive the night because soldiers are burning their villages, or who wonder where they're going to live now that they had to foreclose on their home?

It's time to be outraged. It's time to start demanding all those supposed news stations start reporting the real news and leave Britney, Ashley, Jennifer, Tom, Brad, Paris, and all the rest of them to the entertainment infomercials where they belong.

The airwaves are ours; they belong to the American people. It's time to take them back.

Feel free to share this with everyone you know via copying, forwarding, or linking. Thanks.


Peace,
Gary . . .

Date:	2008-04-28 13:09
Subject:	I read the news today, oh boy
Security:	Public
Mood:	confused
Music:	Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings OVer America

Well, all right, I didn't read it, I heard it. But that's the way the song was written and who am I to change things?

BBC News Today:

Bad Boys of Cricket. A Mr. Singh, after a cricket match, while shaking hands with other players, slapped a fellow player so hard, the other man started crying. What? Ah, the sport of gentlemen.

Jennifer Baumgarten (an activist in NYC) has created two T-shirt designs: I had an abortion and I've been raped. The idea is to break the taboo and give voice to the silence. I'm not sure how I feel about this but it seems really strange. That would sort of be like wearing a T-shirt that announces your darkest shame. Not something I would do. Heck, I'd sooner post it on the Internet than wear a...waitaminute. I have posted it on the Internet!

UN Peacekeeping forces from India and Pakistan are allegedly arming militias in the Democratic Republic of Congo in exchange from gold. The UN knows of the allegations, but says they've all been proven false except for a couple of individuals. In one case, the militia that the peacekeepers are "doing business" with were responsible for the genocide in Rwanda. The more I learn about Africa, the sadder I am. The country has to be one of the most hellish places on Earth. The brutality that goes on in almost every country is heartbreaking. I'm not joking when I think we need to send spiritual leaders in to speak with the commanders and military leaders and help them overcome their fears and ego.

Feel free to reply with any other interesting news bits you hear or read about.


Peace,
Gary . . .

Date:	2008-04-27 23:35
Subject:	Why isn't God doing anything?
Security:	Public
Mood:	hopeful
Music:	Silence

Ever hear that question? It's usually associated with tragedies. When you hear a story of a young girl who was "miraculously" cured, you hear people ask, "Why isn't God helping these people?" or "How could God let this happen?"

9/11, Rwanda, Darfur, the Holocaust. I'm sure we can all add our own tragedies to the list.

What if, instead of blaming God, or holding the Universe responsible for these events, we take responsibility as humans and help our fellow people? Why isn't God helping the people in Darfur? He is helping by inspiring people like Mia Farrow and many others to take action where governments and the UN get bogged down in bureaucracy.

The problem isn't God. It's us. It doesn't affect us so we turn away from the genocide and offer up a tiny prayer, thanking God that it's someone else and not us or our friends and family. But you know what? Those people over there in Africa are someone's family and someone's friends and they are dying by the hundreds.

I saw Mia Farrow and I've been inspired to act. I'm donating all the tips from my next shows to the cause. I'm going to write letters to helicopter manufacturers, olympic sponsors, congress people, and the IOC, asking for their help in stopping the killing. I've started a Dollar For Darfur program, asking people to give one dollar. Every 30 days, I'll take the accumulated dollars and send them to www.savedarfur.org.

If you're wanna contribute, email me at worldwhispers@yahoo.com. Ask your friends to donate. What's $1? Think of it like this: You can either buy that side order of fries, full of grease, oil, cholesterol (that eventually will force you to start taking Vytorin or Lipator for the rest of your life) and calories (that may never go away) or you can send that $1 to a worthy cause and get someone in Africa some food and medical assistance.

If you're feeling overly generous, you can send $5 (or more) and I'll send you a SaveDarfur.org green wristband as a thank you.

So the next time you wonder why God's not helping someone, look in the mirror and ask yourself what you can do to help. You may be one person, but sometimes, you're the only one who can hear the call and when you speak truth to power, you don't know who's listening and who will be inspired by you to act.

Peace,
Gary . . .

Date:	2008-04-27 23:31
Subject:	It's getting better all the time
Security:	Public
Mood:	pleased
Music:	Silence

I did it! The text file and the cover file for the Garden State Horror Writers new anthology, Dark Territories (only $14.95) have been uploaded to lightning Source!

What's this mean?

It means that I'm done. Finished. Complete. Thank you contributors, thank you Mary (co-editor), thank you Nanci (text formatter), thank you Steve (cover artist), and thank you Neal (cover file formatter).

Next stage: the proof copy.

Next stage: Real Books!

