Monthly Archives: June 2011

Autobiography of a Super-Villain

Years ago I ran across “The Top 100 Things I’d Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord.”  It’s a fairly complete list of the mistakes that get made in various media by villains and super-villains all the time, and

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Announcing Three Serialized Books…

It’s been decided – I’m going to be serializing three brand new books by myself here on MidnightRyder.org.  This should be fun First off is “Muse.”  Book one of three, Muse presents a whole new take on the human mind.

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Deciding the fate of my writings

In the process of ripping and shredding everything and deciding on an entirely new set of priorities there’s still a few loose ends to decide upon.  I intentionally avoid anything that’s going to add an extra bit to my workload

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Baby Jaguar Update – those stinkin’ blinkers!

I said when I bought the the Jaguar it was going to be a restoration project – and it’s definitely turned into that  I also said I was going to post updates… OK, I’ve been rather slow about that. I’m

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Life, Reformed: Keep Pushin’ On

Well it’s comin together I finally feel like a man, oh yes I do I never thought that I’d be where I am, oh Everyday I wake a little bit higher Whoa I keep pushin on, oh yeah – REO

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Life, Reformed: Life So Far

So what happens when a work-a-holic decides to change his ways?  Does insanity ensue? Surprisingly, no.  Heck, for that matter, I’m surprised how (relatively) easy this has been so far!  I’ve been going to bed pretty close to on time

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Life, Reformed: Addendum

I had a couple of conversations with folks today that resulted in a couple more items for my change list.  Friend B didn’t know that Friend A and I had chatted, and what he had to say – basically, a

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Life, Reformed

It’s interesting what can be a wake up call that you need to make some changes in your life, how deep those changes need to go, and how many time you’ve had to cover the same territory. (Side note:  most

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Re-Introduction

I blame this on Don Rhoden and Anthea Burson. After reading my various writings that appear in this section, well, you can blame them too. I popped in a new menu and category on the site after a conversation about

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Share The Stars, Part 2: You

I wish I could share the stars. I don’t know when I started going out onto a dirt road and looking up at the sky by myself.  It’s a moment of escape – the noise of the city is gone.

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Share The Stars, Part 1: Solo

I wish I could share the stars. I grew up in the country and took the star filled nights for granted.  Don’t get me wrong – as a kid I loved to look at the stars.  We even had a

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Hair, hair, everywhere (‘cept on my head, for the moment.)

I’ve always wondered if I’d look good bald.  For me, this is a very important subject – because I’m going bald anyway.  I used to have very long, full hair with a high forehead.  It was nice.  I liked it.

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