Ahlschwede Blog

The Red Skull Lives!

My costume for the year is the classic Captain America villain, Red Skull. Happy Halloween!
 

Murder House

My friend Tom is working on a new PBS show Murder House. John tells me  he's seen this ad for the program on the air in Nebraska, and it features Tom himself! It's always nice to know a celebrity.

New Job New Home

If I'm going to spend November writing a novel, I really need to catch up on my blogging backlog asap. To that end, I should note that I moved up to Rochester, MN for a new job at the beginning of September. Look at the photo below for an un-Googlable identification of my employer.

Peer Pressured

If TR, John, and Aaron all think writing a novel in a month is a good idea it must be! Count me in and brace yourself for the awesomeness that ensues when the guy who can't even keep his blog up to date and his emails answered in a timely manner tries to write a whole novel in Just. One. Month.

Omaha Music in Minnesota

Moving to Minnesota, I was surprised at how much I missed my preferred Omaha radio station, 89.7 The River. The River is a college station that's gone pro, but still supports itself with fund-drives in addition to advertising. It's got a distinctive voice in its programming.

Sad to say, I'm fairly disappointed by everything on the radio here except for their Public Radio stations, which, admittedly, are the best Public Radio stations I've ever heard. So, getting a little tired of listening to Public Broadcasting 24/7, I decided to start make iMixes of The River's weekly playlists. For those of you with iTunes the here are playlists for the first week of October, and a playlist from the Summer of 2007.

Eric's Visit

Last weekend my friend Eric came to visit me up here in Rochester, MN. Eric, his cousin Jennie who also lives here, and I spent Saturday hiking around Quarry Hills park.

Then on Sunday we went up to St. Paul to see my friend Tom at the FallCon comic book convention. He was there promoting Captain Spectre and his work on The Spider for Moonstone Books. We got there just in time to see him on a panel for  "Desperate Artists". They look pretty desperate, don't they?