There will be signings and such and ways to order this incredible anthology (12 new stories by GSHW members and 3 reprints by Kathy Ptacek, Charlie Grant and F. Paul Wilson).

More news to follow!


Gary . . .

Date:	2008-04-20 22:33
Subject:	Being Fearless
Security:	Public
Mood:	contemplative
Music:	2008 Groovin' Tunes to Learn (iTunes mix)

Last weekend, Nancy and I were in NYC for a conference hosted by the Omega Institute, a wellness center up in Rhinebeck, NY. The conference, Being Fearless, started five years ago as more people discovered they suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of 9/11. The truth was, if you lived in New York, you had a real good cause for being fearful.

The conference combined two facets of life: the macro, such as climate change, genocide (Darfur), political truth, and similar topics with the micro, such as personal growth, overcoming personal fears, living life, and that sort of thing.

What an amazing experience. We heard keynote speakers such as Mia Farrow (Darfur), Robert Kennedy Jr. (how the news has been consolidated and hijacked by five corporations), Valerie Plame (her personal story), Zev Kedem (holocaust survivor (talk about fearless)), Carolyn Myss (spiritual recovery), Reverend Michael Beckwith (self actualization), and Anne Lamott (living life).

Andrew Harvey, Noah BenShea, and Seane Corn spoke as well, leading the attendees in meditations.

The workshops (I sat in a sessions with Debbie Ford and Tara Brach) were really good and informative.

Seems I've had this issue with never being "enough". Smart enough, imaginative enough, a good enough musician, a good enough writer. This lead me to compare myself to everyone and (oddly) I always wound up at the bottom of the comparison. Just never enough.

Debbie's Book, Why Good People Do Bad Things has given me great insight into why I do this and how to move passed it. If you're interested in hearing more on that, drop me a line at Worldwhispers@yahoo.com.

I came away from the conference with a need to do something about Darfur (hence my last post), a decision to not let fear and low self-esteem stop me from doing what I dream to do, and a realization that I have a greater purpose here than I've admitted to myself.

Fear of failure, criticism, shame, and embarrassment have all been factors in me living a half-hearted, and hesitant life. But when it comes to endeavors like raising awareness of what's happening in Africa, my fear is an obstacle to helping people in dire need. There's no benefit in living like that.

So, one day at a time, I move forward, keeping vigilant so as to not let my fear stop me from living and soon, I'll be enough.

The truth is we cannot live without fear, but we must learn to keep our fear from running our lives and paralyzing us.


Peace,
Gary . . .

"If you lived in your heart, you'd be home now."

Date:	2008-04-14 21:40
Subject:	Save Darfur
Security:	Public
Mood:	angry
Music:	None

Over the weekend, I had the chance to hear Mia Farrow talk about the genocide going on in Darfur and was appalled at what's happening and the lack of news coverage this is getting. This individual has been to Darfur a number of times and experienced first hand the horrors that are being perpetrated by the government and the Janjaweed (translated from Arabic as "A man with a gun on horseback") on the Darfuri people.

If you have a moment, stop over at: http://www.savedarfur.org and http://www.miafarrow.org/

For information on the Sudan Divestment Task Force (an organization created to help people in divestment campaigns to get monies out of stocks and such that support the Sudanese government), go here: http://www.sudandivestment.org/home.asp

Who are the Janjaweed? Here's a link to a Slate article: http://www.slate.com/id/2104210/

If you've heard the phrase Genocide Olympics it is due to China's support of the Sudanese government in regard to trade and export and how China's more interested in making money than human rights. Then again, we've all known China's position on human rights, so this shouldn't be a surprise.

Even worse, the aids workers and UN troops need logistical air support and so they went out and asked for a (one, single) helicopter. 24 countries declined. WTF? Have we really come to the point in civilization where, if there's no financial incentive, governments turn their backs? Oddly, when Olympic sponsors wrote to China, threatening to pull out, China suddenly reassessed their dealings with Darfur. In the end, it did very little.

But there are still so many sponsors that don't feel the same way.

And as far as political leaders? The German chancellor, as well as several others, aren't going to the opening ceremonies in protest. But George? He's going because to him, this is only a sporting event.

I'm well aware that Darfur has become one of the most dangerous places on earth as police are beaten and aids workers kidnapped and killed, but should that keep countries from sending enough aid and money to stop the murders?

If you can donate, take action, or just sign petitions that would help. Don't forget to tell your friends.

Once upon a time we as said: Never Again. Well it's now. And it's happening again.


Peace,
Gary . . .

