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Category Archives: Authors
Catching up with the former ‘Noble’ Lumpkin
The last we heard from Coy he was unable to attend the secret meeting of the 43rd annual convention of the Grand Mystic Royal Order of the Nobles of the Alibaba Temple of the Shrine because his motorcycle was stuck … Continue reading
Posted in Arkansas, Authors, music, Texarkana, urban legend, Writing
Tagged 43rd annual convention, AR, Billy Bob Thornton, conduct unbecoming, Coy, Harley Davidson, Illustrious Potentate, Nashville, no-tell motel, Noble Lumpkin, pillar of the community, Ray Stevens, Shriners' Convention, Slingblade, Western Sizzlin'
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Better Rewards
I do better (am more productive) when I have deadlines and rewards. Lately I’ve had all the deadlines I could ever want, but the rewards department needed to upgrade from the overused caloric treats and buying more clothes/shoes/random organizers that … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, DIY Project, music, Writing
Tagged bad decisions, creativity, do better, famous, fiverr, freelance, I Got It, know better do better, lady gaga, lyrics, Maya Angelou, poet laureate, process, retail therapy, rewards, songwriters
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Older Than Bones
I ran across a FB post about how the Rocky Mountains are taller than the Appalachians. The poster insinuates that taller is better. Someone responds to this post by telling the wannabe Texan that bigger ain’t always better saying that … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Children, Education, karma, math, Writing
Tagged 12 lb. bass, 500 million years ago, advanced degrees, Appalachian Mountains, bio-medical engineering, biology, C. E. Anthony, Charlene, Clyde E. Anthony, Clyde Elias Anthony, Designing Women, dinosaurs, elevation, fauna, flora, fossils, half a billion years ago, Hermione, knee cartilage, Leah Swanstrom, pre-dates bones, pre-dates dinosaurs, Rocky Mountains, Sabine Parish, spear fishing, telomeres, the Kraken, The National Enquirer, time turner, topper
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Good Ideas
I have no shortage of really interesting “high concept” stories in my head. What I’m missing are the characters to tell the story for me. Characters are hard work. You have to invent whole persons out of nothing more than … Continue reading
Posted in accounting, Authors, Writing
Tagged accounting, As Good As it Gets, Bridget Jones, characters, conflict, Finance, General Ledger Island, GMC, goal, high concept, Jack Nicholson, motivation, New York Times Bestseller, plotting, Powerball, The Big Short, The Little Debit Who Could, The Smartest Guys in the Room, torture
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The Fallacy of the New Project
New projects are like kittens, cute and adorable, unlike their older, grumpier cat counterparts. Dr. Katherine Gunny, an accounting professor at UC-Denver, made an offhand comment about the fallacy of the new project. It appears all shiny and worry-free compared … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, California, Goal setting, Graduation, Louisiana, Monterey, Statistics, Writing
Tagged CA, California, econometrics, Louisiana, LSU, Monterey, PhD, writing
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A Design Disaster
I’m 10 years late to the party, but just saw one of these today: Most mom-mobiles are made out of teflon to deflect all of the kool-aid spills and goldfish crumbs that forever line the seat stitches upon which … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Louisiana, LSU, Writing
Tagged abomination, art, crevices, design, disaster, edsel, ford, ford and jaguar, functional, goldfish crumbs, jaguar, jaguar station wagon, Kill Bill meets Dusk to Dawn, koolaid spills, pussy wagon, Quentin Tarantino, Selma Hayek, stains, station wagon, teflon, The Edsel, thong, toddlers, Uma Thurman, zombies
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Life Lessons Cubed
My dear friend Trish called me today. We got to visit uninterrupted, which means that it’s barely March and I’ve used up my Christmas miracle already. She mentioned that she’d like for me to do a blog on my “Life’s … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, chocolate, Christmas, family
Tagged accidental genius, boring, box of chocolates, calvin, cars, christmas miracle, coincidence, cube, cube root, Forrest Gump, friends, Gone with the Wind, hobbes, life is a mess, life lessons, luck, Mammy, meaning of happiness, melted, money, pearls of wisdom, Rubik's cube, Scarlett O'Hara, synchronicity, therapy, time or money, too rich, too thin, Wallis Simpson, women
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Helm’s Deep
You’re supposed to write what you like to read. And for the most part, I do. But, I have a confession to make. Even in books I like to read, I skimp (skim/skip) some parts. One of those sections is … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Dumbasses, television
Tagged action scenes, Batman and Robin, Charles Shultz, elves, Frodo, Helm's Deep, leviathan, Lord of the Rings, mankind, orucii, Snoopy, vampires, werewolves
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HomeChurchin’
Thanks #Keb’Mo’ for the new word. We’ve got home-schooling, home-cooking, and now home-Churching. I’m down with this today. Yesterday I spent the most beautiful day of 2014 (so far) in a hotel meeting room being eviscerated by a perky blonde’s … Continue reading
Laura Alford @ Old Hwy Six West 