The past weekend and several days on either side of it have been kind of a roller coaster… First of all, the big birthday party for my lovely spouse went off amazingly well, both in terms of remembering how to host events, as well as “beta testing” the new house space as a music venue. […]

Let’s just say that I would really rather not have this week repeating over and over; it kinda sucked. Lots of stupid work drama, an unpleasant flirtation with the illness that the rest of my family was dealing with last week, a bunch of disappearing mp3s, and a bit of self-inflicted stress as we prepare […]

The previous week was, for the most part uneventful apart from some periodic occurrences hitting their intervals. Got a bunch of work stuff done, including actually using my B.S. in Education(!); prepping a lesson plan and teaching a class on certain bureaucratic processes I’ve managed to become the expert on. I also had my annual […]

I was only in the office for three days this week, after wrapping a kick-ass first year of ConVivial, where I had a whole bunch of shows, panels, quality time with friends, pleasant conversations, and maybe one or two too many drinks, though all that other stuff got me more than my share of steps […]

As you’ve read previously, I’m off at the first edition of ConVivial in Williamsburg this weekend with folks like my band-mates the Blibbering Humdingers, my friends The Salacious Crumbles, and interesting new acts like HipHopMcDougal, along with the usual writers and artists and cosplayers and vendors and geeks of all aspects. That said, I’m still […]

As I may have mentioned, I’ll be attending as a guest at the inaugural edition of ConVivial, the new convention on the block in Williamsburg VA. For the first time in forever, I won’t be at Marscon* for…reasons, though if that’s where you’re going, have a great time, and say “Hi!” to all my friends […]

After the holiday break and all it’s adventures, Tuesday I logged back in to the work network get a fresh start on the year. It’s mostly gone okay; a lot of folks are still out, but thankfully the ones I needed to talk to to get things moved along were around, for the most part, […]

We’re hitting that interesting time of year. Work, thankfully, is slowing down as all of my fellow public sector bureaucrats start burning their use-or-lose leave and leaving the halls of power empty (or emptier than usual, given the fact that so many of us work remotely now). The co-worker I’ve been unofficially mentoring for the […]

Given that it’s Thanksgiving tomorrow, I’m going to be going dark(er than usual) for a couple of days; it’s just easier for my mental health. Deal with it. But, before I do, I’m going to mention that I’ve got a gig a week after Thanksgiving at Dancing Kilt, where I’ll be playing my eclectic mix […]

Amongst all the other things I find myself doing in my copious fair time, I recently contributed a couple of things to Cover To Cover: Filker Song Swap vol. 1, a charity compilation spearheaded by my friend Madison and the crew at Social Justice Bards (a collective of like-minded creative types I’m proud to be […]