Back of the Envelope

A week ago, Kristin and I went to the movies and saw World's End . It was an entertaining movie.  Kristin sold it to me as "A bunch...

This picture was taken about 5 pm on Tuesday from my office. Smoke from a fire at the airport The fire was apparently a fuel fire at th...

My latest review for Black Gate is online.  This time I review Milton Davis's Woman of the Woods .

This is more of a comment on Android than on my phone in particular, but I'm starting to get the hang of the gesture keyboard that Andro...

I mentioned about two weeks ago that I was considering buying a new smartphone.  Well, I went ahead and bought one the Friday a week ago.  ...

It's no secret that Kristin  and I occasionally like to cook Ancient Roman food . Well, more accurately, Kristin likes to cook it, and I...

I've reached the point where all of my electronic devices are reaching their expiration date.  My Dell Inspiron 1120 laptop's three ...

When I first saw this, I thought this was the funniest thing I'd ever seen: I literally had to pause it so I could catch my breath. ...

My latest review for Black Gate is now online .  This month, I review Peter Vialls's Sorrel in Scarlet . Here's a small taste: Sorr...

I recently pre-ordered the 13th Age RPG, and I've had a chance to look through the rules and come away with some thoughts. In the same...

I spent most of last night assembling the workbench shown on the left.  It took more time that I expected, but otherwise it went quite smoot...

My latest Black Gate post is online .  No review this month, but I do talk about reviewing.  I'll let you decide whether that's a co...

Coach's Midnight Diner was one of the first places to publish one of my stories.  At the time, it was a yearly anthology of Christian ge...

My latest review , of The Brightest Light by Scott J. Robinson, is now up at Black Gate .

Kristin and I went to see the latest Star Trek movie last Friday.  We had fun, but we ultimately weren't very impressed.  It wasn't ...

I was inspired by this article to start an exercise routine.  I liked the idea of a short, high intensity routine that could include both a...

Kristin and I spent the last weekend in Quebec city, the capital of the French-speaking province of Quebec, where we saw the sights and went...

There's been a lot of talk recently about what motivated the Marathon bombers.  The assumption is that they were following the dictates ...

Not many plot spoilers below, but I might give away an emotional epiphany or two. Kristin and I went to see Iron Man 3 on Saturday.  Whil...

My latest review for Black Gate is now up.  This month, it's Annie Bellet's Avarice .