Half-Elves and Queerness in D&D
Okay, so first confession: I love half-elves. And a lot of other gamers will think I love half elves because, done right, you can min max the heck out of...
Let's Take A Dark Trip
I had a conversation at Capclave about how kids are remarkably tolerant of dark fiction. This week’s batch of reviews includes the darkest YA novel I have...
WSFA Small Press Award
So, the award is announced on Saturday…and I’m a finalist! If anyone is coming to Capclave, here are the logistics (bear in mind, I’m not assuming you’re a...
One of Those Days...
Had one of those days. Mostly I plain forgot how long it takes to remove all the pins from the Jacket, run the base denim (in remarkable condition for its...
What's With the Cheese Curds?
Yes, I know the roof maintenance crew there aren’t cows ;). What’s With the Cheese Curds? Different states are known for different things. Wisconsin is known...
Don't Worry, the Panther Lives
So, I’m currently reading a “novel” that turned out not to be a novel. It’s being marketed correctly, I just got the wrong information with the review copy....
Capclave!
A reminder that I’m going to be at Capclave, September 27 through 29. The easiest way to find me is at the Rantings of a Wandering Mind table in the dealer...
Clones and Veterans
The Bad Batch season 2, which I’m almost done with, appears to be as much as anything else about the shitty way we treat veterans when they return to Civvie...
America's Third Coast
The Mackinaw Island ferry approaches Mackinaw, with the bridge in the background. In 1615, a French scout named Étienne Brûlé saw a body of water that was...
On Literary Roller Coasters
I like this book. Oh no, I don’t. The author did what? I…ugh no… Dang, they stuck the landing. Sometimes a book will just do that to you. I’m not talking...
Fall Convention Season
In full swing! Tomorrow and Sunday I will be at the Small Press Expo as an attendee…attending panels and buying comic books. Should be fun. September 27...
A mixed Batch
This alligator at the Lakenenland sculpture park tells you to watch Robocroc. Or…not. Orphan Black: Echoes 1.10 “We Will Come Again” CW: Death of a young...
You Got Gunpowder In My Fantasy
This is Mons Meg, a six-tonne siege gun that was state of the art in…1457. When was gunpowder invented? Is it true that the original invention was by the...
Which Genre Are We In, Again?
Michigan photos will be sorted some time this week! In the mean time, we have cyberpunk disguised as fantasy, “is this fantasy or is it weird SF",” and some...
Clones and Cliffhangers
Still in Michigan. Michigan pics will come. I even had to do a trip to Best Buy (honestly, I could probably have done this trip with one DSLR battery but...
Deadpool and Pansexual Representation
Some time back somebody told me one of my protagonists had “no reason” to be bisexual and shouldn’t be unless I showed him dating both men and women. On...
One Disturbing Book
I don’t have any pictures of southern boardwalks, this one is in PA. It’s every bit as, uh…okay, we both nearly fell in the swamp several times trying to...
Out Of Here
I’m writing this on Tuesday. First, an apology. Yes, some of you got Thursday’s post twice. It was my sticky fingers queueing posts. Second, I have another...
Cloning It
In Michigan right now, so sharing pictures from Minnesota. Close enough, right? Okay, now the Michiganders are hunting me down… Star Wars: The Clone Wars 7.1...
The First Breed of Horse
Not these ladies, but they are quite cute!Horses have been our companions for a long time. We have evidence that horses were domesticated about 6,000 years...