Date:	2008-04-06 21:48
Subject:	Kiss of the Mudman
Security:	Public
Mood:	contemplative
Music:	Rue Morgue Radio

Do yourself a huge favor. Go to a bookstore and pick up Gary Braunbeck's Mr. Hands, put out by Leisure Books. Read it. Marvel at the man's ability to get you to feel for the characters as if they were your close friends.

When you're done with Mr. Hands, take a break.

Then return and read Kiss of the Mudman. The novella won the International Horror Guild award and it rightfully deserved it. This is one of the most chilling yet beautifully written stories I've ever read. Gary's one of those authors that can bring you to tears with his stores. Keepers does that as well.

As a musician, I related to Mudman in ways most people won't, but you'll get it, you'll feel it. You won't be disappointed.


Peace,
Gary . . .

Date:	2008-04-06 21:41
Subject:	Stop-Loss
Security:	Public
Mood:	contemplative
Music:	Rue Morgue Radio

Go see the movie Stop-Loss before it's not out any more. It's about two friends who have finished their tour of Iraq. They're both stop-lossed, meaning they're sent back to Iraq after completing their required tours. Each has a different reaction to being stop-lossed.

The film is a look at what our soldiers go through over in Iraq and what they have to deal with when they come home and they think they're finished.

The doesn't seem to be any interest in treating the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder they come home with. One day in a killzone, the next on a plane home, and the next, Welcome Home, Son. Where's the debriefing? Where's the tests to make sure these guys aren't going to pick up guns and start shooting friends, family or themselves?

This is not a pro or anti anything movie. It is not political. It's a movie about a soldier's struggle to get out of being sent back to Iraq because he failed to get all of his men out of an ambush alive and he knows he probably won't make it out alive.

Go see the movie. Bring your pro-war friends and see if they're still gung-ho afterward.


Gary . . .

Date:	2008-04-06 17:53
Subject:	New Garden State Horror Writers Anthology: Dark Territories
Security:	Public
Mood:	pleased
Music:	iTunes Shuffle

We are within weeks of the new GSHW anthology, Dark Territories, coming out. It's edited by myself and Mary SanGiovanni with great cover art by Steve Gilberts. The book is $14.95 and we're working on getting it orderable through www.gshw.net. It will also be available through major retail chains. As soon as it's out, I'll let y'all know. The Table of Contents is:

DREAM GIRL ~ John R. Platt
FORTY-NINE ~ Dan Foley
DOC JOHNSON ~ F. Paul Wilson (reprint)
HUNGER ~ Meghan Knierim
SCOPOPHILIA ~ Peter Gutierrez
FAMILY FIRST ~ J.G. Faherty
SHRED ~ Brian Pedersen
TEMPERATURE DAYS ON HAWTHORNE STREET ~ Charles Grant (reprint)
SUCKER KISS ~ Edward Greaves
EXCERPTS FROM THE DIARY OF JARED HAFLER ~ Neil Morris
CAT & MOUSE ~ William Mingin
PICKY ~ Hildy Silverman
POPPET ~ Kathy Ptacek (reprint)
MAN OF PRINCIPLE ~ Michael Penncavage
ALL THAT YOU CAN'T LEAVE BEHIND ~ Harrison Howe

Date:	2008-03-27 13:16
Subject:	And I'll leave it up to you
Security:	Public
Mood:	contemplative
Music:	Little Big Town: A Place to Land

So here's this article on Clinton's faith from Mother Jones. I find it a little unsettling, coming from the more "liberal" side of life. But make of it what you will or skip it. 'Sup to you.

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2007/09/hillarys-prayer.html


Peace,
Gary . . .

News: Arthur C. Clarke passed away. He was 90. The last of the three greats of science fiction: Robert A. Heinlein and Isaac Asimov. The Star is one of my favorite stories and was one of the first things I read of his. What an amazingly talented writer. He will be missed.

In other news: So I'm co-editor of the new GSHW anthology, Dark Territories. We've got some great stories including three reprints by Charles Grant, Kathy Ptacek, and F. Paul Wilson. Other contributing members are Brian Pedersen, Mike Penncavage, Harrison Howe, Ed Greaves, Peter Gutierrez, Hildy Silverman (yes, the same one that owns Space & Time magazine), Dan Foley, Meghan Knierim, Bill Mingin, Neil Morris, John Platt, and JG Faherty. These are some great writers and the stories are top notch.

My friend and owner of the site Horror World, Nanci Kalanta, is helping with the interior layouts.

Steve Gilberts is the cover artist and Neal Levin is helping me get the cover files in to a Lightning Source friendly format.

All in all it should be a fine looking book when it comes out. When's it coming out? End of March, first week in April. As I know you're all itching for copies, I will let you know when it comes out and how to get copies.

