When I was a kid, my friends and I used to jump onto and off of fads fairly often. I remember going through phases of collecting George Barr...

Wow. What started out as a provisional, possibly very temporary character in what was meant to be a brief, transitional RPG campaign has fin...

So I've taken a couple of stabs at video in the past, but I'm giving another shot, and I think my best so far. I have a co-worker wh...

I've talked a couple of times ( here and here ) about the table-top RPG I'm currently playing, where I play a reporter-turned-demon...

So Sunday night, in the middle of a completely unrelated personal drama, I opened an envelope that I expected would be junk mail. The return...

So I mentioned over a year ago that I was playing a "new" character in our current tabletop game, a journalist named Eddie Mendoz...

So I had some vacation time planned last week, and I was really looking forward to the time off, although I didn't have any particular p...

Holy crap, what a mess. You know the old saying about waiting for the other shoe to drop? Right now, I'm wondering just how many s...

So, wow, it's been over a year since I ran my last Fate one-shot , a scenario I found online titled "Spirit of the Tentacle....

So last post, I mentioned that the Big Idea I had a couple of months ago was progressing more slowly than I'd expected. So, a little cl...

I haven't posted any game-related content here for over a year, so here's the rundown. I mentioned in a post way back in January 2...

You'll excuse me while I indulge in some middle-of-the-night fear-and-regret wallowing and motivation-pumping. I was not one of those ...

So here I am after 20 weeks, and things are looking pretty good, overall. I'm down 25 lbs and 6 % bodyfat, I'm still doing strengt...

I've mentioned before that one way to stick to a new fitness regime is to establish a routine. The flip side to that is that if the new ...

I try not to jump on these bandwagons when a celebrity dies unless it's someone who really affected me personally like Ray Harryhausen. ...

One big problem with maintaining the gains and motivation I had earlier is that, after I had settled into an acceptable routine, my schedule...

I love round numbers, so having finally hit the 20 lb. lost mark was a big thing, in a way, although after so many weeks of hovering just ab...

So after last time, I finally had everything working right in week 11. I was running faster, getting stronger and dropping weight again. And...

10 weeks in, and though my weight and body comp numbers remain pretty well stalled, my performance--run pace and numbers of reps in strength...