Bedtime Stories in the Sky

I'm in New York because it's there. Fortunately my wife is here to make sure I don't get lost more than twice a day, and I eat something besides chocolate bars and tuna sandwiches (not necessarily in that order). I'm working on a netbook, which does the job nicely, now that I've fixed a few little problems, however graphics are another problem. It takes time to draw a comic, and there is so much to do here!
So that explains the golden oldie above, which may or may not play well on other computers--it's hard to tell with this small screen.

Here are some chocolate elephants, which, unfortunately, are not life-size, but if you collect enough of them you should be able to match the original creatures in mass.

And this is the paperback I brought with me to read on the plane. Reread, actually--I don't think I've missed a Terry Pratchett book, although I especially like his witch novels. I highly recommend it.

I can't think of anything else to say, except that, while waiting for the train from Jersey into Manhattan, I noticed the markings on a CN automobile freight car indicate that it's 90 feet long, and nearly 20 feet high. It also has a maximum loaded weight of 80,000 pounds, which seems a lot. The freight car was part of a train that included cars from Mexico, Texas, Canada and other places.

Isn't that nice!
No worries.

Earth Stands Still: Smith Publishes Book at Smashwords!

Here's the Smashwords site, where The Prey sells for the astounding price of $1.98USD. Hurry before it goes up a penny, or possibly two pennies--you know what inflation can do!

For those of you contemplating publishing on this site, it's not difficult to meet the formatting requirements--Mark Coker's free ebook explains what you have to do. Basically, it's a matter of simplifying things as much as possible.

The cover, however, was, for me, a different matter, and that's not Smashwords's fault. It was basically the story of an epic battle between me and the gods of pixels, resolution and physical dimensions on Photoshop. I ate an entire bag of chocolate-covered almonds while trying to work this one out. It took hours and hours. At one point I had to take a break from pulling my hair out and relax for awhile by watching a documentary on tanks in the Battle of the Bulge.

Anyway, it's over, and I found this intriguing site, which features chocolate airplanes. And for those of you who insist on being healthy, here on the Stephen Cooks! site is a recipe for buttered rutabagas, complete with a picture of the end product.

And here is a book about freight trains to while away the boring hours while your rutabagas cook and butter themselves.

If you have any questions about the universe, ask a rutabaga. Or go and find a rare and radiant maiden, and ask her to cast some light on the subject.

Nevermore!