Mason and I giggled our way through this week's MangaKast, 21: Zombies Loose Their Sh*t.  In this one, we discussed our usuals (Bleach, One Piece, and Toriko) and talked about how far Mason has gotten in Fairy Tale, the new anime I start watching (Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun), how Hourou Musuko inspired a cross-dressing dream, a shout out to our love ( Read more... )

I've gotten our trip a bit out of order already, because we actually stopped at the historical marker for the Buchanan Settlement (12 miles from Duluth) before we got to Two Harbor's break wall. According to our guide book, this is the sight of a town that has since disappeared--a Minnesotan ghost town, if you will ( Read more... )

Mason and I have produced our 12th MangaKast for your... well, I hesitate to say enjoyment, but, well, there it is: http://mangakast.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/a-dirty-dozen/

In this podcast, I also discuss a new anime that I'm watching called Yowapeda. In the podcast, I mostly talk about how it relates to Bleach (there are voice actors in common ( Read more... )

Since my other podcast project was kind of a dud, Mason and I have decided that it'd be fun to do a very on-the-fly, slapdash podcast about Bleach on the mornings that the chapters come out.  We've decided to call it MangaKast (with a "k" as a play on the word mangaka, which is what one calls manga artists.)  We recorded it at about 6:30 am, before ( Read more... )

If you want to listen to me (as Dylan Calish) hosting "Travels to the UnSeen World"... it is now live: http://entertheunseen.com/travels1/People have asked me about the name, what's the deal? Well, Dylan is nearly Lyda (just mess up the letters and add a "n"). Plus when Rachel asked me if I wanted to be a sibling to her pen name, I said, "Sure, ( Read more... )

I just finished editing my very first podcast!

It's called "Travels in the UnSeen World" and it's in support of my friend and fellow writer Rachel Calish's UnSeen World. The podcast isn't up yet, but it will be very shortly. I'll post here again when it is ( Read more... )

Today I'll be teaching one of the Loft's "First Pages" (a one day, drop-in, informal class) at the Nokomis Library from 2-3:30 pm on "Fan Fiction." First Pages is a neat idea. It's described as: 90 minute introductory sessions in creative writing for kids, teens, and adults. They take place at area libraries throughout Hennepin County and are ( Read more... )

Remember when I yammered on about my Japanese language tapes and how someone should really record the language tapes we all really want, where there's an interesting story and things go horribly wrong on 'John Learner's trip abroad ( Read more... )

Even though I have not worked out any of the bugs that everyone so kindly pointed out, here's an audio file of Mason and I telling part of our nightly tradition: the story of going to sleep.  A. A. Miles style, Mason is often the hero of the story, though lately it's a rather nonsensical trip on an Amtrack train that stops a various mythological ( Read more... )

It finally happened. I dreamt I was Captain America. My GOD I was disappointed when I woke up this morning. Don't you hate when that happens in dreams?  I was SO agile, so strong, so... ripped.  This morning what do I get?  A dumpy lesbian mom.  It's just not fair.  I finally figure out what I want to be when I grow up, and he's a ficitious ( Read more... )