Last Sunday I ran the California International Marathon. It was my fourth marathon this year, my 24th marathon overall, and my eighth CIM! I am more familiar with the CIM than any other marathon. And I can tell you that even though it is a pleasant course, it is sometimes plagued with bad weather. Not …
Author: termberkden
I am a writer, a software engineer, and a refugee from the punk/metal/new wave/my-God-what-did-we-do-last-night daze of the San Francisco scene.
I write, I run, I actually stop and smell the roses, I meow back at cats, and I pet strange yet friendly dogs.
Hot Dog Diner in Los Angeles
An excerpt from my novel in progress, What the Hell ever Happened to Yuri Rozhenko? She had to stop by again. She couldn’t help herself. Feeling almost like a junky who should know better, she went home via Garcia street, knowing what was on the way. It was a small place, designed like one of …
Ode to a Guy I Met Once – Gabby of the Cadillac Tramps
The Cadillac Tramps documentary Life on the Edge is premiering next week in Los Angeles! My girlfriend Shannon asked me if I had ever seen the Cadillac Tramps. And I had to admit, my answer was rather embarrassing. “…I might have.” The thing is, back in my bacchanalian days I saw tons of shows. I …
Old Cat Ollie, and the Price of Compassion
Last year my cat Jadzia went missing, and I searched everywhere for her. No body in the surrounding areas, no cat, nothing. She just disappeared. (Yes, she is chipped.) My search for Jadzia involved repeated visits to many of the area animal shelters, especially the one in Berkeley California, my hometown. (We never found her. …
The Ten Best Books About Shakespeare
The Shakespearean Plays are, without a doubt, one of the most widely read collection of works in the history of literature. Being a fan of the plays as well as geeking out on the ever-present authorship question, I have read many books about Shakespeare, the Shakespearean plays, and the culture of Shakespeare, and in this …
My Uneasy Relationship with Twelve Step
I have been clean for more than twenty years, after having lived a life of using copious amounts of alcohol and recreational drugs. That’s how I usually say it, that I’ve been clean all of these years, but to some people who aren’t down with the Bill Wilson way of speaking I might say I’ve …
Why I wrote The Clubber
My book The Clubber: A Tale of the Eighties is available now on Amazon.com Everyone is, to an extent, concerned with how they come across to others. It’s why we brush hair and mind our manners, (Or not,) and spend so much time, (or very little time,) deciding what to wear. But people are only …
An Excerpt from my Novel The Clubber – The Mittenator
An excerpt from my novel, The Clubber: A Tale of the Eighties, available now on Amazon.com There was quite a large crowd outside the Alphonse J. Building. It was almost as large as a Saturday night Das Prahlend crowd. But this crowd was different. There were almost no underage throcking idiots, and there weren’t any wandering …
Race Report: The Calgary Marathon
Last Sunday I ran the Calgary Marathon. It was my first ever Marathon outside of the United States and my 22nd marathon overall. Running a marathon outside of my native homeland of thee USA has been on my bucket list for some time, but my decision to run this marathon happened by chance. My girlfriend …
An Excerpt from my novel, The Clubber
An excerpt from my novel, The Clubber: A Tale of the Eighties, available now on Amazon.com He looked in the mirror, concentrating… His nose was a little too big. It could stand to be just a bit smaller. Not very much smaller, just a smidgen smaller. Then it would be just the right size. He …