Nicholas C. Rossis

dream-protecting author

Adobe Acrobat Alternatives

Mar 9, 2026 | Other

If, like me, you regularly need to edit PDFs, you may recall that I’ve written about Adobe Acrobat alternatives in the past, so I thought I’d share another favorite today: UPDF. You see, until now, I’ve tried out PDF Elements, ToolRocket, and PDF...

Ideas For Keeping Your Blog Fresh

Aug 12, 2019 | Other

Struggling for blog ideas? Photo by Tirachard Kumtanom // CC0 1.0Blogging consistently for days and years takes its toll. The mind struggles to generate ideas strong enough to keep the blog fresh. Over time, even a well-intentioned blogger who makes a fair effort to...

About the Recent Fire

Jul 25, 2018 | Other

Many of you have contacted me to ask about the recent fires. As you may have heard, we had two big forest fires raging not 30-40 minutes from our house. One from the North (Kalamos) and one from the East (Mati-Rafina). Different ones, too. I spent most of that evening...

Hurricane Harvey – How You Can Help

Sep 2, 2017 | Other

Deborah Carney of BookGoodies often shares on their newsletters some of the best news and tidbits you’ve read on this blog. Back in 2012, she lost everything in Hurricane Sandy. This taught her a lot about how organizations and the government don’t help...

Mary Natalie: The Baby. The Legend. The Photos.

Jan 16, 2016 | Other, Random Musings

Since you all enjoyed my post on Mary Natalie so much the other day, I thought I’d share some proper photos of her. After the previous one, I hope she keeps this in mind when it’s time to ship me off to that home… If these look lovely, let me caution...

Mister Phlegmatic Meets the Baby

Jan 12, 2016 | Entertainment, Other, Random Musings

Dedicated to my blonde author friend, Lucy,  this post was inspired by a friend commented that I was rather phlegmatic in my approach to the new baby. I wasn’t sure what she meant, as, in fact, I feel ecstatic about it. So, I looked it up. The word comes from...

Merry Christmas

Dec 25, 2015 | Other, Random Musings

Merry Christmas, everyone! Or, if you prefer, Seasons’ Greetings (not to be confused with Season’s Greetings). Merry Christmas! Join the #UnplagChallenge and guess 10 Christmas storiesPowered By the Tweet This PluginTweet This Instead of a card, I thought...