Cloudy most of the day. Our high was 80F.

This was a day whose vilness made yesterday look like Disneyland circa 1957, when it still was the "happiest place on earth." By the way, I think Finland, of all places, uses that as their motto, but who the fuck do they think they're kidding ( Read more... )

I'm always, always going to have trouble with the apparent need for MMOs to infect their stories and worlds with silliness. An especial sort of humor that is just that: silliness. NPCs who crack atrociously bad jokes, for example. Or the insertion of our familiar Western holidays into alien worlds (Azeroth, Telara, Tyria, etc.). Now, most players ( Read more... )

The last few nights, the dreams have been a slow black storm. I awake more exhausted than when I went to sleep. If only I could find a cure for sleep...

Yesterday, the mail brought me copies of the new issue of Tähtivaeltaja, a Finnish sf/fantasy zine, which has an eight-page article on my books and comics. And this is really drad and all, only I ( Read more... )