This is awesome.
Blarg!
Bill's blog. Writing, guitars, gratuitous Simpsons references, you'll find it all here. Almost certainly a waste of time for both you and the author. On the internet, that's actually a plus.
Treehouse
I'm building a treehouse in my backyard for my two boys. I'll post occasional updates on it here.
I've been using a one-tree design from Tree Houses You Can Actually Build.





My favorite episode of Writing Excuses
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I had assumed "Hollywood Formula" meant car chases, schmaltz, and gun play. It didn't. Despite this glaring omission, it's a great episode on how to construct a story.
Writing Excuses 6.18: Hollywood Formula
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Eddie Van Halen - Frankenstien Guitar
This guitar is worth more than both my family's cars combined. To up the cars' resale value, I'm going to go at them with spray paint and a crowbar.
This is pretty awesome--they're selling replicas of Eddie Van Halen's Frankenstein guitar, down to all the dings, modifications, and cigarette burns of the original. Its $19,000 price tag covers about $300 in parts, and $18,300 for David Lee Roth to personally drive over it with his Camaro.
Hello, world!
Welcome to my new website. I'll have updates soon. Until then, here's a fun episode of my current favorite podcast, Roderick on the Line: "Then There Was Pump Chili."