Not huge amounts of stuff to report; life’s been life. Work, life, running kids places. Generally, it’s been pleasant to middling; no huge crises to deal with. Work has been surprisingly okay; the worst has been the ongoing challenge of having to be a loud squeaky wheel at people to give me things (like a […]

Hey folks, today I announce to the three of you who care that I’m done with primary predictions; at this point, they come so fast and furious that I can’t keep up with them (totally missing the ton of them this weekend – why did nobody call me out on my 3/2 post? I know, […]

Happy Friday, friends. This morning, we wake up in a world where Presidential candidates use actual time in televised debates to brag about how big a dick they have, and get frenzied applause for it. Yes, I’m aware of the whole “Jumbo” business with LBJ, but that all happened behind a veneer of respectability inherent […]

Not a bad week, all told. Work’s been, to my great relief, quiet, with no major crises looming or fires to put out. Made my boss happy a couple of times, rebuilt a few connections that might pay dividends later, and maybe cracked a bit of an issue that’s been nagging for a few months. […]

If you’ve been keeping pace with me at all lately, you know that this has been a hell of a week. the tl;dr version? Doubt. Uncertainty. Signs of problematic developments in the future. Headaches. Lack of sleep. Hopelessness. Depression. As I mentioned earlier this week, there have been some awesome folks out there who have, […]

With the passing of the plow though my neighborhood on Tuesday late afternoon, I guess I can say that life is more or less back to normal after #Snowpocalypse 2016. All told, my workplace was closed two days, I was snowed in one day beyond that, and the kids are *still* out of school. I […]

Hey all, it’s a damp Sunday evening and I just got back from this year’s MarsCon, my “home” fan convention, and quite possibly one of my favorite experiences I get to have every year. As has been the case the last couple of years, I spend a bit of time “working” these cons, as the […]

Hi. We’re 12 days into the new year; it’s been very much an up-and-down thing thus far. There’s been some good stuff. There’s been some supreme frustration. More than I’d really want; let’s be honest. Work’s a never-ending pile of bluster, bro-ing, business word salad, bad attitudes, belaying progress, blowing off meetings and commitments, and […]

I meant to write up something like this weeks ago, but I kind of shut myself mostly out of the internet (other than occasional poking around on social media and playing some games). The break was welcome. I read some books, had a few nice evenings out with family and friends, saw Star Wars a […]

Red Letters by Mikey Mason At long last, today is my last day at work for the year 2015. I’ll be honest, it’s been a tough one. My job changed; hell, my career changed. I spent most of the year just figuring out what the hell I’m supposed to be doing here. One of these […]