A cloud hung over this weekend. Despite the joy in visiting my mother-in-law for her 80th birthday and family reunion with her sisters and brother and other family - Helene left darkness in all the corners. I'm going to leave a link to my friend Angela's page (Link Here) to various orgs which are helping… Continue reading Helene – and the beginning of Autumn
Category: General Thoughts
AI, NaNoWriMo, and “That Guy with the Idea”
This is a quick post. If you're a writer or writer adjacent, you've likely heard about NaNoWriMo's recent stance on AI contributions. Stephen Blackmoore has some key thoughts as his books were outright stolen to train the Generative AI now sponsoring Nano. What are my thoughts on AI? First, it's not really what most folks… Continue reading AI, NaNoWriMo, and “That Guy with the Idea”
Dreaming the Future in Scotland
Award winning authors spend 60 minutes talking about their cats. Glasgow 2024 is my fourth world SFF convention. It was the capper to a vacation where we spent a week driving around the Scottish highlands, from Sterling to Perth to Inverness and the Isle of Skye before returning to Glasgow. And - all love to… Continue reading Dreaming the Future in Scotland
Back from a Big Country
Just a brief note: We are back from Scotland. This was a combination trip - one to celebrate my wife and I reaching birthdays that end with zero, and one to attend Glasgow 2024's World SFF Convention. Pictured here: (L-> R) Seanan McGuire, Nnedi Okorafor, Naomi Kritzer, Erin Hunter, and John Scalzi discussing their cats.)… Continue reading Back from a Big Country
Nearly Oppressive Humidity
This is not the blog entry I wanted to write. My wife and I just came home from helping my best friend move his mother into an assisted living facility. Saturday was dominated by box unpacking, picture arranging, and getting her cat & SCA memorabilia in place. We figured Sunday morning would be similar. More… Continue reading Nearly Oppressive Humidity
The Last Rites of Spring
May. May is almost done. The lusty month of May has, well, proven accurate given the work I'm doing on behalf of my alter-egotist. And there have been a few days when May felt like pre-global warming May. It also felt like August - showing up early and unwanted with a half-drunk pack of cheap… Continue reading The Last Rites of Spring
Wish I Knew What You Were Looking For
Ever have a song live in your head? Not just live there, embed itself into your neural patterns. An old song. A resonating song. It generates sympathetic vibrations in your skull. You hear a word, or see a bit of clothing, and the opening chords rise up in your head. For the last few months,… Continue reading Wish I Knew What You Were Looking For
Looking Forward – also, Alan Wake II calls me out
Mid-Week Winter Blues Time has screamed by - February came in with a drunken mix of freezing days and unseasonal warmth. It also came in with the completion of a two projects - flooring in the basement and a cleaning of the chimney. This President's day, there will be assembly of display cases and kitty… Continue reading Looking Forward – also, Alan Wake II calls me out
Welcome to 2024 – A To-Do List
OK, I will be completely blunt. The idea of creating a list of goals for the year outside of what has been defined in a professional capacity (i.e. 'the day job says you need to make x number of customer success plans and hold y number of meeting') has me in the following mood: Crow… Continue reading Welcome to 2024 – A To-Do List
Crying at Christmas – or the Ancient Magus’ Bride
I honestly should not have liked this show/manga. The basic premise sounds like the cringiest of urban fantasy books. An ancient fae mage purchases a young woman with magical abilities and declares she will be his apprentice... and his bride. In any other context, I'd be throwing this book at the wall/shutting off the TV.… Continue reading Crying at Christmas – or the Ancient Magus’ Bride
Biomechanoid Blues 