the answer is, at home, being horrifically and terribly sick ( Read more... )

I know that at least a few of you folks on my reading list are planning on attending Icon in Cedar Rapids, Iowa this weekend. If so, you will definitely want to stop by and hear Beth Kinderman & the Player Characters performing a duo show (with an additional special guest in the form of chia_rhino!) on Saturday, November 6 at 1:30 p.m. in the Elm Room. chia_rhino ( Read more... )

First things first: I will be performing a solo show at "Original Fridays" this Friday, September 10 at Music-Go-Round at 2032 Ford Parkway in St. Paul, starting sometime around 5:30 p.m. I don't know anything more about it than that right now, but it should be a fun and relaxing show. I hope to see some of you there ( Read more... )

Crap what needs to get done before I leave for Icon:

Buy orange juice for dayzdark
Pack duffel, laptop case, and merch boxes
Update and print posters
Practice "Drinking Song" with new and updated verses
Plot email for humbleminion
Pick up pedalboard and other crap at freeimprov's house ( Read more... )

Fear not, LJ: my absence from your hallowed halls has absolutely nothing to do with my recent joining of Facebook. (Go be my band's fan over there, by the way.) Rather, it has everything to do with me getting really, disgustingly sick over the weekend and basically being unable to function for the past two days. And I keep forgetting I can ( Read more... )

Just so everybody who was worried about my poor paper-cutted eyeball knows, I woke up this morning feeling completely healed and with vision fully intact. The original paper cut was caused by poking myself in the eye with the corner of a piece of paper at my workplace, but I guess the internets weren't kidding when they said a corneal abrasion ( Read more... )

I gave myself a paper cut on my eyeball.

The good news is: eustacio and I have seen Star Trek and declared it good. Of course, coming from someone who's never seen any Star Trek that may not say a lot, but I as a longtime Trekkie can assure you that you will not be disappointed. I went in with no expectations and walked away very pleased. In my opinion, the movie struck an excellent balance ( Read more... )

Well, my Tuesday night D&D game has now officially been placed on hiatus until 2009. I had kind of suspected for a while that this might be the ultimate outcome, but after almost three months of no game and a few weeks of other get-togethers on game night instead of the game, I decided to force the issue. tankmancr concluded that at the present time he ( Read more... )

My latest article at Gamegrene was literally just published: A Tale of Two Characters. More reflections on representations of the genders within games, with a side order of talk about that Mage game you are probably all still sick of hearing about. Enjoy ( Read more... )