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Like the title says, three random thoughts:
Writing - After I rewrote Space Rescue, I decided to requery an agent. He asked for a partial, which I sent. Last night I got the "close but no cigar" letter, although there was a nice handwritten "please keep me in mind" postscript. I guess I'm getting better at this writing thing. In the meantime, the book is sitting at two small presses, Flying Pen Press, where it's been for a while, and more recently Mundania Press.
Blogspot - For reasons known only to Blogger.com, for some reason most blogs on that platform are not loading for me. I've tried IE 6 and IE 7 on different computers, and even tried not loading add-ons. All I get for my efforts is the same "Internet Explorer cannot open the site" and an okay button to click. Very frustrating.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) - This is the Federal law that prohibits gays from serving in the military. During my service, I was okay with it. But I was recently reminded that I commissioned 20 years ago this month. Had I stayed in, I'd be eligible to be the "Old Man" on a ship. Society, and our tolerance of gays, has changed greatly in that time period.
Having said that, it's clear that, although Obama wants to abolish DADT, he wants to get his ducks in a row. It is a Federal law, so he can't just arbitrarily re-write it (especially after campaigning against that practice), so there will be a hearing sooner or later. Obama clearly wants to have senior brass on hand at that hearing to back up his decision.
Writing - After I rewrote Space Rescue, I decided to requery an agent. He asked for a partial, which I sent. Last night I got the "close but no cigar" letter, although there was a nice handwritten "please keep me in mind" postscript. I guess I'm getting better at this writing thing. In the meantime, the book is sitting at two small presses, Flying Pen Press, where it's been for a while, and more recently Mundania Press.
Blogspot - For reasons known only to Blogger.com, for some reason most blogs on that platform are not loading for me. I've tried IE 6 and IE 7 on different computers, and even tried not loading add-ons. All I get for my efforts is the same "Internet Explorer cannot open the site" and an okay button to click. Very frustrating.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) - This is the Federal law that prohibits gays from serving in the military. During my service, I was okay with it. But I was recently reminded that I commissioned 20 years ago this month. Had I stayed in, I'd be eligible to be the "Old Man" on a ship. Society, and our tolerance of gays, has changed greatly in that time period.
Having said that, it's clear that, although Obama wants to abolish DADT, he wants to get his ducks in a row. It is a Federal law, so he can't just arbitrarily re-write it (especially after campaigning against that practice), so there will be a hearing sooner or later. Obama clearly wants to have senior brass on hand at that hearing to back up his decision.
