Marc Comtois

In 1993 I worked as a merchant mariner on ship anchored in the lagoon of Diego Garcia, which is a small island in the Indian Ocean that serves as a staging ground for the U.S. military.  Back then, I paid $100 once a week to talk to my fiance for 30 minutes.  I waited for her letters like they were gold.  17 years and two kids later, it was enough to help get us through! But it was tough.  Nowadays, people in the same situation can email regularly, talk on the phone via the web and even "skype" each other to see the ones they love.  Keeping a long-distance relationship is certainly easier now. 

Another Fall Recreational soccer season is over (just about). Maybe it's time to get some writing in.

Men, women, kids, the USA v. Brazil woman's world cup game was one of the best, most entertaining I've ever seen.

Maybe I'm late to the party, but the way that the newish website Grantland utilizes the right sidebar as a home for footnotes ( example ) strikes me as both effective and elegant.  I propose that it become the "web standard".

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research. ~ Steven Wright

I'm happy to announce that Burgundians in the Mist is now available in a variety of e-book formats --including Kindle , Epub (supports Nook, Sony, etc.) and even PDF --for only $2.99! The neat thing about the Kindle version is that the footnotes are hypertext, so you can select a note, read the supporting sources and notes and then return to the main text. You can still purchase a dead-tree version for $8.99 via the publisher (more $ for me!) or Amazon.com . Thanks to those of you who have purchased BitM already and please let me know what you think!

The book is now available at Amazon.com and will be available at other online retailers soon.  Next up: getting it into e-book form.