As is traditional for schoolchildren at this time of year, R. was asked to put together a list of things for which he was thankful ( Read more... )

I'm one of those folks who is a little bit mall-sensitive. I'm not sure if it's the mild claustrophobia, the mild social anxiety, the fact that I suck at parking, or the ambient noise, but generally I've got a limited tolerance. And during the holidays, it can get ridiculous. Hours of lingering misery and vague illness from a short lunchtime ( Read more... )

I know I haven't written anything here in quite a while, and frankly I'm not sure if any of you still have this journal on your reading list. But I've been giving a whole lot of my time to The Doula Project in New York City in the past year and a half, and I've recently joined their Leadership Circle. We're doing a fund drive right now, to help us ( Read more... )

Saturday afternoon lediva and I took the generous and talented bethofalltrades up on her offer to queer couples in celebration of marriage equality in NY, and had an bonus 10th anniversary celebration and overall awesome time traipsing around the East Village being all adorable and having our pictures taken. It's a part of Manhattan I like a lot, and it was a great ( Read more... )

rosefox has been writing some really lovely stuff about her lovely buzzed head, and hair, and gender, and it made me realize that maybe I wanted to write a little about the aesthetics of my hair too ( Read more... )

Last week, I went in to check the hive. It was looking really full in there. Crazy full. Maybe I'd fed them a bit too much pollen in the early season, so they may have overproduced brood, but hey, it was May, the apple blossoms were getting pollinated, and I had gotten my bees through the winter ( Read more... )

10th anniversary bus party is on! Lunch Saturday June 18th in NYC, then party bus around the city, to Boston, and around Boston, and lazy exhausted brunch Sunday June 19th. If you don't know me or lediva on Facebook and thus haven't seen the actual invite, but you think you want to come to any or all parts of this, leave a comment or drop me a line and ( Read more... )

John Snead, aka heron61, a family friend and overall awesome person, has been writing really good RPG stuff all over the industry for decades. He's doing his latest, Eldrich Skies, a Lovecraftian SF game, via a Kickstarter campaign, with 16 days and $616 dollars left to go. Get the PDF for a $15 donation, or the physical book for $40. Leave a comment

So, if I have not actually played Portal, but am already familiar with the basic concept and the overall plot and spoilers...will I have trouble going straight to actually playing Portal 2 now? Or do I really need to go back and play through the original first?

( Weekend )