Here it is, after midnight. I'm supposed to get up at 5 in the morning, as I do every morning that I work, but I stay up till past midni...

Today, I channeled the ghost of Arch Oboler and wrote what seems at first blush like an almost note-perfect Lights Out . The funny thing, of...

So last night we had a gaming session, and though not a lot seemed to happen, I came away from it pretty happy. It's tough with a new ga...

The new story launched today. I'm not worked nearly as far ahead as I'd like, but it has taken me a while to get into the rhythm of ...

In the party supply section at Target, they have boy pinatas and girl pinatas. Boy pinatas, we're all familiar with: hit them hard and c...

Had an impromptu bad movie night the other night. We watched the 1980 horror film, The Children . And yes, it is still wretchedly bad. But...

I've finished a first draft of this year's radio script and am now looking for voice volunteers. Details are on Hero Go Home here .

There's a thread running over on Codex about themes in writing, with basically two camps developing: one side that basically says, ...

Cracked.com is funny in a way that Cracked , the magazine (which in my youth was always just a lame Mad wanna-be), never was. Sometimes the...

So the other day, I'm at work, standing near the front doors. And there are these two teenage girls standing sort of huddled together lo...

I've been looking forward to getting this one out there for a while now, and the day has finally come! Green monkeys and a Silver Scorpi...

New character is all ready to go--stats rolled, background written, skills and gear purchased. I know pretty much who I intend him to be. No...

Feels strange to be sitting at home tonight. I've spent the last five nights out of the house, plus Saturday nights are often movie nigh...

So I used GIMP to put together a really quick and dirty portrait of my new character in the new game campaign, and thought I would throw up...

So I thought I was done with the Dougal Smeaton posts, but turns out, I've got at least one left in me. I am excited about our new cam...

SO I've got a ton of projects that need doing, but I can't concentrate on any of them, because I'm getting so revved up about st...

One might get the impression from past posts about the Atlantis campaign that it was some sort of perfect experience. Of course, it wasn...

So this is it, the last Smeaton post (probably). This will be long, but I want to get it out, so bear with me. The Atlantis campaign is ...

Saw "Captain America: The First Avenger" last night. I was a little doubtful going in, because while I have found Joe Johnston...

Yes, the Atlantis game is still chugging along, though drawing to a climax soon. And so, I thought it was a good time to reveal a particular...