Kaze’s Life & Times
My Terps: The Wait Was Worth It
Indulge me today in a bit of nostaligia. Tonight it’s Kentucky vs. Kansas for the 2012 NCAA Mens Basketball Championship. Ten years ago, it was Maryland vs. Indiana—Terps vs. Hoosiers—and my Terps won the game. Did I say a bit … Read more
Pizza and Beer? How About a Miracle for Dinner?
About 50 years ago someone taught me that green plants need only sunlight, water, and air to survive and grow. This seemed to me a miracle, and so it was portrayed—that is, a miracle as compared with animals and people, … Read more
“In a Dark Time”
I was sitting with my friend Curtis in his backyard the other night. It was balmy for March. I had my feet up and I was smoking a nice Arturo Fuente and drinking Curtis’s fine bourbon over ice. Since Curtis … Read more
Asteroid Strikes Kaze’s World
As you may already have heard, we inhabitants of Earth are in for some serious roughage on December 21st. This time they’re not kidding: Here comes the lock-cinch, ineluctable, this-time-we-mean-it, End of The World. Some guy named John has a … Read more
You and Your Godlike Powers
I had a little fit of insight the other night while in my short story class. We were sitting around discussing how our first drafts had turned out. It was the final class—thought of by some as The Dread Reckoning—when … Read more
A Sonnet About My Pancreas
Several years ago my doctor saw some routine lab work of mine and thought my blood sugar level was too high. But before taking out the prescription pad, he wanted—reasonably enough—to make certain that my pancreas was, in fact, on … Read more
TED THE CAT
Ted the Cat (1994-present) is a domestic shorthair blogger and vers libre poet. He also enjoys sleeping, eating, and lurking. Ted the Cat co-habits with Kaze,
also a blogger at 317am.net.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Kaze
Kaze is Washington DC area writing guru Steve Altman. The nickname is Japanese for “the wind.” Read more »
RasoirJ
Ras at Texas BBQ in DC, site of lunchtime chats with Kaze on the art and agony of writing. Ras is also known in some publishing circles as George Clack. Read more »