Parenting: You're Doing It Right


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After the good response to my Dragon*Con Tips set last year, I thought I'd make an attempt at making some of it into a short PSA for DConTV. Since I don't have Flash animation skills myself, I put the word out to some friends.

Much to my surprise, J Griffin, a former co-worker of mine from UGA who used to animate spots for Cartoon Network, ( Read more... )

I'm a little groggy this morning, but it was worth it. I saw the midnight show of TRON LEGACY last night in IMAX 3D. There are... no words. It was simply awesome. great fight sequences, incredible FX shots, and for all the people (Ebert, I'm looking at you) saying it has no plot, it actually does, and it's actually pretty good. No one goes to a ( Read more... )

Why oh WHY is putting a costume together such a rush of adrenaline?


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Mel and I were taking it easy this year, in terms of DragonCon: We cut our days back to Friday through Monday (instead of Thursday-Tuesday) and are limiting the number of costumes we bring, and decided not to do any new costumes this year.

Then, of course, my friend Craig decides that he wants to do a TRON Costume, and asks for my help with it. ( Read more... )

My hair needed to be a little more blond than it is, so I went to get a little color done. I did this a couple of years ago, and it was a fiasco because the lady only did highlights, and she bleached too much, so I ended up having white hair with VERY visible dark roots. NOT what "lighten it a bit" meant at ALL ( Read more... )

Preparing for DragonCon ( Read more... )

Damn you all and your Costuming ways.... Nancy Reagan told me to Just say no to this kinda stuff ( Read more... )