Aaron Allston Auction

The Fandom Association of Central Texas (FACT) is holding an auction to help author and game designer (and longtime pal) Aaron Allston with his staggering medical bills. As you might remember, Aaron suffered a heart attack in March and underwent emergency quadruple bypass surgery. This saved his life, and he’s now on the road to recovery. Unfortunately, like many freelancers …

Music, Comics, Books, and Food

Ann and I just got back from seeing Fountains of Wayne perform at Studio M, in the basement of 105.5 FM in Madison. I won the tickets in a random drawing on Monday and arranged for babysitting right away. We drove up to the station and got there on time and enjoyed a couple free beers courtesy of the Capital …

KQ on Cordell

In the excellent Kobold Quarterly (run by Alliterate pal Wolfgang Baur), Jeremy Jones (who sometimes pops by here to comment) interviews Bruce Cordell (another Alliterate!). Bruce consistently does some of the best design work for D&D, so if you’re into the game, run (don’t walk) over to check out what he has to say.  

My Kids in the News

Yesterday’s Beloit Daily News had a short article about the Together We Read celebration at the Beloit Public Library on June 20. The photo that accompanies the article shows all five of my kids sitting in the front row of a story reading. From left to right, Pat’s the one in the green shirt (partially obscured by the reader), then …