Wednesday, January 12, 2011
PastPosts * Frankencycle
My good friend, Boh Cyprain, recently traveled to the northwestern section of Cameroon where he snapped this picture of a rather interesting motorcycle. He writes:
I'm trying to picture Steve McQueen in The Great Escape outrunning the Nazis on this one.
*Original post 12/8/08
Hi Dave, that motorcycle you see is the invention of one guy from Bamenda, my region; it actually works they way you think it does. Look critically and you will also notice that the gear selector is intact and works very well too.
I'm trying to picture Steve McQueen in The Great Escape outrunning the Nazis on this one.
*Original post 12/8/08
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
The Affair of the Wooden Boy by Ian Doyle
I had a lot of fun reading this Mina and James Stark Investigation, THE AFFAIR OF THE WOODEN BOY, that is now available on Kindle.
Peckinpah
Sabotage Times: When Stars Collide, Part Two: Fellini and Peckinpah.
Seattle Post Intelligencer: What's the Big Deal?: The Wild Bunch.
Seattle Post Intelligencer: What's the Big Deal?: The Wild Bunch.
Two Sentence Tuesday
I've had a pretty darn good writing month (so far) in January. I’m happily stuck in the 1880s with my anti-hero Cash Laramie and his partner, Gideon Miles. The following two lines are from my just finished short story titled "Cash Laramie and the Painted Ladies."
I am working on a few other Cash & Miles adventures with other writers and once they're done I will have twelve of these in the can. Now I am dedicated to finishing the novel tentatively titled SHOWDOWN AT LARK’S PASS.
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In 2011 I have decided to read some classics that until now have escaped me. I'm halfway through THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by Oscar Wilde. Two lines:
Cash snaked back, kicked in the remnants of the door with both feet, and fired off a flurry of lead from his Colt. One slug opened a dark hole in Dice's forehead, slamming the would-be assassin back against the bed where he remained draped over the edge.
I am working on a few other Cash & Miles adventures with other writers and once they're done I will have twelve of these in the can. Now I am dedicated to finishing the novel tentatively titled SHOWDOWN AT LARK’S PASS.
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In 2011 I have decided to read some classics that until now have escaped me. I'm halfway through THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY by Oscar Wilde. Two lines:
"The sitter is merely the accident, the occasion. It is not he who is revealed by the painter; it is rather the painter who, on the coloured canvas, reveals himself. The reason I will not exhibit this picture is that I am afraid that I have shown in it the secret of my own soul."For more Two Sentence fun click over to my good friends at Women of Mystery.
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