Steve was the first person I met at Viable Paradise XII–we were both in the airport, waiting to board the puddle-jumper to Martha’s Vineyard, and he correctly deduced from my laptop adornments that I was a fellow writer…
Year: 2010
Postcard #5
Despite working her ass off at OnLive and/or nursing a newborn child, Jan still found time to hand-craft this delightfully terrifying vision of life in the bay area.
Postcard #4
From our friend Lisa, currently living in London–and, apparently, having “[a]lcohol for breakfast.” Um, Lisa, is there anything we need to talk about?
Postcards #2 and 3
We love our friends (and San Francisco residents) Brian and Kathy, even though they both failed to observe the letter of my original request: Brian forgot to address his postcard and had to send it in…
Happy Birthday to Me
Had a great 37th birthday with my lovely wife DeeAnn: breakfast at Mother’s (their excellent salmon hash, per foursquare tips); drove down to the Evergreen Aviation Museum (which also tweeted me); stopped at The Bomber for dinner; then came home…
Friday Flash Fiction: “The Ties That Bind”
This is, in fact, a continuation of the story started in “Who’s Your Daddy,” and I am planning further revisions to make the complete piece salable… if anybody wants to buy a novelette-length, near-future Law & Order knock-off. Call me….
Postcard #1
It’s been just over a week since I posted my call for postcards, and I’ve received my first one–from a completely random person on the Internet! A pleasant surprise, and now the bar is set. How about it, family and…
SnoutCast #35: “Sudoku, Tangrams, and Evilness”
A BANG 23 debriefing with special guests Doctor Sudoku and Professor Tangram! WARNING: This podcast may contain minor spoilers for some puzzles from BANG 23. [ Download mp3 – 38 MB ] 00:00 – Disclaimer: puzzle spoilers ahoy!01:30 – “evil”02:18…
Comic Book Report: Empire
I finally got around to tracking down Mark Waid’s oft-praised, early-2000’s mashup of deconstructed supervillains and epic fantasy–emphasis on the latter. It’s all courtly intrigue, rife with hidden agendas and betrayals and reversals and technology indistinguishable from magic. Characters and…