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Monday, March 8th, 2010I believe I’m done following David E. Henderson, despite his Emmy as a former CBS newsperson. While the man is clearly bright and obviously thinks deeply about our modern culture, the unrelenting negativity of his blog posts is just no fun. It’s like listening to George Carlin’s last performances, without the mellower humor of his [...]
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010Via @baffled
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My Mid-Winter Game Break
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 Game conventions can be lots of fun, but holding your own “mini con,” with your closest friends, can be even better.
Last weekend was the second annual Mid-Winter Game Break, in which my old college buddy Tim Ryan, his Indianapolis gamer buddy David Wolfe, and I rent a hotel suite near Chicago and play [...]
A Pretty Pair of Published Poems
Friday, February 12th, 2010Sometimes I can be dense.
Despite a long personal history of online activity—starting with BBSs during the 80s, way too many hours on GEnie during its heyday, and Web surfing from the first wave—I’ve had a reluctance to submit creative works for publication online. After all, I’ve made a career (since 1984) in print publishing. [...]