Fighting Monsters with Rubber Swords

Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . I was watching The Today Show this morning because it was far too early for actual quality pr...

Huh? Why did my favorite TV show just turn into Lost ? I also can't believe it's not going to return until my book comes out. They ...

Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . I wrote a long post over at Monster Notes , my bookety book crap blog, about my publisher'...

(Originally posted at SCHUYLER'S MONSTER .) Back in December, when I participated in the Mediabistro "Blogger to Author" panel...

Schuyler Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . Schuyler has her reality, and I have mine. I was looking at my stats today and found ...

This morning, I went over to Kerry's to take some photos of some old newspapers (and clean up the images in Photoshop so they wouldn...

Big punkass, little punkass Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . As a parent, there's a thing that I think a lot of us secretly...

Obligatory photo. It's a law, I believe. Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . The transition from going on a cool trip to retu...

I'm sitting in the airport, leaving for LA in about an hour. I'm excited and nervous. Excited because I've never been to Calif...

Kerry & friend Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . My friend Kerry Max Cook's book, Chasing Justice: My Story of Freeing M...

Two quick operational notes: 1) Apple's iWeb application makes pretty websites, by golly, so I've been using it for my other nonblo...

Martin Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . A few weeks ago, we took Schuyler to the Dallas Museum of Art. She had a good time loo...

Oh, good lord... Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . I was making some minor but detailed changes to a photograph today, the one I...

Speaking of music I like, NPR is featuring Andrew Bird on their website. Specifically, they're focusing on a song from his new album, ...

The flu sucks. Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . Well, my weekend plans have changed slightly. She seemed absolutely fine when s...

(Originally posted at SCHUYLER'S MONSTER .) When Wired writer and first-time novelist James Bernard Frost didn't care for the cover ...

Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . I know I've been quiet lately. I suspect that's not going to change any time soon. Wa...

Why I am a writer, not an artist. Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . I drew a bee, upon Schuyler's instructions. I believe t...

Originally uploaded by Citizen Rob . (At lunch, Dallas Museum of Art cafe) Julie: (Splitting a pepperoni and mushroom pizza with S...

Well, crap. Molly Ivins has died, after a long battle with breast cancer. Following as it does the death of Ann Richards, Molly's passin...