As one expects, ConGregate was a very nice experience. Going in, I was, as is ridiculously common in the current age, extra stressed and anxious for all kinds of reasons that any regular reader here (assuming there are any) can surely identify. But, since I’m somewhat of a professional at this, I put on the […]

Slipping out quietly after close of business Tuesday night, the Supreme Court released it’s ruling on the pending litigation regarding the federal workforce EO. It came out about how I expected; there’s been no argument that the head of the executive branch, as outlined in Article II of the Constitution, doesn’t have the power to […]

At noon today, we’ll have crossed over into the second half of 2025. The first half has been…a lot. The last five months, especially, have felt like five years. There’s just been too damned much of it. Go look at any of the retrospectives today (such as the opening paragraphs of this daily newsletter) for […]

Even for a short week, where I was in the office for approximately 32 hours (less my approved time for fitness, which is one awesome benefit I actually still get to take advantage of), I’ve spent approximately twenty of those hours locked down on Microsoft Teams meetings, and the rest looking for an open rest […]

Another couple of weeks down, because I’ve been all kinds of busy, depressed, tired, sore, occasionally celebratory, and outside touching grass. Work is work, of course. I’m kind of just tired of all of it all, going through the motions and doing the thing, but not feeling particularly motivated to give the powers that be […]

Another week mostly down. Work was work, headlines were headlines, and the back hurt. Also, My lovely spouse celebrated crossed a major, hard-earned milestone (and I am very, very proud), and I learned that a dear friend from my past is no longer with us, which is seriously a bummer. I spent some time with […]

it’s not been a great week. The return-to-office mandate is still unpleasant, loud, and demoralizing, with too few bathrooms, a broken ice machine, and barely functioning network services. It adds a good hour to my “working” time given the commute, traffic on the interstate, lines at the badge check at the gate, and “differently functional” […]

After more than five years of remote work, today I returned to the commuting office life. It was…fine. In the most general of terms, it’s not really *that* much of an inconvenience, though to be honest, it’s kind of a bummer, just because. I likely could have waited until Monday to come in, though I […]

…and that’s another one in the books.  This year’s Ravencon ended up being a good experience, largely due to the presence of some very good friends I don’t see often enough and a reasonably relaxed vibe when I wasn’t rushing to sit panels, play shows, running equally-busy offspring to off-site commitments, or working around inconveniently […]

Once again, it’s time for Ravencon this weekend, April 25 through 27, and once again, I’ll be doing my thing at my “hometown” convention! It’s always a good time, with good friends, great creativity (including music, writing, cosplay, film, art, and anything else you can imagine!), and tons of fun! I’m playing a couple of […]