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Sticky The Stink Bug

3/13/2015

   At different times of the year we are visited and in some cases invaded by different species of bugs. Some are too tiny to see, others are just downright annoying but some can have an interesting side.
   And so we begin the tales and adventures of Sticky the Stink bug and his friends.
   Stink bugs get their name from the obnoxious odor they emit when they are agitated or squished. So try not to squish them, plus once you read the tale of Sticky The Stink Bug you may come to like these odorous little creatures just a tiny bit.

   The tale begins with an urban legend type of story that has been passed along by insects word of mouth or in most cases mandible. The legendary glow in the dark stink bug is at the center of the story. As the legend states, the glow in the dark stink bug was once trapped inside a microwave oven for 20 seconds not only to survive but have the ability to glow in the dark.
   Sticky decides that he must seek out the legend to see if the story is true. He enlists the help of his friends Speedy and Slider and they set off across the vast inside of the house to find the legend. Their journey takes them through perilous ravines, down dark passages and encounters with four legged furry monsters.
   Stay tuned to this website for the release of the first of numerous stories involving Sticky The Stink Bug.

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Has Reading gone to the Dogs?

3/5/2015

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So where have all the readers gone?
I recently did an unofficial survey of my close family, a cross section of ages and backgrounds. I simply questioned the last time any one of the family members sat down and read a book, turned the pages and enjoyed the written word on paper.

To my astonishment only a few members had read any kind of publication or book since high school. So I applied math to the result and found only 15% of my survey subjects read books. (a good basic number to be aware of if you are a writer)

I suppose in this day and age of technology and the incessant need for instant gratification in the newer generations the results are not that much of a surprise. Even this blog falls in the same category.

Currently, I am working on a novel and to make sure that the facts contained in the novel I had to do some scientific research. I could have easily "googled" the information but I decided it would be much more fun to hunt down the information I was looking for in the library's reference sections. As detective sleuth would track down any information pertaining to the case I tracked down the information I needed to support the technical parts of my story.

Along the way, I encountered curious other library attendees, some inhabitants were there to read, some to research and some to just evade the cold outside. One of these frigid weather evaders asked me what I was doing so I explained. The returning comment was "why not just google the information". My reply was simple, "If I had googled the information then I would not have met an interesting character such as yourself"

My point is, reading, writing and researching is not just satisfying and relaxing, but it also gets us in touch with our fellow man in person. Entirely the opposite to the technologically obsessed generation of today that communicate with their thumbs.

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Sticky The Stink Bug

Has Reading gone to the Dogs?

D.E. Jackson(Nick Crabtree)

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