Weblog Sin Pies

By Charley Daniels

I know it’s cheap to keep posting these polls instead of actually writing something more substantial, but I’ve got to double-dip a little or I’ll lose my mind. Anyway, I think this is an important question that’s not getting much attention at BuzzDash, and I know the Project Wonderful crowd will have an opinion:

I could pick only five, so sorry if you feel I’ve totally missed the boat on these. Anyone have a more representative five? Let me know in comments. By the way, I have a rather aggressive spam moderation plug-in that does a very good job, so if your comments don’t show up after a couple days, let me know from the contact page.

By Charley Daniels

Checking in … so … tired. I’ve been working a lot lately, so it’s pretty much impossible for me to come up with anything worthwhile to post here. What I do, essentially, is read other people’s writing all day. Then I rewrite it. Then I reread what I’ve rewritten. Then I usually rewrite it again. For a typical 500- to 700-word story, this lasts about a half hour, at which time I’ve rearranged it back to its original form (minus the requisite spelling, grammatical, and factual errors, natch) and then go refill my mug with hot water for tea and start the process anew.

What does that have to do with my writing, you ask? If I had even half of my brain functionality right now I’d come up with some awesome analogy to illustrate my problem. But I don’t have it in me. And that’s just it!

Anyway, I’d like to keep this from devolving into a little diary where I say things like, “This week, so far, is the worst” and “I had a burrito for lunch.” (Both of those things are true, by the way. See how I did that?)

I watched The Prestige tonight. Pretty good. Unfortunately I already knew half the ending because of an article I had to edit for work. It was an interview with Christian Bale in which he talked about his approach to the role. A good read, but I would have enjoyed it more if I’d seen the movie before I read it. I guess that’s life in the rip-roarin’ world of Hollywood. And everywhere else, for that matter.

Okay, this is getting dangerously close to becoming a journal entry. Thanks for reading, anyway. It won’t be long before I’m back in the saddle. Or at least back under the saddle. Or whatever you would call what I usually do around here.

By Charley Daniels

By Mike Bijon

Charley may have taken on Gandhi and battled hand-to-hand with a tyrannosaur, but it’s been a long while since Sin Pies and beer got up-close and personal. Thankfully we’re doing it in style and showing you how to freeze an unopened Corona in the bottle.

Maybe I’m not getting them cold enough, but Newcastle and Fat Tire won’t freeze like this. Drop us a note in the comments if you find any other beers that will or figure out how cold we need to get something like a Guinness to pull this off.

By Charley Daniels

Here’s an example of what you can do with BuzzDash:

Isabelle thinks that you’re asking for a major haunting if you answer this question. But in taking that stance, isn’t she basically saying she believes in ghosts (and thus answering the question)? She must subscribe to the idea that ghosts can haunt you only if you believe in them, and also that they get online to figure out who believes in them. Like Pulse (et. al). Welcome to BuzzDash, ghosts! Tell your friends.