As part of my ongoing babysitting duties, I mean.

Because, while I understand that they're intended for children, in my opinion that doesn't mean they should throw all logic out the window.

Saw Aladdin again, with Jayce. As always, I liked how Aladdin tricked Jafar into becoming a genie "and everything that goes with it". They set that one up ( Read more... )

I've identified my main objection to the iPad. I acknowledge that it's an utterly cool bit of software and hardware, and if one were to materialize in front of me now, absolutely free, I wouldn't say no to it. But my objection to the iPad can be summarized in a single sentence: It's not made to create.

Oh, you can get it to create, a document ( Read more... )

I've been very remiss in not posting more often here on LJ. If it's any defense, I'm not posting a whole lot anywhere else, either. Stuff Happens, but it's not the sort of stuff anybody else would be interested in reading. Does anybody really care about what I had for dinner, or what I got for Christmas, or suchlike? It seems doubtful to me ( Read more... )

(And, yes, I'll grant you, among all the things that might bother me, this one's pretty trivial, but there it is.)

As part of our ongoing duties as Baby-sitters In Residence, this weekend we watched Disney's animated Beauty and the Beast. (Which is, hands down, one of the finest animated feature films ever.) And it struck me again, as it has ( Read more... )

I've been getting increasing eyestrain headaches at work; driving at night is becoming more and more difficult (images blur when pupils dilate); I can't focus enough to draw. It was time and past time for a new prescription ( Read more... )

The greatest of the virtues is fortitude, to endure through the thing called life.

Yes, I am firmly convinced that the anthropic principle is the causative force behind Murphy's Law. I posted a blurb about this on Facebook, but that medium is only really good for one-liners. Here, I offer a more detailed explanation, using a common manifestation of Murphy's Law:

( The toast always lands buttered-side down )

I think I've recovered enough to write about this... save it for posterity, as it were ( Read more... )

So a couple of years ago, the editor of Ars Caidis (our local A&S publication) asked me for an article. I'd been doing considerable research for the Pictorial Dictionary, and I kept finding charges that had never been registered in the SCA. So I wrote up an article with about a dozen such charges, including their dates, sources, and emblazons ( ( Read more... )

No sign of rank, nor painted shield ( Read more... )