by Rob Diaz | Apr 23, 2010 | Business
Like a child on his first day of kindergarten, I set off with a combination of fear and excitement, dread and longing. With my family watching, I took that first pivotal step away from the car, a giant step toward that door which would lead me to the next big thing in...
by Rob Diaz | Mar 16, 2010 | Edited, Humorous
Yep, that’s right – today is my birthday! And you know what that means… it means the second most famous dude to be born on the 16th of March is livin’ large and partyin’ down. I’ll leave it up to you to decide if Eric Estrada is or if I am...
by Rob Diaz | Jan 18, 2010 | Edited, Publication Announcements, Real Life
Over the last half of 2009, I was participating in a new writing adventure called Chinese Whisperings. The inaugural publication, “The Red Book” is now available for purchase in electronic formats. Print editions will become available this spring. Check...
by Rob Diaz | Aug 29, 2009 | Prompted, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Short Stories, Unedited
(written for the [Fiction] Friday >prompt on August 28, 2009: “A new Government research and development facility is built on a decomissioned prison site”.) “Hey! Watch where you’re putting that picket sign, buddy. Some of us like our faces...
by Rob Diaz | Jul 18, 2009 | General Fiction, Prompted, Short Stories, Unedited
(written for the [Fiction] Friday >prompt on July 17, 2009: “Your character stops on the way home from work and buys an unusual musical instrument — why today?”.) Jenny hummed quietly as she sat on the bus and looked out the window as it rumbled...
by Rob Diaz | Jul 4, 2009 | Vacation
Saturday, July 4, 2009Well, despite the fact that I am one of the most positive and optimistic people I know, even I have to admit that this was a sad day. Yes, despite my best efforts to stave it off, the end has come. The world just seemed darker and colder when I...
by Rob Diaz | Jul 3, 2009 | Vacation
Friday, July 3, 2009 Well, my friends, we’re very nearly coming to the end of our wild and crazy vacation extravaganza. Depending on how you see the world, if you see the glass as half full or half empty, today was either the last day of the vacation or...
by Rob Diaz | Jul 2, 2009 | Vacation
Thursday, July 2, 2009 Well, before I go any further (typing the date may have already gone too far), I must shout out that I wish my wife a very happy fifteenth anniversary. Thanks, Ginny, for saying “Yes”, at least sort of, when I proposed to you all...
by Rob Diaz | Jul 1, 2009 | Vacation
Wednesday, July 1, 2009For those keeping score at home, today’s wake up time was 4:27 AM. Well, in reality, it was about 2:30 AM. That’s because it was at 2:30 when our upstairs neighbors decided to use the hot tub or take a 2 hour hot shower or something....
by Rob Diaz | Jun 30, 2009 | Vacation
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Day Four of our vacation extravaganza started at about 4:45 AM for me. Sort of. I woke up at 4:45, but I stayed in bed and stared at the wall for two hours. So, to some degree I guess the day really didn’t start until nearly 7:00....
