A bit of doggerel

On December 13, 2018 By Luther M. SilerIn Uncategorized2 Comments

I’m kinda proud of this bit of nonsense, so I’m preserving it here since it’s less ephemeral than Twitter:

https://twitter.com/voraciousbrain/status/1072726078073040896

https://twitter.com/nfinitefreetime/status/1073418504437723136

https://twitter.com/nfinitefreetime/status/1073420876417245185

I give up; don’t read this

On December 11, 2018 By Luther M. SilerIn Blogwanking4 Comments

I have about 60 pages left of Michelle Obama’s book, which I’m enjoying more than I thought I would, and which I think is probably going to generate a review here once I’m done with it. I’ve been fucking around on Twitter for like an hour because I’m Going to Write A Blog Post Tonight and fucking around on Twitter is what I do when I’m waiting for my thoughts to gel enough to figure out what I’m writing about on any given evening.

I need to get the blog post written before I can read, because otherwise Not Blogging hangs over my head and distracts me.

Now, at some point, mentally healthy people realize “oh, blogging isn’t happening tonight,” and stop fucking around on Twitter and go do something that they’d rather be doing– like, say, reading a book I’d like to finish tonight, or playing Red Dead Redemption 2.

But apparently yr esteemed host is unable to do that tonight, so he’s just going to fuck around on Twitter until the blog post happens.

Even if the blog post is about fucking around on Twitter.

So maybe I can pick the book back up now. Hey, I told you not to read this. 🙂

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On December 9, 2018December 9, 2018 By Luther M. SilerIn WritingLeave a comment

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On October 14, 2018October 13, 2018 By Luther M. SilerIn WritingLeave a comment

This post normally runs every other Sunday or so. I figure since I just did a convention, I might have some new readers– so here’s some other places you can find me!

I’m Luther Siler. I’m a writer and an editor. Welcome to my blog, infinitefreetime.com.

I can be found in several different places on the Internet. Here are the important ones:

Support me on Patreon! Just a dollar a month gets you access to exclusive stories, early access to new books as they come out, and more! $2 or more a month gets you access to CLICK, an entire exclusive book!
You can follow me on Twitter, @nfinitefreetime, here or just click the “follow” button on the right side of the page. Warning: Twitter is where Politics Luther hangs out, and Politics Luther is usually angry and profane. I generally follow back if I can tell you’re a human being.
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Feel free to Like the (sadly underutilized) Luther Siler Facebook page here. It’s mostly used as a reblogger for posts.
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On September 10, 2018September 9, 2018 By Luther M. SilerIn WritingLeave a comment

This post normally runs every other Sunday or so. I figure since I just did a convention, I might have some new readers– so here’s some other places you can find me!

I’m Luther Siler. I’m a writer and an editor. Welcome to my blog, infinitefreetime.com.

I can be found in several different places on the Internet. Here are the important ones:

Support me on Patreon! Just a dollar a month gets you access to exclusive stories, early access to new books as they come out, and more!
You can follow me on Twitter, @nfinitefreetime, here or just click the “follow” button on the right side of the page. Warning: Twitter is where Politics Luther hangs out, and Politics Luther is usually angry and profane. I generally follow back if I can tell you’re a human being.
My author page on Goodreads is here. I accept any and all friend requests.
My official Author page on Amazon is located here.
Feel free to Like the (sadly underutilized) Luther Siler Facebook page here. It’s mostly used as a reblogger for posts.
And, of course, you’re already at infinitefreetime.com, my blog. You can click here to be taken to a random post.

Thanks for reading!

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On August 26, 2018 By Luther M. SilerIn WritingLeave a comment

I’m Luther Siler. I’m a writer and an editor. Welcome to my blog, infinitefreetime.com.

I can be found in several different places on the Internet. Here’s the important ones:

Support me on Patreon! Just a dollar a month gets you access to exclusive stories, early access to new books as they come out, and more!
You can follow me on Twitter, @nfinitefreetime, here or just click the “follow” button on the right side of the page. Warning: Twitter is where Politics Luther hangs out, and Politics Luther is usually angry and profane. I generally follow back if I can tell you’re a human being.
My author page on Goodreads is here. I accept any and all friend requests.
My official Author page on Amazon is located here.
Feel free to Like the (sadly underutilized) Luther Siler Facebook page here. It’s mostly used as a reblogger for posts.
And, of course, you’re already at infinitefreetime.com, my blog. You can click here to be taken to a random post.

