By Booker B on 11/27/2007 5:15 PM

At least one shows some charring around the edges, with unknown damage to the understructure. But apparently it wasn't really as important a bridge as it seemed. Read More »

By Booker B on 11/23/2007 7:01 PM

By Booker B on 11/21/2007 8:05 PM

. . . this is about important communications intended to address serious situations. To disregard something like that is to wish the sender away -- not just to wish they would die but that they had done so before troubling you with the message. . . . Read More »

By Booker B on 11/20/2007 11:01 PM

My application went in at about 11am, and by 4 that afternoon, I had an invitation to a phone interview. I waited until this morning to accept so as not to seem overly eager. And I think in part, it was to manage my own expectations. I've had a couple of really positive-sounding opportunities over the last several months, and nothing got quite to the finish line. I'm hoping this one works out Read More »

By Booker B on 11/19/2007 12:18 AM

. . . as I round the curve under Speer, I see: This complete film noire moon. It's the lower right half, gently illuminating the cloud bank that's obscuring the invisible upper left half. That's pure b&w richness . . Read More »

By Booker B on 11/17/2007 6:44 PM

Who knew opera could be this great? Huge drama tends to get on the nerves, of course, but the music is worth the overwrought emotions. In fact, those really are true to their own kitsch and valid within their context.

And the scenery/costume design just filled my eyes! Big, deep monochrome sets with costumes that acted as accessories. Gorgeous!

By Booker B on 11/17/2007 12:56 PM

For various reasons, this is going to be the place I do my writing for a while. I'll still keep up with email, of course, but I'm over the board and other time sinks like it.

I've spent untold hours reading and blabbing over there, and I'm not presently feeling all that great about that focus. Still love the people I've loved for a long time, and I still appreciate so many of the others. But many have become mere acquaintances, and some of the usual suspects don't have that much to say to me anymore nor I to them. Plus, I divert too much effort there.

I'm convinced that a more focused, less reactive model would be a better outlet for my writing skills and a better way to develop my point of view. In any case, I'll have somedamnthing to show for my time.