Well, in my seemingly eternal search for amusement I've taken to doing on-line personality tests and the like. I'm still waiting to be told I'm a complete sociopath, but maybe if I keep working at it. Anyway, the most common place to find such trinkets is regrettably on-line dating sites. My most recent foray has been the infamous eHarmony site featuring that creepy doctor who wants us all to be happy (you know, the guy who looks like a mixture of Mr. Rodgers, Barney Fife and a child molester?) So what did I learn about myself? That apparently that when I take those tests I answer with the "wussy" side of my brain. Odd, no?

Here are some highlights:
-I have a basic need to be supportive of others.
-I have a lenient and complacent nature.
-If I ever find an unlucky soul who could be Mrs. Joe (God forbid.) I should prepare my "case" in advance and do my homework. (Try not to snicker aloud at these...)

and my personal favorite:
-Minimize risks by providing assurances for participation.

Now I'm not sure where all of you hail from, but that last one is generally called "felonious restraint" here. Joe doesn't want to go to the big house to find love. Not even a little. And they should be ashamed for suggesting such a thing.

I'm not sure why it's so amusing to plug generic answers into a computer program to see who a computer model says you are. Maybe it's because we want to know we're destined for greatness. Or at least be able to laugh when it says that we're Charles Manson. Who knows? Anyone? Suggestions?

Well, I actually got some long-overdue stuff done this evening and am currently kicking back listening to a little Schumann. Got the follow-up interview with Ray written and I'm currently waiting for my e-mail to work again so I can send it to him. Dust has been busy man so the Fiction and Feature pages have yet to be updated (sorry everyone) but they're ready to go and could appear at a moment's notice, so keep checking back.

Still kicking around an idea for a novel. I've got the beginning and a rough format in mind which leaves the middle and an ending. Needless to say it's still not up and running. Ahhhh, "Soma" by the Smashing Pumpkins is playing now. Tis a good thing.

On a side note, I've now got a novel 98% finished (All Things Right and Beautiful, not something new, in case you were wondering) and an album about 95% done, so, as I've threatened a million times before, I'm contemplating a change of scenery. You heard it here first. No plans specifically, but I always promised myself that I'd get another album done and a (good) novel under my belt and then take a look where I'm at. Well, I'm starting to look. Don't worry, Joe-Mammy.com will continue to be a part of future plans as far as I see it now, but I thought it would be fair of me to let you all know what the machinations going on behind the scenes here at Mammyland were.

Now if I'd actually sold a novel and an album you can bet your ass some things would be changing around here...

-Joe