Thanks for reading!

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On August 5, 2018 By Luther M. SilerIn WritingLeave a comment

I’m Luther Siler. I’m a writer and an editor. Welcome to my blog, infinitefreetime.com.

I can be found in several different places on the Internet. Here’s the important ones:

Support me on Patreon! Just a dollar a month gets you access to exclusive stories, early access to new books as they come out, and more!
You can follow me on Twitter, @nfinitefreetime, here or just click the “follow” button on the right side of the page. Warning: Twitter is where Politics Luther hangs out, and Politics Luther is usually angry and profane. I generally follow back if I can tell you’re a human being.
My author page on Goodreads is here. I accept any and all friend requests.
My official Author page on Amazon is located here.
Feel free to Like the (sadly underutilized) Luther Siler Facebook page here. It’s mostly used as a reblogger for posts.
And, of course, you’re already at infinitefreetime.com, my blog. You can click here to be taken to a random post.

Thanks for reading!

Tuesday miscellany

On July 31, 2018 By Luther M. SilerIn life2 Comments

No overarching theme today, just a few random bits and bobs that are on my mind. Hooray for Tuesday!

I’m on Day Three of The Week of Single Daddery, and it’s going great. It took less than 12 hours of my wife being gone before I stepped in a pile of warm dogshit in my hallway, left there by a dog that had been let outside less than half an hour previously. It was early in the morning and I was barefoot. Because of course I was. Last night, my not-quite-seven-year-old son took a shit that was, I swear I am not exaggerating, the size of my fist in our main bathroom. I heard him flush but did not realize at the time that the shit was too big to flush, and we have one of those toilets that claims to be able to pass a couple dozen golf balls without trouble. I had to cut that fucking piece of shit up with a plastic knife this morning to get it to flush, and it was actually kinda difficult to saw through. My wife can come home anytime she wants.
Also, he wet the bed the night before last. Parenting in general has just been wonderful lately.
I watched Hannah Gadsby’s Netflix special, Nanette, last night. It is getting more and more true that the reason to subscribe to Netflix is their original programming, guys. If you read me on a regular basis you have probably seen recommendations for this special in the same places I have, and let me echo them: this is an important piece of work, and you should absolutely make sure to watch it. I’m not going to talk about it in much detail because I kind of wish I had gone in blind, and if you’re able to watch this special without knowing anything other than Luther Siler says I need to watch this, please go do so.
So this just happened:

I signed up for an all-day training for NewJob tomorrow, and I’ve already seen several signs that I’m not going to enjoy it very much. On the one hand, it’s a $100 stipend, and I just found out when my first paycheck is going to be and the end of August and the beginning of September are gonna be scary, and on the other hand I have other things I would rather be doing tomorrow and it’s not like that $100 is going to come early. I got an email yesterday about a two-hour pre-workshop homework thing they want me to do. I have shit to do today. I’m not super interested in two hours of homework, especially for a pedagogical technique that as near as I can tell will not work at all with kids who won’t do homework. I am tempted to show up without doing any of mine and asking the trainer what she thinks should be done about me. Or I could just cancel. Who knows?
I spent most of yesterday rereading the early manuscript for Sunlight. What I have written is actually pretty damn good, I think. And I’m getting closer and closer to getting the overarching plot issues sorted out so that I can avoid Middle Book Syndrome. It’s coming! I swear! Eventually!
I beat Dark Souls Remastered a few weeks ago, and have been replaying through Bloodborne since then. I’m doing a lot better than the first time I played through; I never managed to beat Martyr Logarius on my first playthrough and I clobbered his ass on my first try this time. I’m up to the second to last boss, who beat me several times yesterday. I’ll get him today, dammit, then it’s on to another shot at either 2 or 3, neither of which have I beaten. I love this series, but it took several games before I actually got halfway good at it.
I had a free consultation at a local LASIK clinic this morning. LASIK is way less expensive than I had thought, and it turns out I’m a more or less perfect candidate for it. I’m broke as hell right now, mind you, but I think this is something that is probably on my agenda for next summer. Time to start socking money away.