Random musings
Mood:  cool
Topic: Random musings
What would Xena say about Terrell Owens? Would she denigrate him for not being a team player, or cheer him for being outspoken?

Here's my take: TO knocked out himself by complaining about the lack of recognition of his 100th career touchdown catch, then by complaining about his team and his teammates. Yes, he should have freedom of speech per the First Amendment, but there comes a time that one should weigh their rights and the rights of others. Am I being hypocritial? Possibly.

Here's my take, part two: athletes have been given a tremendously wide berth in having irresponsible behavior tolerated for far too long. If a player is causing problems for the team, the situation should be addressed immediately, and if that behavior or problem continues to worsen, then the athlete should face the consequences.

How does this come back to Xena? Xena thought she was doing good at first, then allowed her cruel streak to come to the forefront and chose not to work with people, but rather to take anything she desired from them. The eventual consequences followed her through the rest of her life on the TV series, including coming to terms with how her cruelty wrecked lives, eventually costing her life. Side note: I still don't believe that the way the series ended was good. Bad writing. If they wanted to kill her off, there were many more credible scenarios.

That's my random, rambling musings for today.

JS Stephens

Texas and Prop 2
Mood:  down
Topic: Random musings
Well, it's official, Texas has written legal biogry and hatred into its constitution. The voters approved Proposition 2, which outlaws any possibility of marriage or marriage type unions for gays and lesbians. As a multi-generation Texan, I'm embarrassed by the unforgiving, unchristian attitudes of my fellow Texans.

Oh, several things
Mood:  energetic
Topic: My fiction
First, my Facts of Life story ("The Impossible Dream") will also be posted on Ralst's Passion and Perfection site http://www.ralst.com/.

Second, Sheryl Swopes of the WMBA's Houston Comets came out of the closet today! Yippee! Now let's hope that the people of Texas will do the right thing and vote against that awful Prop. 2 (Faiths unite to denounce amendment).

Enough politics.

JS

Life is fairly okay
Topic: My boring life
Went to see "Serenity" with a buddy of mine, pretty good movie. I decided to look for some clothes later (friend's wedding coming up) but everything was either too big or too small. Any pants that were close to the right waist were waaaaay too long AND didn't have pockets. Bleah. Pockets are a necessity!

Anyway, the muses are playing tricks on me, I'll get good story ideas or scenes while I'm at work, or driving, or some place inappropriate, then when I have a bit of time, poof!

It's enough to drive a person insane.

Oh, Symantec replied. They're supposed to refund my money. I'll completely believe it when I see it in my account.

JS Stephens

No word yet from Symantec
Mood:  lazy
Topic: Computer musings
I blathered last time about NAV going down and having to uninstall it. I wrote a paper letter (shock! snail mail!) but no response. I'll give'em a while before pursuing it further.

The weather is beautiful here, finally hit 73 F (at nearly 1:30). I mowed this morning, pulled weeds later on, and now have moved inside to do boring stuff like laundry. The cats are sending sleepy waves my direction, pulling me off course from household duties. Of course, my gf is having to work again. Grr.

JS

Which antivirus software?
Mood:  irritated
Topic: Computer musings
I had paid to extend my subscription to a certain antivirus software (that I won't mention here), but low and behold, it suddenly decided that not only had I not renewed, but that my original cd key was bogus! After fighting with it, search the vendor web site, and generally growling for the better part of ninety minutes, I decided to give up. I uninstalled the puppy, had to use its special uninstall tool to get rid of the rest of it in the registry, and downloaded/installed avast! home edition free antivirus http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html.

Now, I've been using computers for 25 years, had one of my own for ten, built six computers from scratch, upgraded/reinstalled Win 95/98/2K/XP, installed/configured countless programs, and been a webmaster personally and professionally for more than eight years. If I can't get this puppy to accept that I paid for the subscription, then I don't think the average Joe or Jane could either. I'm pissed.

Okay, I feel a little better now.

Rant over.

JS Stephens

Just wondering
Mood:  rushed
Topic: My fiction
Now that my stories are hosted elsewhere, why keep a blog?

JS Stephens

Stories now all at the Athenaeum
Mood:  special
Topic: My fiction
They're all over there now. When I was going through, I missed seeing where they had posted "The Impossible Dream" http://xenafiction.net/scrolls/js_stephens_the_impossible_dream.hts.

Oops.

So, now all of the story files here should redirect to their new location within 8 seconds.

Thanks.

JS Stephens

Almost all moved
Mood:  lazy
Topic: My fiction
Okay, almost all of my fiction is now at the Athenaeum, aka tXenafiction.ne. The only story that didn't make it (and it might later) is my sole Facts of Life story, The Impossible Dream. This link is to my current web. If it changes, I'll post a blog update.

Thanks to everyone who read my stories. I'll continue blogging, so watch this space for any announcements.

Sincerely,

JS Stephens

Still working on redirection pages
Mood:  a-ok
Topic: My fiction
I'm still working on redirection pages for all of my stories, but at least everything is now over at the Athenaeum. I also don't have it broken down by "universe", but you can see a list of all stories & URLS, in the correct universe order (Xena, Original, Star Trek, Uber) at https://jsstephens.tripod.com/athen_chron.html

JS