The YoungMan turned 14 yesterday - among other things we gave was his first kitchen knife (a decent quality paring knife) and a copy of the 1st Edition Player's Handbook for AD&D.

He graduates 8th Grade tonight.

My boots fit him and sylvarthorne wears an pair if his old snow boots (a couple of years old now) outside in the winter to get wood for the fire. He ( Read more... )

We had an all-around good trip down there. Saw many friends, made some new ones, and I even managed to do some professional networking which I wasn't really expecting. I had another kick in the pants about getting my dissertation off to a publishing house so that I could discuss the sorts of revisions needed to make it a viable publication (plus a ( Read more... )

So life is going pretty well it seems. Work continues, client load is a bit low, but I'll see what I can do to boost it up (yes, if you know my legal name you can find me pretty easily now on Google, one way or another) - and I've managed to continue to snag some presenting gigs as well, there was CARAS, now a semi-local university this Thursday, ( Read more... )