Dave Goudsward

My next book is out in a few weeks and I am making a prediction.

Someone will make general statements of how it's a useful book but that the biographical appendices are probably better suited as a standalone book.

I'm not saying they're wrong or right, but rest assured, it happening.

Thanks to marketing use of AI, my pen name David Bernard is getting daily mail advising him of his medicare options (I assume that means he's 65 or older)

Today, my father-in-law got his 2nd sample issue of Conde Nast Traveler. I assume that means their primary demographic are the elderly deceased.

Trying to share access between two phones and doorbell camera I didn't want. Grounds for divorce? Because uxoricide looking better and better.

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Am I the only one who thinks Erika gives off Tammy Faye vibes?

In hindsight, observing Mariachi and Polka sound remarkably similar was not the best thing to say in a Mexican restaurant

I can't decide what would be funnier – if the shooter turns out to be a J6 pardon or if he turns out to be trained by the IDF

Random thoughts:

Secret Service let those women get awfully close to the the Fuhrer. Only the best security for protecting the orange dung pile.

With everyone distracted by the protests, did anyone check the kitchen for irate food handlers??

What's the nutritional value of a loogie ?

I've started filling gaps in my library. Today's mail brought 2 books. First is Rupert Gould's Oddities. It's Fortean, not crypto, but I have such a high regard for his work, the omission is inexcusable

The other is Edward Rowe Snow's Supernatural Mysteries, another of his faux-folklore crapfests

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A kiddley divey too.

More importantly, what shape is the road in? It took NH years to get the roads repaired, paved, and widened.

Assuming it's true, I am torn between wanting a slow, painful, lingering death and a quick death with the irony of it happening on Labor Day.

My next book is bogged down by issues that you only see w small press. Editor took the mss & enlarged/changed the font to read it easier, wiping out the original formatting, such as inset block quotes. Ended up color coding text with different formatting and still have issues.

Good times.

It's remarkable what a difference getting a little rain can make

The fastest way to deter visits from the Jehovah Witnesses is to scream obscenities at them in your underwear.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

Absolutely, although I suspect the drinking in the novel is more of a way of coping with his "fish out of water" situation compared to the movie's socially acceptable alcoholism.

If you have actually read Dashiell Hammett, you know Bogart's Sam Spade is closer to the author's vision of the character than William Powell's Nick Charles. In fact, I question whether anyone associated with film read The Thin Man

This position has not helped my popularity in Classic Film fandom

Publisher #1 just asked if I had a copy of the edited mss that allegedly the editor sent him weeks ago.

Publisher #2 has announced they never recovered from the last hurricane & and are shutting down.

All in all, I've had better mornings

The drama teacher, my mentor, had already spotted I was struggling with dialogue almost a decade before I realized it. By picking a show I'd done repeatedly, she guaranteed I knew the lines before rehearsals started.

The good teachers spot problems. Great teacher find a work around.

I always thought it started in my mid-20s when I running a theater group, pre-prod on one show, rehearsing another, and performing in a third.

I am now told that the reason my Senior Class Play was Arsenic & Old Lace was specifically because I had toured the previous summer with the same show.

I have no problem with talking to crowds. I have talked in front of 2000 people and the only issue was my inability to stay on topic.

Having said that, I gave working in theater, not because of the audience, but because I had burned out so badly I still can't remember lines.

There is no greater proof of the existence of hell then Costco on the day Social Security checks get deposited

Not if I forget to remove the glass frame

If you fold a watercolor in half, can I call it two-ply?

Being estate executors for a number of family members, we find ourselves with a fairly extensive art collection, primarily signed mid-century prints and original pieces.

I can't wait to find out the appraisal cost more than the combined value.

The suggestion has been made that I should start a blog reviewing past and present books in cryptozoology.

I'm not sure there are enough good titles to offset the number of books that are worthless.

That good/bad imbalance would be a dull read but the outraged replies would be entertaining.

I had the house painted for the first time in 20 years.

The neighbors are convinced getting ready to sell it.

For those of you who keep track of things that make me squeal like a little girl, the Headless Horseman is once again leading the Boo-To-You parade during Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party.

I am not digging that path projection for TS Erin.

Time to put the welcome mat in the garage before Jim Cantore shows up.