Phoning It In

Between being sick for several days and work being terrible for the past week, I have neither the time nor motivation to get a real post up. Instead of posting some of my old stuff, I decided to be even more Danish and post someone else's stuff.

So here's a video my brother shot and put together, (who you all met in this post. He's the tall one.) It's a pretty cool look at the wildlife you can see in and around Bimini, which is a pair of small islands in the Bahamas where he and his girlfriend, Katie, live and work.

And hopefully next time I'll have a post of my own to put up. Or, if this gets a lot of hits, maybe I'll just show Grant's videos from now on and coast on his labor. I'm cool with either.

Bat-Tuesday

It's Bat-Tuesday on Fat Tuesday. I wonder what the Dark Knight Detective is up to?

Hey, Batman-o-mine. Any big plans for Mardi Gras?

Cool. That sounds like fun. Mind if I join you?

Awesome! So, should I wear anything in particular?

Ok. That seems like more work than I want to put into it. From your comment it sounds like you've already been partying for a few days. Why didn't I know about that?

Fair enough. So, how are we kicking off the festivities tonight?

You know what? I think I'll just stay home. You have fun, Bats.

Cousin Balki Says:

Pay to see The Phantom Menace in 3-D? Don't be ridi-cool-ous.

Bat-Tuesday

Hey, let's see what Batman is up to. That'll be fun.

Hiya, Bats. Do you know what today is?

Come on. Think about it. You're supposed to be the World's Greatest Detective.

It's Valentine's Day!

Yes! I can't believe you forgot.

So, how are you planning on spending this special day?

Geeze, sorry for asking. Who'd have thought he'd be so touchy about it?

The Post That Ended Religious Strife

Since I already ended racism in a previous post, I figured I might as well go ahead and end religious strife as well.

So every religious leader in the world - take a look at this.

Awwwwwwwwwwwww.

I think we can all agree that that is one cute picture. And if we can agree on that, just think of what else we might be able to agree on?

You're welcome, Religion.

Lifetimes of Blood - The Origin!

It's been one of those weeks where I feel like there's a ton of stuff that I either need or want to get done, and just not enough hours in the day to do so.

This couch isn't going to sleep on itself, for example.

So as usual when that happens, I dig up something a wrote a decade ago and post that instead. This week, in light of my collection of short stories being released, (Sometimes Evil Just Don't Pay, in case you forgot,) I've decided to post one of my short stories that I didn't include in the book. And to tie it in with my other book, (Lifetimes of Blood, in case you forgot that, too,) it's the short story that Lifetimes of Blood was based off of.

This was my second story ever published, although it was the third or fourth accepted for publication. The first sentence of the story had been stuck in my head for a day or two, and eventually I came up with the story to go with it. After it was published, the editor that had published my first story emailed me to say he had read and liked it, and thought it would make for a good screenplay. I didn't feel ready to tackle writing a screenplay at that point, but thinking about it caused me to fill in more of the story. Once I came up with the idea for The Other One that was pretty much the missing piece and I turned it into a novella.

Those who have read Lifetimes of Blood will notice that I used a good portion of this story as the third chapter in LOB. I basically just cut out the flashbacks, since they were chapters of their own now, and embellished a little. Incidentally, I had forgot until re-reading this story just now that I pretty clearly insinuated that Jonas was Jeffrey Dahmer. At the time it was current.

So here you go, after the jump - The Origin of Lifetimes of Blood. I know you'll sleep better knowing all this.