Pictured: Flooding this week in Houston, Texas. When I got home from work Thursday evening, I didn't get out of my truck for nearly 30 minutes. I realized sitting inside a Ford F-150 is not a safe place to be during a Tornado Warning, but with 75 MPH Winds, Lightning, Crazy Rain, and Branches flying … Continue reading Thursday Night Felt Like A Hurricane.
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The rare green comet, named C/2022 E3 (ZTF), commonly referred to as The Green Comet, not to be confused with The Green Hornet, was discovered in March of 2022. The comet is streaking toward Earth from the outer solar system for the first time in 50,000 years. In a bizarre twist that seemed to defy … Continue reading Rare GREEN COMET Appearance This Week. First Time Since The Stone Age. Optical Illusion Gives Comet Third Tail.
I'm wishing everyone a Merry Christmas! Joseph Shanklin December 24, 2021
Something Interesting In September 1977, NASA launched the twin Voyager Spacecraft to probe the outer reaches of our solar system. Voyager I is clipping along at nearly 38,000 miles per hour and is more than 14 billion miles from Earth. Having taken a different path, Voyager II is roughly 12 billion miles from Earth. Thousands … Continue reading Something Interesting [Voyager I & II Today]
I have spent the past week doing two things, working, and sleeping! Although I have managed to invest a few hours into one of my writing projects. My second Novel, and Part II in the series I'm publishing. Funny thing, Book I has not hit the shelves yet, and I'm already heavily invested in the … Continue reading I Have Missed All of You
We must all face this crisis together, by staying as far apart as possible! Wishing everyone a safe and healthy day! ❤️ Joe
For several weeks I've been pushing to finish my novel. At last count [yesterday], my word total is 101,000, leaving me somewhere in the middle of my second draft. I've made a decision: I'll be packaging Books 1 & 2 of the Series together for sale totaling 120k words, instead of only Book 1 @ … Continue reading Novel Update
The necessity of pain, who would we be without it? We will never know. For those individuals spending their entire life reliving the pain with each pull of a trigger, it can be a never-ending story, not unlike the movie Groundhog Day. (I recommend the movie) Like most of what I write, this piece comes … Continue reading Damages 3, Flashbacks
INTRODUCTION Warning, kind of a long read, but worth it... Writing used to be such an unclimbable mountain to me, something that I would never be able to achieve in my life. In fact, I didn't like writing. The love that I used to have for reading has been transformed into a new love for … Continue reading Damages Part 2, The World is a Serial Killer.
A couple of years ago I was visiting a friend that I hadn't seen or spoken with for over a year. At some point during the evening he asked me this one question. Do you live your life and make your decisions based on life experiences or the sign of the moment? I didn't hesitate … Continue reading Signs
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