(Cross-posted from my Facebook.) So, it looks like Steelers quarterback "Big" Ben Roethlisberger raped a woman in Georgia. The most generous interpretation of events is that he got her so shitfaced her consent basically meant nothing -- and the least generous is that she never offered any consent at all, not even of the drunken shitfaced variety. ( Read more... )

Okay, two related things:

First, I got my contributor's copies of Black Gate #14, the issue in which my long-awaited story "The Price of Two Blades" appears. This is a huuuuuuge honkin' issue; buy it, and you'll get your money's worth. The story looks good, and Malcolm McClinton's cover art illustration of my story (whoops!) is bad-ass (and you ( Read more... )

Making the rounds on the Internets, introduced to me by my friend Dr. Nick, I present the angriest bear in the universe.

It is work-safe. And majestic.

Let's talk about the health care reform bill that the US congress is on the verge of not passing ( Read more... )

I have two wonderfully nasty movie reviews to share.

The first is this seven-part, seventy minute video review of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace that's been making the rounds on the internets.

"Seventy minutes of some nerd bitching about Ep 1?" I hear you complain. "Screw that ( Read more... )

So, how about this for a dramatic conflict ( Read more... )

I've been getting acquainted with my new Droid smartphone's GPS feature ( Read more... )

I'm no longer the editor of Triangulation. But I know I left the thing in good hands because my successor, Bill Moran, is doing stuff like this:

Triangulation 2010 podcastsThis is the page where Bill shall be posting "podcasts" of the editorial staff discussing short fiction in general and the Triangulation anthology in particular. I put " ( Read more... )

Wow was that pretty.

You can't read a review of Avatar without reading about the visuals, and for damned good reason. This is a beautiful movie even without the 3D effects; the bona-fide next gen 3D pushes it into "You have got to see this!" territory.

Because really, you do. If you want to know what the hell all the hype is about, you need to ( Read more... )

Tina and I went to Half Price Books on a date earlier this week. I saw "Painkiller" and its first expansion bundled on sale for $10, so naturally I gobbled it right up.

"Painkiller" is a five-year-old game most notable for earning the effusive praise of one Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw, one of the internet's best (and most hilariously profane) video ( Read more... )