Saturday was a long one. One of the jagoffs that bailed on us was scheduled to work the booth with FI in the afternoon. I filled the spot, meaning that I was in the Exhibitor's Hall for eight hours. Ended with some very hurty feet, friends and neighbors. Another soak, then pizza from Hot Box, some card games, and then bedtime ( Read more... )

The shortened workweek started off with more bad news. Eight more layoffs at work, and furloughs or reduction in work-hours for most everyone. I'm still employed, but morale was blown to splinters. Wednesday brought another shock - my absolutely terrific manager is leaving next week. I can't blame her, but she's far and away the best manager in the ( Read more... )

37 years ago today, the first manned lunar landing was accomplished.  Having reached a quarter-million miles into space, we've dropped back to low Earth orbit for decades.  Yes, Galileo and Cassini and Viking and Pathfinder and Spirit and Opportunity and all of their counterparts are fantastic machines, but they're not enough ( Read more... )

Even though I've been doing it for something like 23 years, there are times when I question my skills at running a game and keeping my players entertained.  I've felt a bit of a lull in the Spycraft game, and last week, I threw out an idea to my players.

I am, as most of you know, a big Michael Mann fan - especially Miami Vice and Heat.  The latter ( Read more... )

Last night's Spycraft game ( Read more... )