Archive for the 'Writing' Category

The End of an Experiment

Wednesday, April 30, 2008
I’m sure you noticed that during the past few weeks I’ve had some ads lined up along the right side of my web pages. These ads were Google “Adsense” ads — a program that makes it very easy for people like me to place targeted ads on web pages and get paid […]

In The Moment

My eyes are closed
and I’m there.
Sitting, reclining on
the big brown couch.
Little Ryan in the next
room, sleeping. My
dearest friend at my side.
With eyes still closed I’m
walking the dogs, carefully
stepping between spots of
ice that keep me tense
yet surely enjoying nature,
enjoying being alive, savoring
the richness of experience.
Now in awe the added
dimension of time bears down.
Am I here? […]

Gap in Blog

Writing can be tough. Over the past few months, I froze up… concerned that what I write will be flawed, inconsistent, or just pedestrian. It’s that perfection thing: can’t produce anything unless it’s perfect. Well, one of my personal improvement projects (pip’s) for this year is to write something everyday; […]

Hello world!

My name is Thom Hoch. I’m new to blogging, and one of my intentions with this series is to exercise my writing muscles by commenting on anything I feel like commenting on. The subjects that will probably fill these pages are, in no particular order, the economy, our society, politics, religion, world affairs, […]