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This is a response to the Newsvine-seeded article 'Fifteen Signs That American Society is Coming Apart at the Seams,' which takes a hard look at some of the negative things happening right now in the good old U.S.A.
NASA director Jason Garrett stared at the shimmering orb from the window of his office. The moon was vibrating in the sky, as if someone had attached it to a paint shaker. Just beyond its edges, the stars rattled in an unnatural motion.
On the outside chance that you are visiting the UK this coming Saturday, August 15th, I am doing a book signing for my scifi mystery - Exit, Pursued by a Bee - 1-4pm at Manchester Trafford Centre in the large Waterstones bookstore. Free candy! The book is here at
Up in good old Auburn, Washington (known a century ago as 'Slaughter') they have the Auburn Good Old Days celebration once a year. Mostly it's a street fair with a literary festival inside the Auburn Avenue Theatre.
Newsvine's Own Robert Blevins Finds Adventure, Good Business Through BooksRobert Blevins was just a fifth-grader when he first got the notion to write. According to Blevins, 55, it was author Jules Verne who first put the spark to tinder, igniting what would become a lifelong passion for words for the Auburn author and publisher.
When we saw Sara Watson's amazing work presented at Boing-Boing, we decided to extend her an invitation: Would she be willing to join the AB staff as a cover art consultant?
Here we go again. 'Hey...wait a shortstoppin' minute there, Robert... Didn't I see this article LAST year?'
After hearing today that another 600,000 Americans lost their jobs in January, I spent the rest of the day running my vacuum through a 4,000 square foot house with a hangdog attitude. I tried to picture how many people added up to 600,000.
Well, it looks like the big Seattle windstorm that was supposed to follow the snow dump never materialized.
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