If you don’t feel there’s enough me on this blog, there’s even more me over on SF Signal, where I’ve written an essay about writing, about gaming, about writing gaming, and about the kind of games writers play. Enjoy.

I finally got around to seeing The Eagle, which was one of two films released in 2011 that dealt with the disappearance of Legio IX Hispania north of Hadrian’s Wall sometime around 117 CE.  (I offer a brief review of the other film here.) Which just goes to show you that when it’s Legio IX […]

As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve left home and currently am in an Undisclosed Location. I don’t want to say where I am, but if you’ll look at the accompanying photo of innocuous cherry blossoms, you will find that I have inserted a clue into the illustration from which the clever among you […]

You know, I really don’t want to notice this kind of thing, but the story’s become so ubiquitous, I can’t help but see it.  So here’s what I see. Whitney Houston died a few days ago.  Nobody knows why, and the results from the labs won’t be in for a month or more.  But that […]