I’ve been playing Dungeons and Dragons since before it was cool. No, seriously. Back in the 80s, I was a member of my high school’s unofficial
Just for kicks, I’m re-reading Carl Sagan’s wonderful book, The Demon-Haunted World. I’m loving it, as I always have every time I’ve read it, which has
A couple of years ago, I posted about the myth that pirates always said “Arr”. Today, I address another myth: that of walking the plank.
No break-taking for me. I put it out there on Facebook and Twitter, running a wee little poll asking whether I should get back into
Writing has plenty of heartbreak, and plenty of hazards. You may be speed-reading a text for research, then slam into a bookmark and go flying
Boy, ain’t the world something these days? Between the pandemic and the war in Europe, the world’s pretty messed up right now. The Russia/Ukraine conflict has
I like The Lord of the Rings. I really do. Granted, I haven’t actually read the trilogy since the early 2000s, and I only re-read The Hobbit
We made a thing! We subscribe to Hungry Root, which is a weekly mail delivery service like Blue Apron or Hello Fresh, and each week
It’s February 1st. It’s the Lunar New Year, the Year of the Tiger, and it’s the first day of Black History Month. And so far,
“Gray ones are trouble,” we would say to ourselves, watching Rupert climb the Christmas tree or jump up on top of the refrigerator from the