Let There Be Four

While I am writing my third murder mystery, The Phoenix Code, which will complete the trilogy, I am also working on the storyboard for a book idea that rattled around in my head thirty years ago.

At the time, desktop IBM computers and word processing were in their infancy. Besides, I had no clue how to touch type and writing with paper and pen was way too boring. In other words, I was still too immature to take writing seriously. I did manage to write a few chapters in a notebook, but my girlfriend at the time found the notebook and freaked. She accused me of plotting to murder her in a most foul way and we broke up. I didn't realize, at the time, that my writing was good enough to fool a very smart lady and probably was good enough to publish, in theory. There was no such thing as "publish on demand" in those days.

The title of the book idea is Vectus, and without giving the story away, I can say that the brutal killer is thought to be supernatural in nature. He, or she, may well be supernatural, but the only way you are going to find out is to read the book when it comes out next year.

This much is for sure. You can expect a story that is terrifying and way to close too home for comfort!

Write on,

Mittster

Seniors and Texting

The following was e-mailed to me and it was too good to pass up. Yes, this could be called a lazy man's blog, but it's Sunday and I usually don't do blogs on Sunday. Besides, if you have a complaint, text me....

A lot of "oldsters" have difficulties with the issue of "texting" ...specifically, the abbreviations can be a bit challenging. So, here is a list of them that may be handy for someone who is just a little "older"...

Texting Abbreviations for the Elderly

FWIW: Forgot Where I Was
BTW: Bring The Wheelchair
ROFL… CGU: Rolling On The Floor Laughing…And Can't Get Up
DWI: Driving While Incontinent
LOL: Living On Lipitor
OMG: Obama Must Go!
OMG: Ouch, My Groin!
IMHO: Is My Hearing-Aid On?
WTF: What's Today's Fish?
IWTF: I Wet The Furniture
IMHMO: In My HMO…
RULKM: Are You Leaving Kids Money?
BYOT: Bring Your Own Teeth
GTG: Gotta Groan
TGIF: Thank Goodness It's Four (Four O'Clock – Early Bird Special)
FWB: Friend With Betablockers
FYI: For Your Indigestion…
JK: Just Kvetching
TTYL: Talk To You Louder
MILF: Meal I'd Like To Forget
LMDO: Laughing My Dentures Out
LWO: Lawrence Welk's On
MGAD: My Grandson's A Doctor
SUS: Speak Up, Sonny
WIWYA: When I Was Your Age (my favorite)
GOML: Get Off My Lawn

Hope this is of some help to you seniors.

A Christmas Season Wish

I wish the world Peace, Love, Prosperity, Health, Kinship, and Forgiveness. It is through forgiveness that our hearts sing and our souls stop crying.

Merry Christmas Season to all,

I'm just saying,

Mittster

Dreamland

This picture was taken on Maui: Left to Right; Tony, Carol, Mitt, Sandy, Chris, Shannon and Jay.


Memories like this are some of the things that make life so special.

I love you all.... Lets do it again soon!

Mittster

Remembering

high school chum Bob Thompson sent me this e-mail:

"I once knew a set of identical twins . WE rode Cushman scooters, swam and fished in Peckstien reservoir. cruised in a black SHOEBOX Ford that had flamed black and white tuck and roll, got BUSTED at the illegal Hourglass drags races out by Mirimar (Me- your POP- Walt and you.) I hope this is not a veiled biography of later days?????

Bob"

Memories flooded into my mind like fine wine and warmed my sense's with youthful recollections of wonderful times gone by. Bob also attached great pictures of his current classic cars, but I was unable to upload the pictures here. He always had the neatest cars in high school!

We look forward to our 50th. high school reunion in 2011, so we can reminisce in person while dancing to rock and roll music and acting like teenagers again.

Would I go back? No, I like who I am and where I am at now. But, it is nice to remember the good times and take the mental time machine back to a gentler era when things were so simple and life was innocent.

Write on,

Mittster