Category Archives: Books

How to become a schizophrenic with one reading app

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

I never in my life ever expected humanity’s ever-increasing appetite for acceleration to come to the point that the very act of reading would become a veritable Asperger’s simulation chamber. But it’s happened. Don’t believe it?  Peep this app: I … Continue reading →

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Derailed By The McCloud River

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

Well,you know what they say: “The best laid plans . . . ” Every year I manage to find myself scurrying along the banks of the McCloud River for vacation.  This happens to be the week that we are doing … Continue reading →

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My pathetic need for tactile comfort (on designing a book cover)

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

It seems I am gaining followers here every single day. This invokes an immediate reflex to check out exactly who is following. The numbers of followers who are already published authors, have a book in the hopper—or both—is staggering. And … Continue reading →

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Yanking the proprietary chain

Posted on June 14, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

I was a real wiseacre in the 1990’s.  Shiftless, malcontented, and always looking to see if I could get people to reflexively answer stupid questions like,”do these stairs go up or down?” When I managed to ferret a circa-1940’s typewriter … Continue reading →

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Possibly my worst post

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

I say this because It’s been a long day, in which yours truly does not feel good.  It’s a day that encompasses fatigue, annoyance, and a general internal consensus that I am becoming psychologically staged for some real life-changes. This … Continue reading →

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Jim Carrey: inspiration doesn’t get any more succinct

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

Technically, I’m loosely siphoning this bit of inspiration from my FaceBook feed. And since it’s most likely situationally viral, it may be no surprise to any of my followers either. I have no idea HOW–his last statement in this video … Continue reading →

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Concerning false starts and heat rash

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

It’s 110 degrees outside right now.  You’d think I’d be used to it, as my quasi-indigenous upbringing would allow me to move past an attitudinal Jurassic age and just let Lethargus Rex go extinct. But I don’t.  I’m laying about … Continue reading →

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If I get my hands on the Rosetta Stone, I’m smashing it

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter. Mark twain – A Tramp Abroad In … Continue reading →

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And on that note, I think I’ll Have Victor Wooten sign my ukulele

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

NOTE: I’m writing this knowing full well that I will be heading to San Rafael tomorrow to see Victor Wooten.  Thus the subject is presently at the forefront of my mind. Having first picked up a guitar at the age … Continue reading →

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Zen, and the art of Kid Maintenance

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Ron Giesecke

My Dear Lucy, I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it … Continue reading →

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