I saw this Barbie at work and immediately thought of Van Halen. Not that I think she looks like any of the women in the video, but somethin...

Okay, not really, but it feels like it. I don't know if it's the weather breaking or a larger change in my attitude, but the last fe...

So on Monday night, this blizzard rolls in. So I had to miss work on Tuesday, because though my car was in the garage, the snow outside was...

This story is making the rounds now, that an art historian is making the startling claim that the model for the Mona Lisa was actually a ma...

Finally took the plunge and published Death Wave for the Kindle. It's a tale of adultery, betrayal and revenge set in the days of the G...

But they don't give his actual name. Man Survives Fall .

Went to the launch party tonight for my friend Eilis O’Neal’s The False Princess . It’s her first novel, so it’s a special occasion. I haven...

I usually steer clear of politics in the blog, because it raises my blood pressure and loses me friends. For instance, I stayed quiet when p...

Just testing the widget Super Movie Monday - Superman III, Part 2

So it's been a slow January for posts here, as I've been concentrating extra-hard on Hero Go Home . I'm worked ahead for two wee...

Was off-line for several days, but I'm back now. It's weird coming back after a few days away. On the one hand, I've gotten the ...

This week's chapter in Hero Go Home was a hard one to write. As the story has been serialized, I've been made more aware week by we...

This is not really a look at the year in any depth. More just a reflection that, my lack of submission to publications notwithstanding, I pr...

Cross-posting this to Hero Go Home as well, because a lot of what I'm talking about applies there. I'm starting off the year feelin...

So I went out earlier in the week and bought some champagne, then I got invited to a party, then I bought a cigar, because I really wanted o...

So I go out and place the ad on Girl Genius (a really fun webcomic by Phil and Kaja Foglio), and get a little bump in traffic over at Hero ...

So I've dipped a tiny toe into the advertising waters by placing a tiny button ad on Girl Genius . Which is to say, I never see the ad w...

So there was no Christmasiness around the blog, because I put it over on Hero Go Home . And really, as I've probably said before, I'...

(ETA: In case you don't know what this is referring to, you can read about it on Wikipedia here . I just thought it was kind of silly. T...

Sorry, just listening to the echo. Without Out of the Vault and Movie Monday, it just seems so empty around here. It's my own fault, I k...