A list of the webcomics I read, the times they are officially published, and (the times they most often are actually published)

Amazing Superpowers: Monday, Wednesday, Friday
(sometime mid-morning)

XKCD: Monday, Wednesday, Friday
(between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. the night before)

Penny Arcade: Monday, Wednesday, Friday
(usually mid-morning, but in the ( Read more... )

Actual conversation with Melissa Scott yesterday, at the Scott family Christmas gathering:

Me: "I'm gonna take this gift certificate, and go get me a vise!"
Melissa: "You mean, like smoking or gambling? Don't take up gambling!"
Me: "... maybe chewing tobacco?"

FUN WITH HOMOPHONES

FYI, this LJ will probably be going on lockdown in the near future. It's getting way too easy to find it just by searching my first and last name. I'll be going back through and friends-locking all my posts from the last ten years (!!!) in the near future, to better protect Present-Day Luke from suffering any embarrassment from Past Luke's ( Read more... )

Melissa's in Chattanooga for the weekend, and the workday ends in about 30 minutes. Nothing to do, nothing to do.

Wait, that's a lie. I'll probably gonna go nuts for the next 48 hours working on the back yard trebuchet, eating fried chicken, and reading wing chun textbooks.

Yeah. Bangarang.

( Parade, photos, and hazardous experimental weaponry )

We’d been driving for a couple hours when Atlanta loomed over that rise on I-20, far-off but unmistakable. The car was packed with food, clothes, and all manner of intoxicating beverages. It was early afternoon.

Anyone reading this should know already, but DragonCon is like Halloween, the 4th of July, and St. Patrick’s Day all rolled into one for ( Read more... )