E D Skinner

Fiction, facts, and philosophy

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NaNoWriMo Approacheth
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10/12/17

Since 1999, this annual event has helped motivate authors, including lots of wannabes like myself, complete book-length 50,000 word pieces in the month of November. With a daily goal of 1,500 words and a website for participants to commit to and then track their daily progress, NaNoWriMo provides the daily carrot, or in my case what worked for me-the whip-to get it done.

Pixie Ears
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10/9/17

The hearing of my Chinese Pixie is much better now.

Surgery By The Eights
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4/2/17

2023 Addendum

I survived, have been cancer-free for more than six years, and am living life to the fullest.

Not ET’s Heart Light
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1/22/17

2023 Addendum

It’s been six years since I wrote this, and I am officially a cancer survivor.

Cancer
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1/19/17

2023 Addendum

Officially, I am now a “cancer survivor.”

If you’re facing something like this, take heart. It is hard, but the doctors are great, the nurses wonderful, and the technology is fabulous.

Houston, We Have A Problem
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11/20/16

It’s called a “Denial of Service” attack and it comes from a virus, affectionately named as you can see in the snippet above, “Smurf”.

Tax Breaks
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9/28/16

You get a break on your taxes for:

It’s 1984 Again
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9/25/16

Specifically, if you have an Android cell phone and have shopped for any new app, then you’ll have a Google account. There, you can find all sorts of useful things like email, maps, spread sheets and, it turns out, where you were any day since you got the phone.

Adverb’s Disease
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9/22/16

My writing is afflicted with a horrible disease.

Flat5’s 50 Percent
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9/16/16

WordPress tallies a lot of information about this website including how many times pages are viewed, where those viewers are, and so forth.