Ad Hudler's Blog, page 32
March 2, 2010
Is that a birdy in Ad's computer?
I told you a few days back that I started tweeting on twitter. It is no secret among authors that blogs are on the way out, and they've been replaced by facebook and twitter.
If you're not my friend on facebook, you really should be. I give great status reports.
And on twitter I'm AdHudler.
Note to people not on facebook: Don't be afraid of it. If I can do it, believe me, YOU can do it. I am a technophobe moron.
Actually, I'm enjoying the Twitter. You can tweet from anywhere on a cell phone, and ...
If you're not my friend on facebook, you really should be. I give great status reports.
And on twitter I'm AdHudler.
Note to people not on facebook: Don't be afraid of it. If I can do it, believe me, YOU can do it. I am a technophobe moron.
Actually, I'm enjoying the Twitter. You can tweet from anywhere on a cell phone, and ...
February 28, 2010
A great weekend
Each year the Hoover Public Library in suburban Birmingham, known as one of the best libraries in the country (seriously, only Queens beat them in a recent national comparison), invites a handful of authors to their Southern Voices Conference. This year, I was asked, and I was in fine, fine company:
Billy Collins, a poet laureate of the United States. A very funny, very smart man (I think my wife, who accompanied me, has a crush on him.)
Marc Fitten, who recently published his first novel "Vale...
Billy Collins, a poet laureate of the United States. A very funny, very smart man (I think my wife, who accompanied me, has a crush on him.)
Marc Fitten, who recently published his first novel "Vale...
February 25, 2010
Technophobe
Yeah, that's me. I was reluctant to start facebook, and even more reluctant to start twittering. But after several readers have badgered me about it, I finally signed up for twitter. My twitter name, appropriately, is AdHudler.
I like how twitter only gives you 140 characters to say what you need to say: verbal discipline. Maybe it'll make all of us poets in the end, huh?
I'm off to Macon, Georgia tomorrow where I give the Friday keynote address at the Crossroads Writers Conference. I'm going t...
I like how twitter only gives you 140 characters to say what you need to say: verbal discipline. Maybe it'll make all of us poets in the end, huh?
I'm off to Macon, Georgia tomorrow where I give the Friday keynote address at the Crossroads Writers Conference. I'm going t...
February 24, 2010
Another Bad Dream
Okay, now I am prone to have nightmares. Very bad ones. I never have sweet dreams -- they're always grisly. They always involve deadlines and pressure.
Last night, I dreamed that I went to a bar/restaurant owned by frat boys ... and in order to get served you had to pair up with three other people, and the four of you had to then surround someone who was eating his dinner ... and pee on him while he was eating ... and of course every frat boy in the place was laughing his ass off each time thi...
Last night, I dreamed that I went to a bar/restaurant owned by frat boys ... and in order to get served you had to pair up with three other people, and the four of you had to then surround someone who was eating his dinner ... and pee on him while he was eating ... and of course every frat boy in the place was laughing his ass off each time thi...
February 22, 2010
Cell phones: Maybe not the anti-Christ after all
Readers of this blog are well aware of my feelings about people who talk on cell phones while driving: THEY DESERVE CAT VOMIT FOR DINNER.
But I have to say I saw a good, practical use of cell phones the other day. Two guys got into a fender bender in the Publix parking lot near my house. And instead of calling the cops -- damages were slight -- they used their cell phones to take photos of the damage as well as photos of the license plates!
But I have to say I saw a good, practical use of cell phones the other day. Two guys got into a fender bender in the Publix parking lot near my house. And instead of calling the cops -- damages were slight -- they used their cell phones to take photos of the damage as well as photos of the license plates!
February 18, 2010
Will this bring me bad karma?
I found the perfect place to put my hat when I'm at our downtown condo in Nashville:
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We are calling him Bubba Buddha. And standing beside him? Why that's Miss Kitty, of course!
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We are calling him Bubba Buddha. And standing beside him? Why that's Miss Kitty, of course!
February 16, 2010
Weird newspaper names
Since I hail from a four-generation newspaper family, I'm a newspaper junkie, and I love quirky newspaper names. Some of my favorites:
The Macon Telegraph, where my wife got her first publisher job. It's just a solid, old-sounding name, isn't it?
The Tulsa World. Cute. Like a little boy wearing his dad's suit, trying to be something he isn't. (And if you've seen a copy of the Tulsa World, you'd know what I mean.)
The Times-Picayune New Orleans' historically awful newspaper. You've got to wonder ...
The Macon Telegraph, where my wife got her first publisher job. It's just a solid, old-sounding name, isn't it?
The Tulsa World. Cute. Like a little boy wearing his dad's suit, trying to be something he isn't. (And if you've seen a copy of the Tulsa World, you'd know what I mean.)
The Times-Picayune New Orleans' historically awful newspaper. You've got to wonder ...
February 12, 2010
Secrets to maintaining an awesome body like mine
When I'm traveling, book-touring or visiting friends, I am always bothered at how hard it is to eat healthy on the road. I am one of those people who never goes a day without my minimum of five fruits and veggies.Some of my secrets:
1. Hop off the freeway and stop by a supermarket: Buy almonds, peanuts, carrots, apples, grapes and keep them in a cooler.
2. At Chili's, the tilapia cooked on a cedar plank with veggies is good.
3. Nowadays, just about every town of any size has one of those huge...
1. Hop off the freeway and stop by a supermarket: Buy almonds, peanuts, carrots, apples, grapes and keep them in a cooler.
2. At Chili's, the tilapia cooked on a cedar plank with veggies is good.
3. Nowadays, just about every town of any size has one of those huge...
February 10, 2010
The smells of Childhood: Chapter 2
After my last post I felt compelled to share this one, too ... another heartfelt letter, this one from Gena in Georgia:
"Thank you for sending the letter about the Old Spice. Yeah, that brings back memories.
My special scented memory is of "Evening in Paris" in the little oval cobalt blue bottle.
I was 10 years old--a long, long time ago. I bought the gift set for my beloved grandmother. It contained the parfum (not perfume) bottle, larger cobalt bottle of talc (whatever that is), and a...
"Thank you for sending the letter about the Old Spice. Yeah, that brings back memories.
My special scented memory is of "Evening in Paris" in the little oval cobalt blue bottle.
I was 10 years old--a long, long time ago. I bought the gift set for my beloved grandmother. It contained the parfum (not perfume) bottle, larger cobalt bottle of talc (whatever that is), and a...
February 9, 2010
Old Spice is Nice
A few years ago my dad gave me a bottle of his Old Spice after-shave lotion as a gesture of kindness. It's been sitting beneath my sink, unused. I generally don't like to add smells to anything. I don't care for air fresheners or fabric softener sheets in the dryer. Usually, I think natural smells are the way to go.
But I recently splashed some on after I shaved, and boy oh boy did it send me back to memories of childhood. I posted my thoughts in my facebook status, asking people if they had m...
But I recently splashed some on after I shaved, and boy oh boy did it send me back to memories of childhood. I posted my thoughts in my facebook status, asking people if they had m...
