Despite the wonders that are delivered by digital music today, sometimes I really miss lying on my back on a shag carpet, eyes closed, two huge stack speakers aimed at my head, listening to a quality vinyl record played over excellent analog equipment.
One day I wish to retire to a dictionary.
Sometimes I come untethered.
Sir @ April 21, 2011 # 7 Comments
This week’s installment of the IndieInk Writing Challenge was submitted by Wendryn: It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. – Charles Darwin It supplements a week that’s been jam packed with science-related blah blah. My [...]
Sir @ April 15, 2011 # 4 Comments
On behalf of the lovely ladies over yonder. What is your idea of perfect happiness? A house near the water with a library on the second floor and large windows overlooking an enormous lawn leading down to the water’s edge. Dogs chasing each other hither and yon. Contentment. What is your greatest fear? That ignorance [...]
Sir @ April 14, 2011 # 5 Comments
This week’s installment of the IndieInk Writing Challenge was submitted by Dafeenah: One of the most famous lines in Shakespeare’s Hamlet is “I must be cruel, only to be kind”. Tell about a time you or a character had to “cruel to be kind”, what were the circumstances leading up to the event, was the [...]
Sir @ April 7, 2011 # 11 Comments
This week’s installment of the IndieInk Writing Challenge was submitted by Jen, who asks me to write a conversation between two strangers. I’m not particularly adept at throwing dialogue onto a page and having it flow, but therein lies the benefit of practice. My challenge this week fell to Nicolette. For the third consecutive night, [...]