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I know that I've been absent for quite some time; I've been working (both as an engineer and as a budding novelist). And with my co-author, I'm getting there -- our first novel is coming out "shortly", and our second novel has been accepted for publication. Cover and back page follow:
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House repairs
The workers are between a third and a half done. The upstairs bathroom is currently unusable, and the downstairs bathroom is only partially usable (the toilet works, thank heavens). They haven't been bad - though one of them managed to trip the circuit breakers by not paying careful attention to the loads they had already put on the electrical ( Read more... ) -
SCAM WARNING!
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Further happenings...
I have spent far too much time lately playing Diablo III - 22 ½ hours, in point of fact. 10 ½ hours running a Barbarian (now at level 19 in Act II), 5 hours running a Demon Hunter (now at level 13 in Act I), and 7 hours running a Wizard (now at level 15 in Act I). I’ve also started excavating our front room, trying to reduce the clutter to a ( Read more... ) -
Restaurant closing
One of my favorite places in Santa Monica (THE TUDOR HOUSE) is closing at the end of this month (June 2012). It's always been a nice place to have a spot of tea, and one of their delicious meat pies (I've always been particularly fond of their steak & kidney pies). But the recession has had another victim - people cut back on restaurant outings, ( Read more... ) -
Straight White Male...gaming analogy
John Scalzi, in his WHATEVER blog, recently had an entry entitled "Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is". It was a well thought out, clearly written piece, and it used an analogy that I thought was wonderful (even if not perfect). Unfortunately, many readers seemed to be from clue-free environments, and did NOT get the ( Read more... ) -
Hardware!
My laptop died the final death this morning. The display wouldn't come up (even showing boot display) and when I tried it with a second monitor the result was the same. It was an older machine, but it was serviced by Dell just a couple of months ago. Of course, they damaged the bezel in the process, and did not make good on their promise to ( Read more... ) -
A Question to RPG-ers
Ok, how many out there who are in to face-to-face paper and pencil role playing games (D&D, RuneQuest, GURPS, etc.) live in the Southern California area? (In particular, the greater Los Angeles area - including Orange County ( Read more... )