My brother, and his friend Ken, on the firing line I like to shoot guns. I find that the hobby helps relieve stress in a big way. I know that may sound odd, with the loud bang and hot lead screaming down a barrel, towards a target, but the stress just melts away with each press of the trigger. My brother recently decided to get into the hobby and asked if I was up for joining him at the range. …
Month: February 2011
Not terribly long ago I wrote up a post outlining the goals that I intended to keep for the year. One of those goals was to write a couple of blog posts per week, in an attempt to keep my personal blog fresh. If you read that post, you may be wondering what happened? What happened was I came across a Fantasy-Faction.com through twitter. The website is one based primarily on Fantasy reading. In addition to the blog, where you …
The moon hung high in the sky, casting light through stain glass windows in multi-colored streaks. Fat flakes of falling snow flickered through the moonlight, giving old plaster walls a sinister appearance. Wall sconces around the perimeter of the large room flickered and burned, leaving dingy trails of sut climbing towards the ceiling. A tall man with white hair leisurely paced up an down an aisle between pews. His face was weathered and weary. His voice was gritty but gentle. …
Several months back I found myself with a good deal of time to kill. My grand plan was to run an errand about an hour from home and visit a Boarders bookstore in the area for new reading material. I wasn’t terribly impressed by their Fantasy selection, but one book caught my eye, Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie. Armed with my latest purchase, I drove to a local cigar shop and planned on enjoying a cigar while I immersed …
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