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 I have learned the hard way not to trust my roommate to keep his word about anything.   Yesterday we were supposed to go to Drum Circle and get my books to HPB, but he slept through the day.  He spent all of yesterday messing around on Facebook as if it was the most important thing in the world.  He has no real sleep schedule and is semi-retired, so everything he does is up to his whims and he couldn't care less about what I want to do.   I have noticed this pattern for years and this was the straw that broke my back.  I am hopeful I can get employment soon because I want out of this situation and I long for more freedom.  I haven't had any freedom for seven years.   I will pray and I won't give up, but I am thinking better friends and supporters are out there.   No more narcissists.   I am going full no-contact once I escape.  I don't care who knows or WHO reads this blog.    I learned my lesson ...

 Not long ago I wrote 'Hair of the Dogman' which was inspired by actually witnessing the wild, untamed, fierce crytpid run in a blind blaze next to my neighbor's house across the way.   I know what I saw that night and it wasn't a coyote, dog or even remotely close to anything familiar.    Being so motivated, I will also be writing about two other entities I saw while railfanning.   Of course, it might have been because I was lacking sleep, but I cannot deny what I saw near the railroad tracks, either.    In other news, I am writing a tale inspired by Dark Matter , which is one of my favorite programs currently.   I am catching up with Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War and  tend to watch Eureka Seven as well as Kaiju Girl .   There are a ton of new anime out and I'm definitely being entertained this fall.    I haven't really had much luck in getting my roommate's help when it comes to webcasts, so unfortunatel...

  Table of Contents Chapter 1—Stan’s Birthday Chapter 2—'Shut the Front Door, THE Mavin Bellwether ?’ Chapter 3—Deke Ether, Fraudster Extraordinaire Chapter 4—Sloppy and Thoughtless Chapter 5—‘You’re In Trouble !’ Chapter 6—Strength in Numbers Chapter 7—Justice Is Served Chapter 8—‘I Baked You A Cake !’ Epilogue       Chapter 1—Stan’s Birthday                 Marvin tended to be forgetful when it came to important dates since he was always busy busting perps and swiftly putting them behind bars.     His arrest record had nearly doubled since Mavin had been recruited.    They worked together like a finely oiled machine, and things had been remarkably quiet in Grimberg, much to everyone’s surprise.                    ‘Hey, Marv !    Did you remembe...

  Table of Contents Chapter 1—Forgive My Wandering Eyes Chapter 2—Glow Boldly Chapter 3—Punky Bold Muriel Chapter 4—Transmuting Chapter 5—‘You’re Pretty Rad, Muriel Bagg’ Chapter 6—'Wherever The Road Leads’ Epilogue   Chapter 1—Forgive My Wandering Eyes                 Muriel had gotten addicted recently to dime store romance novels.    She could once remember a time when Eustace actually courted her and took her on dates.    They were never opulent, but she didn’t mind.      Their romantic dates were magnificent, but she missed the times she and Eustace were amorous.     It never seemed to be a perfect time for them to be together, and he always seemed to be uninterested.      Yet, he was always ogling younger women whenever they were on TV.             ...

 Chapter 5 of Arcana: The Shuffled Fate--The Emperor, Everyone's Favorite Dad is now available on Amazon.   I will be penning Old Master in a New World and Rose-Colored Hope as I complete the series.   It is my utmost hope that I receive the assistance that I have been looking for when it comes to webcasting since my roommate and I have no other particular places to go or be so hopefully, we will be setting up the studio to record webcasts (I only have a few back up reviews and parodies and those are dwindling).    I finally saw Forbidden Planet.    It had a lot of the technology I've seen in sci-fi movies of its ilk, but it often tickles me how optimistic 1960s science fiction was.    Too bad we haven't colonized other worlds, let alone figured out lightspeed (we'd have to understand Dyson spheres, good luck figuring all of THAT out).        Gideon was an enjoyable character to flesh out.   Now I'm goi...

 Currently in my seven-part tale, I have completed  1.   What a Fool Believes  2.  Black Coat, Top Hat    My current tale in the saga is 'Fierce, Fearless, Female', then 'Gilded Crown',  'Everyone's Favorite Dad', 'Old Master in a New World' and then 'Rose Colored Hope' that brings our entire group back together to put an end to our old rival, The Devil, Beltharian Noir.   Beltharian takes upon a lot of aspects that create a compelling villain.  He is a true masochist, Machiavellian, malignant narcissist that wants nothing more than to create pain, misery, strife and suffering.    What's interesting about him is he is an actual vampire that has one known weakness and that is permission.    He seems to be indestructible, but he never bargained on facing the entire Arcana at once.  So far, I am really enjoying fleshing out these characters since they are all so unique.   Each has their own relat...