Author: K.D. Muir

Myths and Legends 0

Myths and Legends

‘In spite of hosts of deniers, and asserters, and wise-men, and professors, the majority still are averse to sitting down to dine thirteen at a table, or being helped to salt, or walking under...

The Bigger Picture 1

The Bigger Picture

It has been forever since I gave out some writing advice or even just relayed my own experiences with various writing projects. There is good reason for that. I’ve not been working on any...

K.D Muir’s Science & Nature Quiz 0

K.D Muir’s Science & Nature Quiz

After being outed as a space nerd in last week’s Hadfield’s in Space entry, it’s only right that I follow up with an equally nerdy quiz on Science and Nature. Ah yes, the green...

Hadfield’s In Space 1

Hadfield’s In Space

There are many shades of geekdom. I live up to a number of them. One particular interest I’ve kept fairly quiet though is that I’ve always been a ‘Space Geek’. I’ve kept it hidden...

Wax On / Wax Off 2

Wax On / Wax Off

Much alike my Russian Winter blog entry from last year I again find myself confronted with a huge list of tasks to complete before I can sink my teeth into my next writing project....

The Hasselhoff Channel 0

The Hasselhoff Channel

As a child of the eighties I’m just going to keep coming at you with these nostalgic digressions. By no means do these posts suggest I think life was better then. Perhaps it was...

One Night in Pyongyang 0

One Night in Pyongyang

I always find myself on the wrong side of a debate. No I’m not talking about quarrels with the wife or even explaining to the kids every single morning why it’s important to go...

Off the Grid 0

Off the Grid

On the Eve of our wedding my wife to be gave me a Swiss watch (This is nothing like the watch story from Pulp Fiction). This watch was a wedding present and because it...

One Wedding and a Funeral 0

One Wedding and a Funeral

We arrived in New Zealand frayed and thread bare. Of all the trans-global flights i have taken this was me at the end of my tether. The newborn had decided to create a lethal nappy...

Expecting to Fly 2

Expecting to Fly

In 1785 the first aviation accident occurred in Tullamore, Co. Offaly right here in Ireland when a hot air balloon crashed destroying 100 homes.  It is said to be the first aviation disaster in...