In other news: I'm back to edits for Institutional Memory (which I should be doing instead of writing this). This should be the final run through. If you want to get a glimpse of the cover, you can either go here: http://www.authorgaryfrank.com or you can go here to get the cover and blurb: http://www.medallionpress.com/genres/horror/index.html

I'm off to edit.

Enjoy!


Gary . . .

Date:	2008-03-17 19:33
Subject:	I've got a fear of the dark
Security:	Public
Mood:	amused
Music:	Gandalf Murphy: A Good Thief Tips His Hat

Friday night. Izod Center. Me and Mary and 18,000+ metal heads. It was like reliving the eighties again as we went in to see Iron Maiden. The last time I saw Maiden was back in the early eighties when they opened for Judas Priest on the Screaming For Vengeance tour. So it's been a while. Also, after Somewhere in Time, the next disc I have (I was going to write lp (silly me!)) is Dance of Death, which I thought was newer than it was. But I digress.

This was the Somewhere Back in Time Tour. Almost everything they did came from Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Powerslave (the tour's theme), and Somewhere in Time. They did Fear of the Dark, Iron Maiden, and Can I Play With Madness as well.

This was an awesome show. The stage was done up like an Egyptian landscape with changing screens behind the stage that featured the Powerslave cover, The Trooper, the deck of a ship (when they performed Rime of the Ancient Mariner) and a few other Eddie oriented images.

The music was tight with the 3-guitar attack, Steve Harris's machine-gun bass playing and Mr. McBrain's drumming. Bruce Dickinson's voice was awesome as well. I could see him on Broadway after the Maiden gig is over. If that ever happens. These guys have been around since 1980.

In case you're disappointed that you missed them, take heart, they're coming to the PNC Art Center and MSG in NYC in June. If you're into Maiden, go see them; you'll be glad you did.

Now I just pray that Van Halen makes it to May 13th so I can see them! In the meantime, I've got Asia in April. Remember them? John Wetton (King Crimson), Geoff Downes (The Buggles), Carl Palmer (ELP), and Steve Howe (Yes) together again. It's like the year if the 80's!

Did I mention that you need to see Gandalf Murphy?


Peace,
Gary . . .

Date:	2008-03-17 17:20
Subject:	I'd run away with the Circus of Dreams
Security:	Public
Mood:	content
Music:	Iron Maiden (Fear of the Dark)

Nancy, Jim, and I got in our cars and drove to the outskirts of Slambovia where there was a little church and it was there that the Circus of Dreams came. And to our delight the Circus played all night. We met Alice somewhere out in space and we learned everyone has a broken heart to mend and then we learned about the great unravel.

Later we met the circus (Tony, Chen, Tink, Sharkey) and their leader, Joziah. I told him we'd follow the circus anywhere because they sang songs that touched our hearts and tickled our souls. He said thank you and bless you and we left the little church on the edge of Slambovia with their music in our hands to take home and remember.

Then the three of us went to a diner and ate fried food and sugary delights and it was okay because the Circus had come to town and our hearts ran away with them.

If you have never heard Gandalf Murphy and the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, do yourself a favor and do so. Their website is: www.slambovia.com. You can find them on at least iTunes, Yahoo Music. Their own website has music under Radio Free Slambovia.

If you like fun folk/pop/rock/Americana/hillbilly/alt-country/(you get the idea) with echoes of Bob Dylan and David Bowie that gets your feet moving, these folks are worth checking out. Their live shows are a real treat. We've been to two and plan on hitting a few more soon, including Dylanfest up at Warwick Winery (www.wvwinery.com). The band is really accessible after the shows to sign CDs.

I'm usually not so up on a band, but any band that leaves me signing their songs two days after a show is worth the attention!

Check out the Circus of Dreams. You'll find yourself running away with them, too.


Peace,
Gary . . .

Date:	2008-03-11 13:33
Subject:	It's just another day
Security:	Public
Mood:	annoyed
Music:	Billy Joel: A homemade greatest hits

I know messageboards are pointless for a lot of reasons. That being said...

Is it human nature or personal ego that demands responses?

Say you post something to a messageboard, either stating how you feel on a matter or supporting someone else's feelings on a matter and a response comes back: you're all whining.

Is it human nature or ego that says: respond to defend yourself because that's not what I meant and the other person needs to understand where I'm coming from?

Messageboards in general (unlike LJ) are huge time sucks and they're part of The Plan. That Plan is the one where creative people are baited by Them into a pointless dialog and then They "attack" you for your feelings or beliefs, making you feel you have to respond, thus keeping you from being creative. They believe we should all just do what we're told and not think outside the box or draw outside the lines.

