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Wayne Gallant
- Location
- Morriston, Florida,
- Birthday
- April 09
- Title
- Grand Vizier
- Bio
- I am six feet two inches of rippling muscle, wavy blond hair, sparkling wit and two-fisted defense of Family Values and the American way of life.
(I did say that I write fantasy fiction, didn't I?)
Addendum for the benefit of the humorless and/or brain-dead - The above was meant to be satirical. The parenthetical (that's the part between the curved vertical lines) should have alerted you to that intent.
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “What is wrong with
Political
Correctness?
Just about
everything.
It did
NOT stem fr…”
November 14, 2009 02:29PM - “I first read Freud's
Interpretation of Dreams when
I was
seventeen and having
a…”
November 11, 2009 08:40PM - “Stove top-to-oven
recipes, I've got a million of
them - I'll
try to post a few
mo…”
November 10, 2009 04:00PM - “A bimp for the
skillet.”
November 09, 2009 10:40PM - “I'll be watching The
Weather Channel for upcoming
days in the
80s.
I
have an avoca…”
November 03, 2009 09:16PM
Wayne Gallant's Links
- Wayne's writings
- My EditRed
Skilleteers Easy Red flannel hash
This is easy, since you will be using canned ingredients, but feel free to try this with potatoes, beets and corned beef you prepared yourself. This makes a hearty breakfast and will fuel a man for an entire morning of/…
Meet the Buddha
I met the Buddha out on the road, so I killed him.
I pulled out my trusty old 44 mag and I drilled him.
And all the love and compassion flowed/… Read full post »
Marshall McLuhan killed OS...
... at least for me.
... at least partially.
His famous dictum, "The medium is the message", finally sunk in, and is the reason why I have decided not to post much on OS in future. At least I won't be posting any more works of fiction,… Read full post »
My favorite ex-favorites
Foodie Tuesday - Lobster Stew
Lobster Stew
. Lobster stew is quick and easy to prepair
. It is expensive, rich, and satisfying
. It is a near cert to get you laid
./… Read full post »
This Blog-whoring has got to Stop - updated
* This is a recreation of a post I published five months ago. It is revised and updated.
Seems like some "writers" here are desperate to have their pearls
of wisdom and literary accumen read by as many people as they can
possibly entice into/… Read full post »
Torch Song - flash fiction
I was watching the house through the spotter scope when the garage suddenly burst into flame like some gigantic firework, a great yellow-orange ball, growing swiftly. It reminded me of films I'd seen of the atom bomb tests. I shuddered, and held my breath for several seconds before… Read full post »
Ichiban Beer Butt Chicken - Foodie Tuesday
Beer Butt Chicken is a whole chicken, shoved over a can of beer,
then placed on a grill and roasted until tender. This results in
superior flavor and a moist, never dried-out bird. Beer Butt
Chicken tastes better than the usual chicken parts grilled over
coals./… Read full post »
Radio & Race Relations
People Like the Sky
"What color is the sky?", I asked.
"Blue" the child replied.
"That's right" I said.
That's right... sometimes.
This morning I looked into the eastern sky
as Sol arose from his cold Atlantic bed.
The gray predawn was pushed westward
and yellow gold became the sky's primary color.
The… Read full post »
On Writing - Maeve Binchy
Behind the Veil
There was a Door to which I found no Key:
There was a Veil past which I could not see:
Some little Talk awhile of ME and THEE
There seemed--and then no more of THEE and ME.
*The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam", Stanza XXXII
Old tailor of tents, old weaver of words,
You lure/… Read full post »
On Writing - Stephen King
Advice from Stephen King - Time 1:12
"Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly,
caught in the web of duty. "
"Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented
individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work."
"I watched/… Read full post »
On Writing - William Shatner
Shatner On: The Subtleties Of Language In Writing
"The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition. "
"Acting is easier - writing is more creative. The lazy man vies with the industrious."
On Writing - Wiley Brooks on word choice
Seattle Wiley - Writing Tip - Choosing Words - Time 6:00
"Good writing rests on two things: content and structure. Content - knowing what it is you want to say - comes first. Just as important, though, is structure: the words you choose… Read full post »
On Writing - Harlan Ellison - Pay the Writer
Many time Hugo and Nebula Awards winner Harlan Ellison is co-author of I, Robot (with Isaac Asimov) as well as the critically acclaimed I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, and The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World. During his first day as/… Read full post »
On Writing - DL Hughley interviews Frank Schaeffer
Writing transition -response to open call
Coming down from the ridge, we could see the Canadian convoy, circled next to a large outcropping of rock just north of the Kandahar-Kabul highway, which protected them from fire from that direction. But their southern flank was wide open to Taliban fire, and they were being… Read full post »
On Writing - lyrical exercize
We depart from our series of Video lectures to explore some great writing expressed as song lyrics.
First, a tragically romantic evocation from the pen of tragic romantic Billy Strayhorn:
They say into your early life romance came
And in this heart… Read full post »
Haiku - what it is, and isn't
Broc O'Chicken Alfredo - Foodie Tuesday
Broc O'Chicken Alfredo with penne pasta
Ingredients:
1 head of broccoli or 1 bag frozen brocolli florets
2 medium chicken breasts (with skin and ribs)
1 box (16 oz.) penne rigate pasta
1 Tbs extra virgin olive oil
1 clove garlic
1 jar (15 oz.) Classico Alfredo sauce
1 bay leaf
1 whole/… Read full post »
On Writing - Eddie Izzard
What can a writer learn by watching a standup comic? Lots. The techniques employed in standup are quite transferable to the printed page. The fast segue, the juxtapositioning of seemingly disparate ideas, the introduction of the incongruous thought, all those weapoms from the c… Read full post »
On Writing - Phillip K. Dick
Phillip K. Dick interview Time 3:47
"I want to write about people I love, and put them into a fictional
world spun out of my own mind, not the world we actually have,
because the world we actually have does not meet/… Read full post »
On Writing - Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt - Writing About Poverty Time 4:22
"You have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind about history and everything else but you can’t make up an empty mind. Stock your mind, stock your mind. It… Read full post »
Baby shoes - back story
Every Friday, Chris/… Read full post »
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