Having gotten clear of the COVID business (it was relatively minor on my end), tomorrow morning I start heading south to spend the weekend in Atlanta playing shows with the Humdingers at DragonCon as part of the filk track. This’ll be my sixth time heading into this particular breach; I won’t say that I’m not […]

So, on Tuesday, I turned 48 years old. As I spend most of my time in this space lately (and in conversation with others, and in songwriting, etc…) ruminating about what middle-age feels like, I’ll leave it for now, and focus on the “gift” I received this year. A positive COVID-19 test result. I dodged […]

First off, it didn’t suck. It was, honestly, pretty much everything I was looking for. Waiting impatiently for next week. Otherwise, not much to report for the week. Work, bike, read. Looking forward to getting together with some friends downtown on Saturday, checking out a band at the local historic theater this evening. Tunes this […]

Tomorrow, She-Hulk: Attorney At Law starts streaming on D+. If you know me, you know that I’m a full-on Marvel Comics dork, and that I have a special affection for the She-Hulk. I first discovered her in the mid-80s filling in for The Thing in the pages of Fantastic Four, but truly fell in love […]

You're Not Cleared For This by D.J. McGuire We’ve all been following the headlines regarding certain events happening in Florida last week, and all the fallout, and the usual bloviating and bad takes inherent in American politics, though one thing you might notice is that while lots of folks in TFG’s camp are rushing (sometimes […]

I maybe kinda don’t know what to do with myself when folks aren’t around. As indicated previously, two of us have been out of town for the long weekend, and the others that are are home are living their own lives, so I’ve been left largely to my own devices for the last few days. […]

So, returning to the indifferent embrace of the bureaucracy this week eventually sorted itself out, after a rough day or two to start. By the time you’re reading this, my inbox is completely tended, the groove is starting to get re-established, and I’ve already put a few presumptive public employees in their place for not […]

I seem to have lost mine. The thought of staring down over five hours of online meetings will do that, I suppose. This short, pointless post has been brought to you by…y’know? who cares?

As of today, I have supposedly returned to the regular daily grind of a mild-mannered professional bureaucrat and leaving behind my detour into the life of a free-wheeling, wild-living rock star. As if. In any case, please enjoy the following brief after-action report: The gigs at ConGregate and Confluence were, on the whole, reasonably successful. […]