You know who these people are. They're insidious and They are everywhere. You see them at work, the drones who can spend eight hours a day, head down, working and think nothing of doing it every day. They long for the mediocrity of the daily treadmill because it's safe.

Life is not meant to be safe. If we live from our souls, life gets messy.

Can you tell I'm at work?


Peace,
Gary . . .

Date:	2008-03-09 23:29
Subject:	The Weekend in Review
Security:	Public
Mood:	tired
Music:	Van Halen II

Not a song lyrics, but apropos nonetheless.

Friday night: Our attic had insulation that was falling down in shreds, so, while nancy was out with friends, I decided it was a fine time to take this crap down. This way, on Saturday, we could start putting the Christmas boxes back in. There I was down in a corner, pulling this shredded wheat from a corner when I raised my head and...found a nail sticking point down. I'm a terrible patient. But I ran downstairs, poured peroxide over my head, showered and called Nancy, hoping she would say I wouldn't have to go to the hospital for a tetanus shot. Guess what? When was the last time I had a tetanus shot? No idea. Left the house at 9:15ish and returned from the hospital at 12:30am. At least the damned shot didn't hurt and I'm good for 10 years. I might even have a story about a guy who doesn't get a tetanus shot and then...well, I'd be giving a story away.

Saturday we cleaned out the rest of the attic, then dined with Phil & Nanaci Kalanta. If you happen by www.horrorworld.org you will see what keeps Nanci up at nights. She's amazing. The real reason for the visit was so she could help get the text file of the next GSHW anthology in functional order for Lightning Source and into pdf format. Only problem is that's it's not in a functional format and needs to be reformatted. One day I'll hold the anthology in my hands and laugh about all this!

We came home to a blackout. Our little section of town had lost power. So we got flashlights, sat in the living room and played Uno. It was nice to have some non-TV quality time.

Sunday we dined at a superb breakfast place called The Stack. Then on to Paradox Comics. The price of comics has gotten out of hand. We talked about the days of $1.25 comics. Remember them? I remember .75 cent comics. Now they're $2.99 easily. Forget special editions, annuals and that crap that's upward of $5. So my $36 got me a handful, including the OMAC miniseries by DC that led to the Infinite Crisis series. I'm using the second half of my advance from the second book for the rest of the stack that I had to send back.

I watched a movie called Darkness. The real horror was the knowledge that I'd never, ever again see that 1 hour and 37 minutes. Movies that were better than Darkness: Session 9, The Eye (Asian version), Messengers, Reincarnation (After Dark series), The Gathering, and a few more I can't think of.

Then we dined at the Olive Garden with a gift card. I've discovered I love Riesling wine much better than zinfandel. It's a bit hard to find, but I've been lucky so far. Two out of three places I asked had it.

And here I am. A slight hole in the head, getting ready for bed.

Next week is a busy one: Van Halen (with Nancy) on Thursday, Iron Maiden (with Mary) on Friday, the GSHW meeting (with Pat Lundrigan) Saturday and Gandalf Murphy on Saturday night. If you've never heard Gandalf Murphy, they are worth checking out.

Also, check out the last lecture of Randy Pausch. The short version was on Oprah; here's that link: http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=ithct48cqw. It's well worth watching.

Until we meet again, take care, take risks and for God's sake have fun.


Peace,
Gary . . .

P.S.: Novel update coming soon.

Date:	2008-02-24 10:20
Subject:	Feel the pain...
Security:	Public
Mood:	contemplative
Music:	The Misfits: Famous Monsters

"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually something will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever." - Lance Armstrong

Have a great day and never quit.

(Ralph Nader, this does not apply to you. Please, know when to say no.)


Peace,
Gary . . .

Date:	2008-02-19 20:35
Subject:	Here I go again . . .
Security:	Public
Mood:	frustrated
Music:	iTunes Shuffle (Harold Budd: Marion Brown)

It ain't over. It ain't finished. The ending has to go. But thank you for all the congrats. Ten pages to go and three attempts later, here I am. I'm going for number four ending. Maybe this time it'll work.

I asked for suggestions from the GSHW and on the LiveScience forum. I found a possible ending on the LS forum, although one gent pointed out that my words and phrasings (a being, taking over a human, stopping it) aren't scientific and therefore the question of stopping this entity can't be answered in scientific terms. Makes for a difficult time in finishing the damned book.

So I have to stretch a bit. It is fiction after all.

So, as David Coverdale sang so many years ago: Here I go again on my own.

I'll let you know how it turns out.


Peace,
Gary . . .