40 minutes left. Alright, let's just forget about the negative stuff for a minute ( Read more... )

at the end of 2014 there was one little thing I left off the list, of course. I neglected to mention that KD was 7 weeks pregnant. Should something go wrong we figured it would be better just to let it go unknown. That was not, thankfully, how it went ( Read more... )

So... not really posting here anymore. But here's a rundown of 2014 from my best recollection ( Read more... )

Well, I found it. No need to search through tons of media vomit to try to get to actual ACA enrollment numbers any longer, this page/spreadsheet is keeping track of them: http://acasignups.net/spreadsheetThe latest totals by state, as of 12/24-1/2, depending on when each state last reported them, add up to 2.2 million new private insurance plan ( Read more... )

So much for 2013 starting out slow ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving again. A time to reflect ( Read more... )

I read this great survey this morning that was conducted by George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management and Thumbtack.com.

Small entrepreneurial businesses are the ones that are actually creating the jobs in this country, not the juggernaut companies who can turn around and lay off or outsource tens of thousands of jobs to ( Read more... )

So apart from the late June Seattle and late July Faerieworlds shows, Soriah did a road tour from August 11th through August 20th. It was the day after my birthday--1 of 3 during that week for members of the tour--and was epic. Very, very epic.

As I did last year, here is a stitched-together journal from all of the Facebook posts, pictures, and ( Read more... )

Let's see. In the hours since the Aurora, CO shooting, I have heard the following be blamed:

• fixation on martyrdom as fame (Marilyn Manson--okay, that was from a RS article about the 1999 Columbine shooting, since he was being blamed for it even though the shooters didn't even like his music. It's extremely good, by the way)
  
• the lack of gun laws ( ( Read more... )

2012 continues to be the year of fruitful musical endeavors. The Ascension to the Sun collective (featuring members of This Ascension, Trance to the Sun, and yours truly) is busily preparing for late May shows, Cure Tribute theXplodingboys has added a fundraiser for our good friend DJ Wednesday in early June, and many of the dates of the Soriah ( Read more... )