Items: Chain games
Three Flash games with only the vaguest of thematic connections to each other. Chain Factor. You drop numbered circles into...
Welcome, Rowan!
Babies are popping up everywhere these days. The latest addition is Dan and N's son Rowan, born on the evening...
Game conclusion
The last episode of my roleplaying game was this afternoon. I had an intermittently rough weekend, and was very late...
Candlelight memorial service, Dec. 6, Palo Alto
There's a grief-support center in Palo Alto called Kara; every year, they have a memorial gathering, "invit[ing] the community to...
Plotting at the keyboard
I mentioned to Mary Anne this afternoon that I pretty much can't plot (whether fiction or games) unless I'm sitting...
Flexibility
In the past few weeks, the lesson that the Universe seems intent on teaching me, over and over and over,...
Welcome, Samuel!
Samuel was born this morning about 3 a.m., about three weeks earlier than expected. Everyone involved is healthy and doing...
Giving thanks
It occurred to me the other day that I have an awful lot to be thankful for. My life is...
Baby news
A few tidbits about this fall's crop of babies among my friends: Dan P has finally gotten around to announcing...
What’s up with me
The past few weeks have been kinda rough, though with some very good spots. Three weeks ago at work, for...
Obama at Google
On Wednesday, Barack Obama came to Google. (Link is to the video.) The room was completely packed. I showed up...
Obama speech
Just saw the Obama speech that the press has been talking about, the one from Saturday's Jefferson-Jackson dinner in Des...