Random Thoughts and Writings — Politics, Food, Fiction, Essays, Maybe Even a Haiku every now and then.
About the name. I was the youngest of four. Until I got to kindergarten, I didn’t have much to say. All I had to do to get what I wanted was to point, and a sibling, or loving parent, would fulfill my request. As a result, my father coined the nickname — King Midget. At least that’s the way the story goes. (Edited on February 11, 2012: My father let me in on a secret. The title wasn’t an original thought in his head. Instead, way back when, there were cars called King Midget cars. I’ve mentioned it here on this blog somewhere. I’m devastated it wasn’t created out of the original brilliance of my father’s head. OK, maybe not. I still like the name. I’m neither a King nor a midget.
I am a father, husband, friend, and lover, writer, runner, pizza maker, baker, and many other things. What I am not is my occupation. It is my job that pays the bills and provides for my family. But, it does not define me.
G’day Mark,
Amazing what one learns about one’s colleagues at STO (thanks to the latest STO Newsletter). Never knew you were a fellow wordslinger! I’ll be taking a look at some of your offerings shortly. Meanwhile, as reciprocity, here’s the URL to my own primary writing site. As you can tell, my style is much more eclectic, as perhaps befits an unreconstructed, politically incorrect, ex-Berkeley, kama’aina, born-again-Bohemian.
Cheers, Kaliki
http://www.authorsden.com/kalikianokalei
How’s it going? I just started a site called Watercooler Report (watercoolerreport.com), and am looking for contributors. The idea of the site is to have anyone be able to post their opinion about recent news, as well as interesting news. Would you be interested in posting some of your material there, possibly under Politics? The site still is almost live, and I can make a contributor account for you if you like (I need your name and email to do so). You could write a short bio in the author section, and hopefully it could help you get some extra publicity if it picks up. Let me know if you would be interested.
Thanks.