Sean D. Francis

Yet Another Quick Start Guide to Using Twitter

Sean — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:17:07 +0000

Hey, aren’t there already a billion and a half blog posts about how to use Twitter? Why does there have to be one more blog post on how to use Twitter? Who am I to think I am the right person to write yet another quick start guide to using Twitter. The answers to these [...]

Vote for the Net

Sean — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:55:19 +0000

Resolved: 2012 The Year of Yes

Sean — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:20:51 +0000

We are warned by countless people not to make New Year’s Resolutions because they are doomed to fail, or telling us that if we want to make a change in our life, don’t wait for arbitrary dates to make the change. Yet, there is something about having a brand new calendar year that begs for [...]

Don’t Tell Me What You Are Thankful For

Sean — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:11:22 +0000

I know the traditional blog post on Thanksgiving is to write about the things for which I am thankful. Health, family, friends… it really is all the same, isn’t it. Nothing new to be thankful. Okay once in a while someone might write about being thankful for metaphysical things, or specific events in his life [...]

Commentary – Raiders of the Seven Seas

Sean — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:01:12 +0000

I’ve taken to watching old pirate movies and commenting on them. Since commenting on such things to myself lacks a certain entertainment value, I’ve decided to share it with others. Credits rolled over a barren map of the Atlantic Ocean… That’s at least one of the seas. Glad we got that out of the way [...]

My First Good Beer

Sean — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:41:57 +0000

As I lift pen to paper and jot down my thoughts, to my right is a glass filled with a complex Belgian-style golden ale brewed by the Grand Teton brewery in Idaho. I’m a child of the Rocky Mountains, so I can’t help but gravitate to those things crafted in that region. A few days [...]

Why I’m Not Writing in NaNoWriMo

Sean — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:29:34 +0000

The chill winds of October remind me that November approaches and with November comes the promise of National Novel Writing Month. I used to love National Novel Writing Month. The challenge, the discipline did me good. The impetus of just writing, write even if you don’t know what to write, just keep the fingers flying [...]

Of Brick Walls and Writer’s Block

Sean — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:07:14 +0000

To say I’ve been suffering from writer’s block is an understatement. What is worse than having writer’s block is having tons of ideas for things to write but missing the angle to make the writing interesting. For the last eight months or so, I’ve been focused on very personal writing. I believe the insights of a [...]

A Sense of Satisfaction

Sean — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:16:48 +0000

I had a moment of contentment last night. It is sort of unusual for me so I had to take note. It was just as unusual as the moonbow I saw as I stepped out on my deck last night. Something else I took not of and tried to take a picture but couldn’t capture [...]

My Mom’s Gift to Me

Sean — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:47:55 +0000

Every day I go to the same coffee shop and order the same thing. It is one of those constants in my life. I’ve written about it often because honestly, it is sometimes the best part of my day. This morning I was running late and there was a line at the counter that was [...]