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FLASH - Click Here - The Sci-Fi channel has decided to cancel Farscape. What upsets me most about this is not the cancellation of the show but the nature in which the Sci-Fi channel is handling Farscape's termination. They should at the very least give the producers an opportunity to give Ben and the other Farscape characters the semblance of closure. Nothing gives quicker rise to me ire than when Networks simple halt production of a show that has been on for several seasons, leaving the lives of the characters which we have invested our time and for many fans some measure of emotion into perpetual limbo.

I realize that a television show can't run forever, no matter how much we might want but I believe that broadcasters have a responsibility to the audience to at least bring the series to some kind of conclusion. Farscape was on for four seasons it deserves a better ending than simply being halted in mid flight.

Welcome to my domain. Not much exists beyong this main page. I'm not sure if I'll be adding more content anytime soon to this particular site. Most of my time is divided between helping raise my niece, being the best uncle I can be to my nephew and attending college. Update: Second page / Third Page added.

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Looking for Tim Simons, Author of Coaching Football's 4-3 Defense?

I'm not that Tim nor is this his web site. If you where hoping to purchase a copy of Coach Simons's highly acclaimed authoritative text you can find his book on sale throughout the web including such notable sites as Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com. Checkout other titles available from Tim's publisher: Coaches Choice

Notes: In case you decide to visit your local bookstore in search of Tim's book you should know that it is a part of the Art and Science of Coaching Series and features members of the Dallas Cowboys football team on the front cover.

I wrote the above tidbit because my name is Tim Simons and I thought it would be nice to make note of the personal accomplishment of someone who has the good fortune of sharing my name. However for accuracy and fairness sake I should mention Mike Freeman deserves an equal amount of praise for his co-writing of Coaching Football's 4-3 Defense. Congratulations Mike on a job well done!

TIM SIMONS F.A.Q.

Question: Why does your "self portrait" look so weird? Are your eyes really that green and what about the swirling eddies of funky colors over must of your visible epidermis is that some kind of skin condition?

Answer: No my eyes are not naturally green (hazel) and no I don't have a skin condition. I was playing around with my newly purchased copy of Microsoft's PhotoDraw 2000 and the picture above represents my first foray into the realm of artistic self-expression via a digital medium. Translated: clicked buttons, created strange picture, decided to put it on web site.

Question: You've admitted to modify your eyes so that they appear green, the graphic featuring your name is green; in fact the web site is almost entirely green. Do you have an affinity for green?

Answer: Yes. It's my favorite color. Just in case you where wondering, three is my favorite number, the Dallas Cowboys my favorite football team and though you may think me a masochist (Definition 2), the Chicago Cubs are without a doubt my favorite baseball team. Go Cubs! Needless to say neither of my favorite teams feature green in their color scheme, hence my second favorite color is blue.

Question: There seems to be enough information on this main page that you could have spread the site out over several pages. Why the long single page?

Answer: I have few personal graphics and no banner advertisement, save for the very top area reserved for my free web space provider. I didn't think its necessary to force you to click through page after page when you can get it all in one single shot. Plus I'm somewhat lazy; it's simpler to maintain a single page than to update several.

Question: Why are there so many links throughout your single page website and do you think you will eventually expand beyond the one page?

Answer: Linking is one of the cornerstones of what makes the web so great. I have accumulated over the years in excess of one thousand bookmarks in my favorites folder. In constructing my website, I decided to included some of my favorites. In regards to the second part of the question, emphatically yes. I will develop this site beyond my current single page format, though I can't provide a specific date for such an expansion at this time. Update: Second page / Third Page added.

Question: You feature nine websites in your MY FAVORITE BOOKSTORES list. Which web-based bookstore is truly your favorite?

Answer: When it comes to technical books the hands down winner is Bookpool. They have the latest titles, deeply discounted and their shipping rates are extremely fair. However for most non-technical titles I go with the company that first introduced me to e-commerce, Amazon.com.

Postscript to previous answer: I should note that I've been extremely impressed with Barnes and Noble.com. In January of this year I purchased the BBC audio production of Lord of the Rings from their website. Unfortunately there was a problem with one of the CD's and I simply visited my local Barnes and Noble and exchanged it for a new copy. It was an extremely positive experience; subsequently I've been leaning toward Barnes and Noble recently for purchases I normally made at Amazon.com. I'm interested to see whether this feature, the ability to return locally what you purchased online, will be incorporated into the recent alliance formed with Amazon.com and Borders Books. The local Borders Books is actually closer to me than Barnes and Noble.

Question: Your story Happy DeathDay features the New York Yankees beating the Atlanta Braves and the very next day being the end of Daylight Savings Time. Is this simply creative fiction or did those things really happen like that?

Answer: The story is historical accurate in it's chronological representation of events. In 1996 the New York Yankees, playing in New York City, won game six and thusly the World Series against the Atlanta Braves on Saturday, October 26th. Daylight Saving Time official ends on the last Sunday of October. Which means of course the following morning, October 27th, was the last Sunday of October and therefore the official end of Daylight Savings Time.

Question: Both your stories Happy DeathDay and Of fond memories and frightful dreams, are macabre pieces, is this your favorite kind of writing?

Answer: My favorite genres are fantasy and science fiction. The first story I wrote a few years ago thinking it could be easily adapted for television (Example - Tales from the Crypt). The second was written for a never-got-off-the-ground Lovecraft anthology that someone I meet on the web was going to produce. I enjoyed writing the story even though I don't think it fully captured that quaint Lovecraftian style of horror.

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