The Conclusion Of Mike Cane 2008

Pull the strings! Pull the strings!

And for a year, I have.

I had no frikkin idea what nearly a solid year of blogging would be like.



Dear God. I am wiped out!



Some days made me absolutely fucking insane. Even without Simvastatin rotting my mind!

And now I have reached the end.



Two bits of advice before I go.

The first for dealing with the financial chaos of 2009:



The second for every writer and would-be writer out there:



And that's all there is.

Thanks to everyone who stalked this blog, irregularly popped in, and also linked to it.

My online presence will now flatline. I'll likely -- maybe -- pop up on Twitter for reaction to MacWorld Expo and CES introductions.

But a new blog? I have no plans for one.

I need rest!

Leverage: The Bank Shot Job

See this post at the WordPress blog.

Writer Jeff Schult Has A New Blog

Into Temptation: Sexual Networks, Culture and Society

"Into Temptation" is a not-necessarily safe-for-work (or anywhere else) forum about evolving social-sexual networks and how they have changed and are changing lives. It will also loosely chronicle the research, writing and publication, I hope in 2010, of a book by the same name.

Jeff was ahead of the curve with medical tourism (see below links).

I wonder if he's read Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis?

That might be news for him!

Previously here:

Jeff Schult: New Medical Tourism Site
Spitzer: The Last Drop
Meet Jeff Schult (And His Teeth!)

But It's Still A Fine Madness

Some Days Are Better Than Others

I'm sure that all of you who write have experienced it.

Things seem to be going well. The words are coming out smoothly. You're in the flow. And then...

You hit that place, that certain point, where you can't seem to go any further. The words and ideas have suddenly stopped. It's like beating the bottom of that damn ketchup bottle, and nothing, but nothing, will come out!

Oh yeah.

But it's still a fine madness ...



... even when it makes us feel like that!

Follow Arjun Basu On Twitter

And you'll get a wonderful story in a tweet. He calls these "Twisters."

This is a collection of some from the past few days:

Click below to make readable!


Follow Arjun Basu on Twitter.

Reading Is An Investment In Thinking

The Long Decline of Reading

It takes hours to finish a book, even for the fastest readers. This wasn’t a problem when books had less competition, but with the three massive timesinks of cable TV, videogames, and the internet, people look at that massive time investment, and they get apprehensive. Sure, they know that books can be just as enjoyable as movies or games, if not more. They may even feel guilty about not reading. But what if this book is no good? What if I end up hating it? What if I can’t understand it? Imagine all the time wasted! And so they stop before they even start.

A long, detailed, and excellent article.

Strangely, public libraries aren't mentioned at all.

Interster Episode Two: Saboteur

See this post at the WordPress blog.