Okay, hadn't really had time to follow or prepare for Black Friday Amazon Deals, but holy crap, Gloomhaven for $85 (including shipping) is about as ridiculously low as it gets.

Posted both of these to Twitter over the last couple of days. Both kind of sum up my thoughts on things going on right now ( Read more... )

Random thoughts on COVID-19:

1. Current tally of folks I know who've died from the virus is three: My middle school music teacher, the father of a childhood friend, and liamstliam. I really hope that's where the tally ends, but suspect that won't happen. If we count internet friends I haven't met (and Liam was someone I had), there's probably folks I'm not ( Read more... )

Still alive, which meant less two months ago than now, but was still meaningful ( Read more... )

Thanks to unemployment and other stuff, not really putting together the daily deals this year (as you've probably noticed), but a few ones worth pointing out today before gorging:

Amazon's annual $5 off $20 book coupon is live! Use NOVBOOK18 as your code (it'll be at the link, too). This runs through Sunday ( Read more... )

As some of you may know, I've resigned from my position as Assistant Division Head of Programming at Arisia, and I also won't be on panels or attending the convention at all. I won't go into why here, as I've already talked about it and I suspect that anyone following fandom knows. I want to discuss a side-topic ( Read more... )

The Price You Pay by "Aidan Truhen" was fantastic, and is highly recommended for folks who like their thrillers full-bore ludicrous (think Duane Swierczynski's "The Blonde" or "Severance Package). I'm also fascinated by the whole "this author is actually another author using a pseudonym" thing, since I've never understood that marketing. I do ( Read more... )

So for everyone complaining about how dark and moody the trailer for the new Titans series is, do y'all remember The Judas Contract (generally considered the apotheosis of silver age Titans stories)? The storyline in which A) middle-aged Slade Wilson sends his 14-year-old girlfriend (and yes, we see them in bed together) to infiltrate the team ( ( Read more... )

Books read either in airports, in planes to and from San Juan, or on the cruise. All are recommended (other than the unnamed one, but it's not horrible, either):

1. The Parking Lot Attendant, by Nafkote Tamirat. This is a ludicrously beautiful and witty novel, even if it fails to quite stick the landing. It's the story of the daughter of Ethiopian ( Read more... )

Allison Glock's The Eight Truths I Learned From Humping Athletes, reprinted at Deadspin after appearing in GQ twenty years ago, is fantastic

At Vox, Anna North writes, Historically, men translated the Odyssey. Here’s what happened when a woman took the job.

Outside Magazine's been quietly doing some damned fine journalism over the last few years ( Read more... )