So I was asked the other day, why I haven't posted anything of late (the past six-months late, apparently). My, how time flies when life is okay, huh? I'd love to blame violence in Jim Carrey movies, or the continuing shenanigans of the reality show The Real Teapublicans of D.C., or better yet my personal laziness. But it's none of those, folks - well, maybe a little of one - I'll let you pick. Work is steady, no major stress or creative blocks, things have been too good for the b(itch)log-a-sphere. But, I have to remember there are good things to write about. . .but then, moods, like frames of mind can change. . .
"Sit Elsewhere, Before You Break Something! said the Ellison-man."
Appreciation by James Patrick Lockett Melancholy ain’t just Lassie guarding some cantaloupes. Nor is it the word that properly describes how I feel today. There are forty-eight synonyms in the Thesaurus for ‘sad’ and not one of them adequately convey how I feel. Just one of the many things I already miss about Harlan Ellison – I’m sure he would look at me and throw out ‘lugubrious’ or ‘woebegone’ or just a simple, ‘low.’ I’d started writing half a dozen times, different things the passed couple of days, and all the words always seemed to just mock my feelings. Maybe it’s not time yet. So, I sat eating (Hydrox) cookies and re-re-re-reading Ellison short stories – feeling sorry for our loss and mad that death slipped in like a thief in the night and took Harlan in his sleep. Normally, that’s the way we all want to go, but there’s something lily-livered about not having the guts/spine/pluck (take your pick) to risk encountering Harlan’s wrath. ...
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