Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on September 29th, 2014 in MainI spent quite a bit of last week contacting literary agents in hope of finding one interested in representing our new book Gastric Steps. Here’s how that went. I suppose first I should explain why I would want or need to connect with a literary agent in the first place. If you want to have your book published by a real publishing company (as opposed to self-publishing), you pretty much need to have an agent. I self-published both Commodork and Invading Spaces and while I don’t regret the decision, I feel like Gastric Steps appeals to a wider audience than… (read more)
A friend of mine tagged me with the following challenge on Facebook: 10 games that will always stay with you. Rules: Don’t take more then a few minutes. Don’t think too hard. They don’t have to be great works of the gaming industry, just games that have affected you in a positive way. Then tag 10 friends including me so I can see your list. If you know me you know simply making a list isn’t enough, so I added some additional information and links to videos. Although many of these games appeared on many different platforms, I included the… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on September 23rd, 2014 in MainI have a folder on my computer called “Ideas for Books” that contains… well, ideas for books in it. Some of the books are fiction and some are non-fiction. Some of the files contain little more than a couple of sentences with a general idea about a book; some of the others have complete outlines, and a few have entire chapters written. I jump back and forth between the various books until one really grabs my interest. Then I write as much and as fast as I can on it before something else grabs my attention and drags me away.… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on September 22nd, 2014 in MainUPDATE: Our plan to relaunch Futuro Houses did not pan out. Our Kickstarter raised 1/100th of the money needed to move forward. I believe someone else has moved forward with reviving the Futuro, but it’s not us. I’m leaving this post here for posterity’s sake, but it didn’t work out. I hope someone else brings them to fruition — we would love to stay in one again. Summary: My wife is bringing back the Futuro House and needs your support on Kickstarter to make it happen. My interest in Futuro homes began a few years ago when my friend Steve… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on September 19th, 2014 in MainIn the spring of 1995 the band Tesla rolled into Oklahoma City. Most bands lumped together under the “hair metal” umbrella fought to separate themselves from that label, and Tesla was no exception. Even though the band was named after the Nikola Tesla, that did little to set them apart from the pack. Tesla had a few hits in the 80s and 90s and are best remembered for “Love Song” and their cover version of “Signs.” Tesla was in town to play a show at the Diamond Ballroom. The Diamond is where bands who can’t sell sell out the larger… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on September 19th, 2014 in MainI don’t remember what I ate last night before bed, but whatever it was, I need to eat more of it. Last night I had a bizarre dream. Last night I dreamed that Eddie Van Halen was having a meet and greet in the back of a restaurant in Florida. MTV had held a contest where people had to submit their dream vacation and in my entry I said I wanted to go on a cruise with Eddie Van Halen to Fiji and that I would write and blog about our adventures. MTV was announcing the winner at the meet… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on September 18th, 2014 in MainA couple of homes were recently broken into in our neighborhood. We were informed at our last Home Owner’s Association meeting that the MO for all the robberies has been the same. The thieves knocked on people’s doors and rang their doorbells to see if anyone was home. When nobody answered, they went around behind the house and kicked the back door in. Yesterday, at 8:15 a.m., someone rang our doorbell, knocked on our front door, and then walked around behind our house. The reason I know this is because Susan and I were both home yesterday. I was upstairs… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on September 16th, 2014 in AdventuresTucked away in the heart of Austin, Texas is the Museum of the Weird. Susan found this museum while searching for things to do in Austin and I’m so glad she did. While it’s a little rough around the edges, it is definitely worth stopping by if you like weird things. The Museum of the Weird is divided into three parts. The first part is a self-guided tour through a collection of oddities. The second portion of the tour is a sideshow performance. The final portion, if you pay extra for it (more on that later), is a viewing of… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on September 8th, 2014 in MainEarlier this week on Facebook I posted a link to Disney’s “Lonesome Ghosts” cartoon. So many of you responded and asked for a top 5 list that I decided to put one together. (Just kidding. Nobody asked for a top 5 list. But I put one together anyway.) In no particular order… Lonesome Ghosts (1937) In this Disney short, Mickey, Donald and Goofy are called out to investigate a haunting. Little do they know, the people who placed the call are the ghosts themselves! In the end, Mickey and his pals end up covered in flour and giving the ghosts… (read more)
Posted by RobOHara ( @Commodork) on September 4th, 2014 in MainOne of the things Susan wanted to see in Austin was the Congress Avenue Bridge Bats. Congress Avenue is a street in Austin. There’s a bridge on that street (the Congress Avenue Bridge). Under said bridge are hundreds of thousands of Mexican free-tailed bats — somewhere between 750,000 and 1.5 million bats, depending on the season (the bats migrate and are in Austin from spring until fall). At dusk, all of the bats fly out from underneath the bridge to go eat. If you are standing near the bridge near dusk, you will see a lot of bats. From what… (read more)
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