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Saying So Long But Not Goodbye. It has been an interesting couple of years here at Searchwarp for me. Originally I wrote as a counterbalance to some of the other writing projects I was involved in. I used the space I was kindly allotted to look at and laugh at some of... ( added 37 days 4 hours ago.)

A Sense of Balance the Media Isn't Interested In. I'm sure either through my last posting or your own reading and viewing that you all know of the slayings of the family in Beason Illinois. There hasn't been anything new to report but that doesn't keep some outlets from running stories saying... ( added 40 days 3 hours ago.)

Slayings In a Small Town Many of you have already read or watched something about the slaying of five family members in the small town of Beason Illinois. Last time I looked there were over 1,100 stories on the tragedy in the newsgroups. It has been on most television... ( added 44 days 5 hours ago.)

It's Great When You Can Have Fun As An Old Timer. Tuesday I will start another creative writing class over at our local park district. I am really looking forward to this one because I know several of the folks who have signed up and they have skills. I wouldn't be surprised if they actually are... ( added 47 days 1 hour ago.)

Piracy, Thievery and Skullduggery On the Internet I am getting really disgusted with all the new content sites that don't spend a moment of their time creating anything original. What they do instead is grab stories, news, blogs and anything else they can find to create pages that they can... ( added 51 days 1 hour ago.)

How Did the Seasons Get Out of Whack? Now please don't think this is a thread to debate global warming because that isn't what I'm asking. What I'm asking is where you all live are your seasons all screwed up as much as they are in the Midwest. It used to be that March came in... ( added 54 days 1 hour ago.)

Collecting My Inane and Goofy Thoughts. This past Labor Day weekend, my wife and son went up north to visit grandma. I stayed home to do some chores and to clean up some writing commitments. The weekend was drizzly so outside work got put off again but I did clean up what needed to be... ( added 57 days 4 hours ago.)

Understanding Everyone Reads and Sees a Book Differently. I have been going over some notes for a class I will be teaching later this month. One of the points I will stress is something I don't think I have ever stressed with all you Warpies, so for whatever good it is I will do so now. I know I have... ( added 60 days 4 hours ago.)

Digital Cameras Must Be Alien Technology I never was one to take pictures. I remember in the 50s when dad went and bought a movie camera to go with the old box one we had. Mom was beside herself with fury at the price for the camera, projector, screen and all that other stuff one needed... ( added 67 days 5 hours ago.)

Living With the Goofiest of Addictions Hello, my name is Mike Fak and I am an addict. No, I don't take drugs or pills. I'm not talking about demon whiskey or smoking either. My name is Mike Fak and it has been five days since I have had a chicken wing. Now some of you might be... ( added 72 days 5 hours ago.)

Just Call Me Professor Fak I had some fun today. Last week when I spoke at Kiwanis about the book project about the Mill, one of the Kiwanians asked me to come visit his creative arts class at the college. One of the topics in his class was the book world and he knew I have... ( added 74 days 22 hours ago.)

The Absurdities One Finds In the Aftermath of a Tornado With all we had to cover locally this week, we had the added burden of covering another horrendous storm that came through central Illinois. As usual there were high winds and driving rain but although the city got soaked again, our county... ( added 78 days 23 hours ago.)

Your Best Writing Comes When You Turn the Computer On: and Your Ego Off. This weekend I was asked if I would Emcee a town hall meeting. Over 100 good paying jobs are in jeopardy at our local prisons and the Chamber of Commerce is calling this meeting with a dozen or so state legislators and area officials giving a few... ( added 82 days 3 hours ago.)

Newspapers Need To Understand the Evolution In News. The local county fair is over and it was a heck of an active week for the Lincoln Daily News. Besides some cute little stories we published 252 color pictures during the week. We can do that being an online paper. There is no way we could do... ( added 86 days 5 hours ago.)

Bridezillas Television Show a Comedy of Stupid With running around at the fair, my hours got a little out of whack. The regular garbage I would have watched was over by the time I was ready to relax so I did some channel surfing. I can across a very strange show on the WE-TV channel called... ( added 89 days 1 hour ago.)

Blundering through Renewing a Drivers License. Well with all the craziness what with covering the county fair, I had to take time to run over to the local driver's license facility to renew my license. The renewal sort of snuck up on me and since I have only had the renewal notice two... ( added 93 days 2 hours ago.)

The County Fair Is All About People. Well this will be my second go-around at covering the local county fair. I learned a lot last year. The most important thing was that I couldn't be at both ends of the forty acre grounds at the same time. Learning a lesson I will have... ( added 96 days 1 hour ago.)

A Fun Project: Working With Hundreds of Authors At the Same Time. I always have a good idea it seems. Of course those good ideas always get me involved in another thing that I don't know how I will make the time for. Somehow I always do figure out how to manage and then I add something else to the list and have... ( added 100 days 1 hour ago.)

Ghost hunting 101: First you need a ghost. This weekend we had an 80 th anniversary of an old Route 66 iconic structure that a group of individuals is trying to save. If you look at a Route 66 website, and there are tens of thousands of them, you might see a blurb that when traveling... ( added 103 days 3 hours ago.)

A Shooting In a Small Town Gives An Interesting Look Into Journalism. It was after 10:00 pm when I got the call at home. It was a friend and he said that something big was happening at a local park. "Every squad car in the county is out there." Under those circumstances, I got dressed, grabbed my camera and... ( added 107 days 5 hours ago.)

I Ain't as Good as I Once Was. But It's Because I'm Dumber Not Weaker. The last few storms through the area did some real damage to my roof. 70 mile-an-hour winds tore off shingles and of course they couldn't be easy ones to get to on a three-story home. I knew I had lost a few shingles since they were lying in... ( added 110 days 1 hour ago.)

This Big City Boy Won't Eat Country Foods. I love live radio. It is one of those things that can be a bunch of fun especially if you don't have an iota of regimen about what you are planning to talk about. My partner Jim and I we're talking about the Iowa State Fair officials being in... ( added 113 days 4 hours ago.)

Books That Will Never Be Finished. I was looking through all the back pile of manuscripts I have. A few are from writers who have gone on hiatus or have probably given up their task of finishing their great American novel. I never admonish anyone for not finishing their... ( added 117 days 4 hours ago.)

Giving a Cat Medicine Is Almost Impossible I have written several times about my relationship with Jackson, my cat. For those visiting me for the first time I will say in a nutshell that Jackson is the most loyal cat or dog I have ever head in my life. This week our friendship had a... ( added 121 days 3 hours ago.)

Pains of Being Prominent On the Internet. Of course I make my living on the World Wide Web. Between writing clients, the paper and other miscellany, I am doing just fine but there are drawbacks. One is that whether you like it or not, if you live with the web you will get plastered... ( added 124 days 4 hours ago.)