Friday, August 22, 2025

Arizona Congresssman Must Have Read My Book, Proposes Cyber Privateering Law


H.R. 4988

Arizona Republican David Schweikert introduced the Scam Farms Marque and Reprisal Authorization Act of 2025 in the House of Representatives last week. If signed into law, it would give the US President a lot of leeway in issuing letters of marque to create an armada of internet privateers. Here's the story: UK Register Cyberprivateering Story 

Saturday, August 16, 2025

My Nearly 19-Year-Old Dog is Still With Me, Thanks to Chiropractor Russ Harward



 

A couple years ago, my old dog Chenoa had a herniated disc, and the vet suggested we consider putting her down. In desperation, I called my bicycling buddy (we're done many thousands of miles together), a sports medicine chiropractor named Russ Harward. I asked him if he had any experience with animals, and he said he absolutely did. 

Just one session with Russ and my sweet little girl walked perfectly. She's now almost 19 and doing well. Admittedly, I've anthromorphized her, making Chenoa the star of my sci-fi novel The Last Will & Testament of Harley and His Dog. I also gave her the title role in my Silver Award-winning short story, The Destroying Angel's Dog.

I'm glad she's still with me.

Friday, June 27, 2025

My Once-a-year Scam Email: "Pay me $1500 or I'll show you viewing porn to your friends."


 I'm wondering how much these scams pull in. Since I've never in my long life even seen a porn site, I figured I'd share this crook's Litecoin wallet address:

ltc1qhx726s7mlnzfngmmt5u44ls7n5lch44z936lch


 I used a crypto currency explorer to check the balance in this account, but the guy set it up just for this scam. Pretty smart. I'd send this to the FBI, but those folks are after bigger fish than this yokel.

Do me a favor. If you know this scammer, share that I got a good laugh, and that the user at  mx.netsol.xion.oxcs.net with ESMTPS id 4bT9Dz39WhzqSNH should spend some time finding honest work.


Friday, May 9, 2025

Reminsing on How TIME MAGAZINE Changed My Life

I was sitting in my doctor's office and picked up the first issue of TIME MAGAZINE I'd seen in over 30 years. It got me pondering how that publication changed my life over 60 years ago. Enjoy








 

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

My 3 Novels Would Make THRILLING Movies!

 


This year I've been promoting my 3 published novels. I envisioned each one as an action movie. I had some interest in DESTROYING ANGEL, but it didn't pan out. Now that the movie business has gone to hell, all bets are off. But the audio-narrated books are the next best thing. Because they're like a movie in your head. I'm about two-thirds done with a 4th novel. Maybe lightning will strike there?