BlogHide Resteemsmarkrhunter (62)in humor • 2 days agoDeer, Booze, and Robert BurnsBy now you're all sick of 2025 being as bad as 2024, and maybe you're thinking of just cancelling the rest of the 2020s. Low ratings, right? They cancelled Firefly. But my wife and I are of defiant…markrhunter (62)in free • 8 days agoFree E-Book, AgainRead An E-book Week is here! While I know it's no Arbor Day, it does afford us an opportunity to ... well, read an e-book. I don't know who invents these things, but on Smashwords a free e-book sale…markrhunter (62)in books • 17 days agoBook Sale Report, 2024, or: Don't Give Up My Day JobWell, it's time for a look at how I did in publishing last year or, as I like to put it, it's Black February. Back in 2023, in an attempt to prime the pump, so to speak, I invested some money in…markrhunter (62)in humor • 22 days agoColon Check Brought Blood Pressure SurpriseI planned to work on a new blog during my colonoscopy prep day, but the day went, shall we say, badly. Okay, it went very badly, although the procedure the next day was a breeze (they tell me). One…markrhunter (62)in eagles • last monthBald Eagles at Salamonie ReservoirJust a photo blog today. After we got my glasses repaired a few weeks ago (long story), we headed down to the Salamonie reservoir near Huntington, where we proceeded to drive around aimlessly for…markrhunter (62)in books • last monthComing Attractions and Storm Squalls are now audiobooksYes, Coming Attractions and the short story collection Storm Squalls are now audiobooks, available on Audible and Amazon, thanks to Kindle's virtual voice. But be warned: The narration is done by…markrhunter (62)in snow • 2 months agoWinter Weather Woes Worry WriterThe other day I was at Wal-Mart (wearing two layers of pajamas--brrrr), when I ran into a polar bear shopping for winter coats. "Shouldn't you be up north?" I asked. "Nah, I'm tired of the cold.…markrhunter (62)in humor • 2 months agoWinterizing Is Not For the WeakIt can be nice to sit in our house and let the summer breeze blow past. Or, to get even more breeze, we could open the windows. My house leaks like a Washington insider. Over the years we’ve…markrhunter (62)in humor • 2 months agoI've Got It In the Palm Of My Hand (pain, that is)The ortho doctor gave me a shot for Dupuytren's Contracture, which isn't nearly as bad a thing as it sounds. The shot was to inject cortisone through Arthrocentesis. I could make that sound like I…markrhunter (62)in humor • 2 months agoWrite-In Ballots Challenge SanityDuring the last national election (in the otherwise cursed year of 2024), Tippecanoe County, Indiana received a number of write-in ballots for the office of President. I've always thought of…markrhunter (62)in newyear • 2 months agoResolved: To Make No ResolutionsI don't do resolutions, because failing is a terrible way to start a new year. If you make a major life change, do it gradually. A New Year's Resolution is like someone who never exercised…markrhunter (62)in birth • 2 months agoThe Good, the Bad, and the BabySome of you are already aware that my Dad was stuck in the hospital over Christmas after suffering a heart attack. He'd actually gone in for a severe sinus infection, something I also had at the…markrhunter (62)in christmas • 3 months agoHappy Birthday/Christmas!In the above photo you can see a Christmas decoration that depicts Emily and I kissing. This year we shared not a kiss, but coughing and hacking. (We're much better now, although there are other…markrhunter (62)in giveaway • 3 months agoYou Deserve a Free Book This YearOnce again we're giving away Coming Attractions on ebook, as part of the Smashwords 2024 End of Year Sale. I'm sure we're all looking forward to the end of this particular year. So starting…markrhunter (62)in books • 3 months agoBooks For Holiday Buying or: It's Not Promotion If I Keep It FunIt occurs to me that time is running out to convince you to buy our books for Christmas. Okay, time actually has run out, depending on how you take delivery, but there are New Year’s presents, of…markrhunter (62)in firefighters • 3 months agoR.I.P. Firefighter / Dispatcher Mitch Fiandt, a friendA week ago I wrote here that Mitch Fiandt was fighting cancer, and now he's gone. Just like that. That's Mitch on the left, still in his dispatch uniform pants. Yeah, that's me on the right. We…markrhunter (62)in firefighters • 4 months agoFirefighters, Death, and CancerWe lost one of our past firefighters this month, and a present long-time member is fighting a deadly disease. Joe Meyer was one of my trainees when I was an Albion Fire Department instructor, and…markrhunter (62)in books • 4 months agoOodles of Books: the Gift That Keeps On Reading"If the Beast gave me a library like he gave to Belle, I'd marry him too." -- Aya Ling So, my wife's bosses were going through storage units, and had to sort through all the books their daughter…markrhunter (62)in humor • 4 months agoWe Need a Little Christmas, Again(Writer's note: I had a whole opening written out relating to the election, but things went in the entirely opposite direction from what I'd predicted. Just the same, a bunch of people are unhappy…markrhunter (62)in politics • 4 months agoMore Presidential Predictions, or: I have a time machine!I was very curious to know what the results would be from the upcoming US Presidential election, so I borrowed a car from a friend of mine and went to check it out. When that baby hit 88 mph, I…
