I LOVE THIS GRUMPY ASS CAT!

I LOVE THIS GRUMPY ASS CAT!

Posted inRandom Musings, Uncategorized
By now, Tard the Grumpy cat is Internet famous. When I first posted her to a friend's Facebook page a few weeks back, knowing this friend would ADORE the amazingly expressive face on this feline, she was still just an out-of-the-blue cat picture I saw that reminded me of my cat loving friend. Now, though, Tard -- and that is her name -- is a full-blown Internet meme with scores and scores of pictures gracing her grumpy face. Don't just take my word for it. Google her. She's HUGE. Liking her is liking Rebecca Black's "Friday" now. Hell, even referencing…
Why would you write about your lousy little town?

Why would you write about your lousy little town?

Posted inRandom Musings, Works by Eric, Writing
I never saw my hometown 'till I stayed away too long. --"San Diego Serenade," Tom Waits This sort of sums up Lakehurst: Barrens, Blimps & Barons, a book I wrote and self-published about the tiny Pine Barrens town I spent years trying to leave. That's right. For most of my teen years, I wanted to get the hell out of that place. So if I spent years trying to leave the town -- and I jumped ship as soon as I could, fleeing at the age of 19 -- why would I spend the time to write and publish a…
TODAY IN HISTORY: Graf Zeppelin completes first Transatlantic flight, lands in Lakehurst

TODAY IN HISTORY: Graf Zeppelin completes first Transatlantic flight, lands in Lakehurst

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Yep, the little town that could made history in more ways than you realize. On this day in 1928, the legendary Graf Zeppelin completed its first ever Transatlantic flight, flying from Friedrichshafen, Germany to Lakehurst, New Jersey in about 111 hours. Capt. Ernst Lehmann was in command of this historic flight. Eight years later he'd be on an even more famous flight: the crash of Hindenburg. Sadly, he would not live to tell his story; Lehmann was one of the causalities of the disaster. The famed Graf Zeppelin landed in Lakehurst at around 5:28 p.m., making Lakehurst the destination for…

On creativity and fear

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Creation is an act of defiance against fear. Whether writer, musician, artist, or other variation on the theme of Creative Person, all of us at one point or another struggle between our insatiable need to create and a nagging demon whispering to us, "You can't do it. You will never be great." So when we sit down and put words on the page or send musical notes to the ears of our listeners, we are rebelling against that fear. Where others are intimidated by failure, by the sometimes insurmountable challenge of turning their creative vision into reality, we fight on.…