Author Archives: Joe Cummings

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About Joe Cummings

Aquarius. Traveler. Gamer. Writer. A New Parent. 4 of these things are easy. One is not. But the journey is that much better for the new people in my life. A life I want to share with others, to help them, maybe, to make them feel less alone, sure, to connect with the greater world, absolutely.

Fast and Furious

Now for the big boys.  MP-5.   The weapon of choice for many gamers and special ops (like SWATie guys).  It’s heavier than it looks and there was a lot more safety explanation.  I listened, I learned and then I took … Continue reading

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Hired Gun

The van to take me to Discount Guns and Ammo arrived a bit late.   Not that it really mattered: I didn’t really mind waiting.  I had a coffee, I was excited and, to be honest a little nervous.  But this … Continue reading

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Day 13 A Free Day

What to do, what to do?   I didn’t have writing to do.  Blog was up-to-date. Only one thing I really, really wanted to do. Shoot me some gunz! So I checked on-line who would be the best for me (a … Continue reading

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Day 12

530 pages.  99, 328 words. 4:46pm Done.

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A Dog and His Bone

Ok, so Walgreens.  Hard to hide a store that big, right. Wrong.  Took my a good hour to find.  Sure it wasn’t on the map but it’t not like it’s hidden treasure.   Eventually I found it while crossing a bridge … Continue reading

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Trouble Kicks Into High Gear

All other things aside, all I needed was a laptop to write on. And yes, at 10:11, that died. Well, the laptop didn’t die but Word did.  For days, the laptop has been a bit slow, especially when I was … Continue reading

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Day 11 Best of Times, Worst of Times

So I really didn’t want to pay $8 for water so I came up with a cunning plan.   Buy the water (or drinks) elsewhere and store them in my insuite fridge.  Pretty smart, right?  Pretty clever. Now that fridge was kinda … Continue reading

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Day 10 Ends

150 pages done. Watched The Raven, as a reward. So tired, though. Tomorrow, if I could get on top of it like I did today, it would be a great day. However, the fates had other ideas.  I’d clearly done … Continue reading

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The Waitress and the Angel

Ok, I’m a romantic.  I admit it.  I used to love to do all sorts of goofy romantic things for Margot.  I miss not being able to do that now. So when I see something neat, something, well, romantic, I … Continue reading

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Day 10 Tues 28th

A writing day, today.   Lots of writing to do.  And I had a plan.  150 pages completed.  1 big ass problem solved.  Only thing… I didn’t exactly know what the problem was. How is that possible?  Well, I read a … Continue reading

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