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June 25, 2014
Power Pop Wednesday: Back From the Capital of Obsfucation and Misdirection, Enjoy Some Smoke and Mirrors
OK Go – The Writing’s On the Wall from 1stAveMachine on Vimeo. The family and I visited Washington, D.C., earlier this week to do the required introduction of the young ones to Our Nation’s Capital. I might post some pictures if I feel so compelled to share. Overall, the city was much nicer than […]
June 2, 2014
Welcome to Another Full Work Week. Watch Out for the Sand Worms.
Filed under: Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Film, Fun, Inspiration, Motivation, Science Fiction, Scott B. Pruden Tagged: animation, author, children's books, Codorus Press, Dune, Frank Herbert, Goodnight Moon, immaculate deception, independent publishing, Monday, motivation, sand worms, science fiction, scott b. pruden, writers, writing
May 30, 2014
Funky Friday: Writing Routine and the Power of the Atomic Dog
I and my family recently joined the ranks of the dog rescuers, adopting a smart and handsome pointer mix puppy we have named Percy, for no other reason than his given name was Persimmon and we just weren’t cool with that. So Persimmon became Percy and he’s eased into life at Chez Pruden very nicely. […]
May 9, 2014
Funky Friday: Lyle Lovett Proves Genre Only Means Something If You Let It
Ladies and gentlemen, I give to you “Penguins,” one of out-and-out funkiest songs ever laid down by someone generally classified as a country artist. But if you took a country music fan – the Coors Light-drinking, NASCAR-watching, truck-driving, ATV riding type of country music fan – and asked him about Lyle Lovett, chances are he’d […]
May 8, 2014
Proof That Some Folks Should Just Stick to Beer
Dear lord … I saw this and it just made me want to drink more so I could forget I saw it in the first place.Filed under: Scott B. Pruden
Entirely Biased and Totally Subjective Book Review: ‘Phoenix Island’ by John Dixon
In the lives of kids, there aren’t many grays. In the case of bullying, there’s usually the bully, the victim and the bystanders – bad, good and indifferent. Young boxing champ and heavy rotation foster kid Carl Freeman is none of the above, having declared himself, thanks to a pact with his late father, a […]
May 4, 2014
May the 4th Be With You! Here’s some Star Wars-Themed Disco to Help You Celebrate!
As I constantly remind my children (and pretty much anyone under 30 who will listen) I was fortunate to appreciate the arrival of Star Wars in its perfect, undistilled and most innocent form – in the theater in 1977 when the first film (and A New Hope will always be the first film) hit theaters. […]
May 2, 2014
Funky Friday: Black Sabbath and the Beastie Boys Had a Baby, and His Name Is Jack White
I really can’t say anymore about this other than thanks to John Dickinson High School classmate Elizabeth Knox (go Rams!) for sharing this on Facebook this morning. And to the rest of you sitting at your desks with your speakers turned up to an unreasonable volume, you’re welcome.Filed under: Fun, Inspiration, Motivation, Music, Scott B. […]
April 28, 2014
It’s Monday! Shout Geronimo and Leap Into the Void
One benefit to having an “office” career that largely consisted of doing cool and unexpected things or meeting interesting people at any given moment – then writing about them – was that since I finished school I’ve only infrequently experienced the typical “Monday dread.” You know – that Sunday evening feeling where it’s impossible to […]
April 24, 2014
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Office Cubicle By Leaving (or Planning to Leave) Yours
This is how you should be celebrating today, the 50th anniversary of what we today call the office cubicle. I’m sure the guy who invented this now ubiquitous bit of office furniture never dreamed it would engender such deep and abiding hatred. Instead he probably thought he was doing something good for the workplace, like […]
