A writing update

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As I said before, The Marinara Murders is simmering in a drawer, waiting for me to pull it out and edit it. If all goes as planned, that will be next Saturday, where I try to read the book all in one sitting. I'm very excited to re-read it and see how I did, but in order to know that, I need some distance from it (which is why I've waiting more than 7 weeks since I finished it. But I've also decided that the best way to get a little distance from the book is to start the next Read more…

Why we need a strong Pierce Transit

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In case you haven't noticed, gas prices are up almost $0.40/gallon over this time last year. And it's possible that they will reach the same level as the summer of 2008. If you remember back to that summer, people turned to the bus in record numbers. And then in September the collapse of sales tax meant that right when people needed transit the most, Pierce Transit had to cut service. If we don't pass the sales tax for Pierce Transit in two weeks, we might be looking at the same scenario only much, much worse. Gas prices will be near Read more…

The Hunger Games Trilogy

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After a bunch of recommendations, I read The Hunger Games trilogy. These are Young Adult books, and they are violent, bloody, disturbing … and also impossible to put down. The books really are pretty brutal. They make the deaths in Harry Potter look light by comparison, and the Hunger Games heroine Katniss makes Twilight's Bella Swan look pretty weak too. But it's framed in such a way that it pulls you in rather than drives you away, which is an impressive feat considering the subject matter. And the author lets her characters wrestle with the morality surrounding the violence. I don't Read more…