thoughts and opinions by author s. andrew swann
S Andrew Swann | October 5, 2009
In 1983 Steven King wrote the novel Chistine, about a car that was possessed. A vehicle that was, in essence, evil. I now realize that Mr. King, more than likely, owned at one point a vehicle much like my 96 Ford F-150. Like some people, some vehicles just seem to be born bad. Ford trucks [...]
S Andrew Swann | September 11, 2009
Spent blogging time trying to revive my mom’s PC, unfortunately, the patient died. I’m going to bequeath her my PC’s old brain, in a new case. (Actually an old case, my wife’s defunct Compaq
S Andrew Swann | June 19, 2009
All in all the class yesterday was a success, I manged to avoid choking, and I actually interacted with human beings who did not exist when I started writing professionally. More important, I think I did manage to get a few things across. It helps that we had a smart group that really seemed to [...]
S Andrew Swann | June 18, 2009
Running off to try and teach a bunch of 14-year-olds about action scenes. Wish me luck.
S Andrew Swann | June 12, 2009
After my post eviscerating Lowe’s (In particular, the Lowe’s at 24500 Miles Road in Bedford Heights) I thought it might be a good thing to illustrate a counter-example. Last night, me and my wife ventured to the Regal Cinema in Cleveland Heights to watch a satellite broadcast of Glen Beck’s Common Sense Comedy Tour. (Hey, [...]
S Andrew Swann | June 9, 2009
I recently received a donation request from the Fandom Association of Central Texas. Since it’s for a good cause, in addition to sending them a few titles of mine, I thought I’d pimp it here on the blog. If you’re a writer, consider shipping them some donations. If you’re a resident in the area, you [...]
S Andrew Swann | May 5, 2009
If you are thinking about visiting a big box home-improvement store, let us say for an example, the Lowe’s at 24500 Miles Road in Bedford Heights, Ohio, and you are, again let us say for an example, third in line at the checkout in the garden center, you might expect a speedy checkout, would you [...]
S Andrew Swann | March 26, 2009
I happen to have a homebrew PC on my desktop: Looks cool, but was beginning to seriously feel its age. (It would slow down if you put a Vista install disk in the same room.) So I bought a new motherboard and and chip for it. Here were prepping for surgery:
S Andrew Swann | March 18, 2009
This past Monday I went down to Mac’s Backs in Cleveland Heights (my local book store of old) to see expat Hamster Cat Valente do a reading/concert/art auction. It’s as cool as it sounds, and if you’re lucky enough to have her doing her Palimpsest rounds somewhere near you, I’d recommend it. Not only is [...]
S Andrew Swann | February 18, 2009
I just wanted to post a head’s-up on this a little in advance while there is still time for people to sign up. I will be teaching a class at the 18th Annual Western Reserve Spring Writers Confrence at Lakeland Community College on Marh 28th. The confrence runs between 8:30 and 1:30 and there are [...]
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