Last weekend, I wandered a few hundred miles north to http://www.chattacon.org/ with some of my college buddies and had a blast. Strangely enough, it was my first con. The best part was spending the weekend with friends I see too infrequently, but the gaming and dealer shopping was worth ( Read more... )

It's the end of the year and I've been thinking about everything that has happened since the last time the Earth occupied this spot around Sol ( Read more... )

Back again.

It has been a busy few months. Bad news, then worse news, then good news. More on that later.

Merry Christmas, all.

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No, this isn't another hurricane update (although I'm keeping watch on Ivan, who is aiming vaguely in this direction ( Read more... )

So the hurricane doesn't look like it's going to hit us. Great, now we can all get to having a nice holiday weekend. Except ( Read more... )

Enjoy the Disney reference ( Read more... )

Ok, so Bonnie was nothing more than a lot of rain with virtually no wind at all. In fact, it's still raining here and has been for most of the last 20 hours ( Read more... )

I'm reminded of Fin's anxiety about storm season in her part of the world a few months ago ( Read more... )

Early this morning on my drive home from work, I was listening to one of my favorite songs from REM. I've listened to this song for many years and always considered it a love song, a poem from one lover to another ( Read more... )