Hello from a cloudy and surprisingly rainy Dallas. After 38 straight days of sunshine, we actually got a pretty nice storm last night (notice, once again the rain came at night.)

Phew. Nothin' like being on four airline flights in less than 48 hours to get your hackles -- and, evidently, your blood pressure -- up. This weekend was an enlightening one. The ANN senior staff -- read, pretty much ALL ANN staff -- got together in

As proof that it's not always deep introspection, ruminations on illness and lamenting lost loves here at Approach Lights, I now present the following samples of creative writing. These have made the rounds on the web for at least the past year, purp

Things have been pretty good for me lately. After some trying times last month, the ANN situation (more accurately, the ANN boss) has settled down, and things have returned to normal. I've been doing some pretty good writing lately, too.