Forcing Myself to Blog

Much has happened recently. Many topics for blogging have been evaluated and ultimately rejected. Elections and heavy workloads are upon us reporter-types. Basically I haven't really felt like blogging lately; between work, fledgling film scripts and a ballooning novel manuscript, the yearning to type more text has been set aside for watching movies and spending way too much time with facebook's Jedi vs. Sith application.

So bear with me if some of these upcoming posts may seem a bit labored. It takes a little while to scrape the rust off the axle. So, vote on these topics for my next post, or adopt them into your own blogs; you have the power.

1 - The subject of tithing: does it exclusively mean that we give 10 percent of our income to God, or does it include charities? I would be happy if I could give that money to a worthy charity, but that's not the point, is it...?

2 - Or I could rant on how the California forest fires are the result of poor legislation and terrible forest management over the last half century, not the fault of the Santa Anna winds.

3 - Or I could pose this question to my numerous small-market reporters: We hear a lot from pundits about how the media is doing a terrible job covering the war... how does that trickle down to us? When we do get the occasional story to cover about a local returning from Iraq or being killed, how do we cover it, why, and what are our responsibilities to our readership?

4 - Will Merlin ever be financially stable? Should he start a fund soliciting donations from able-bodied friends and non-profit groups to provide him with a nest egg?

5 - Did I leave the stove on?

The Marvels of Modern Technology

To go along with my favorite holiday, here would be some videos for your enjoying pleasure.

"Here's to Devil's Night... my new favorite holiday." - T-Bird

The Best Holiday of the Year

Halloween is finally here. To help celebrate, I thought I'd spruce up the music a bit around here with something a bit more seasonable. Enjoy.

Bloggers Unite!

Yup, there's six of them. These pups were found in the middle of the road by a co-worker's friend, and they're in need of homes. According to my co-worker they have to be adopted within five or so days, so I thought I'd put it up here on MMNIE. The rest of you that blog, copy this onto yours, or take one of them! To my knowledge they've been sprayed for fleas and wormed.

Graduation

Here's the video put together by the folks at the Westerville Division of Fire for this year's Citizens' Fire Academy. More on this post later.

A Recap

Yeah, it's been awhile, but I haven't been in the mood for blogging much lately. In reverse, here's a recap of what's been going on with me lately:

-This coming weekend: a friend from Washington D.C. is in town, and my family decided to schedule a last-minute (at least as far as I was informed) 90th birthday for my gramma in West Virginia. Can I do them both? Will Truck Norris be able to handle the mileage? We shall see!

-I still haven't been to the Rennaissance Festival. Regardless of how nerdy that may sound, I still wanna go.

- My video store by my house that I frequent every day closed its doors last weekend. A single tear was shed. Damn, I was that place's best customer! Now where will I be able to find titles like Die You Zombie Bastards, Dead Clowns, and Who the @#^%^$ is Jackson Pollack?

-Operation Hell on Earth Redux took place in Kent. When asked their names, some high school kids told me I should refer to them by their online handles. To the kid in the Darth Vader suit - so which button do you press to get your mom to come pick you up?

-I now officially have a director of cinematography credit to my name. I helped my friend Chris B. shoot his new short film, which we plan on entering on numerous film festivals. He likes to refer to us as Tarantino and Rodriquez, but I'm a little too pale to be the latter, and he's a little too dark to be the former. Mousetrap Productions, bring it on!

-I watched Wild Hogs with my dad, played fetch with my family's dog, and had an entire weekend devoid of craziness. Apparently, it can be done.

-And now I'm going back in the past a little far for my addled brain to remember. Did I mention I'm working on a book? If any of you kids out there lean toward the nerdy side, I could use a good flock of editors.

Who's ready for Halloween?