Only two months into the new year, and I’m already tapped out on charitable contributions for a while. Facebook has instituted an interesting new policy: they offer the opportunity for people to put up a post soliciting donations. This is a worthwhile endeavor to be sure, but the speed at which it’s spreading through my […]
Read MoreI’ve spent a fair amount of time, space, and words here to recommend the work of a number of my fellow authors in this blog. Now, I’d like to take a moment to remind myself (and others) that writing is far from the only art form out there. I have quite a few friends who […]
Read MoreA group that I game with regularly has decided to have me run the game for a while. I’ve run games as a Game Master/Dungeon Master before, but it’s been years — too many years — since I’ve run a D&D campaign, and there are more than a few things I’d forgotten about running a […]
Read MoreI’ve come to realize, over the last couple of years, that I know quite a few people who either have, or are in the process of, transitioning to another gender. My first experience with this came in the mid-1980s; the place I worked at the time brought in a manager from another city to take […]
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