If you happen to be in the Madison, Wisconsin, viewing area tonight tune into the 10 PM news on Channel 17. They send a reporter over to interview me about the incident last night and tape some of my footage. If you get a chance, check out the 10 PM news tonight to see my 0.15 seconds of fame. 🙂 …
The Bad Guy Lost
As you might imagine, I didn’t get a lot of sleep last night. Most of the details I have about what happened came to me second-hand through a couple of teenagers who chatted with a cop last night while wandering around the neighborhood, trying to get the best view of the house in which the fugitive was holed up. The …
Distractions, Distractions
I’m trying. I really am. But the world seems to be conspiring against me giving my full attention to my writing tonight. Since about 7 PM, we’ve had a hostage situation unfolding less than 50 yards from my house. The Beloit police swarmed all over the place and surrounded the house across the street from our next-door neighbors. Apparently, an …
Forbeck TV
A while back, Rehab Resources, the people who provide physical and speech therapy for some of our kids, came to us with a problem. The next state budget proposed to cut their funding by 30%, which meant they’d have to close, despite the fact that they are the only ones in our county who provide these federally mandated services. My …
Good Days, Bad Days
Sometimes there are days you can’t ever seem to get going. Other times, you can do no wrong. Today, for example, I got to sleep about 1 AM. Then two of the quads woke me up screaming (them, not me–although I was tempted) at 5:30 AM. I’m used to that kind of thing by now though. I’ll spare you the …
Home (Not) Alone
Ann’s brother Nick graduates from Northern Michigan University today, up in beautiful (and nearly arctic) Marquette, Michigan. Ann and Marty (our eldest) made the trek up to help Nick celebrate this long-awaited event. That leaves me home alone with the quads, who are nearly three. So far, they’ve been great, although I can hear them barking at each other through …
15 Years and Going Strong!
Fifteen years ago yesterday, I returned from England to be with my girlfriend (who is now my wife and the mother of our five kids). I had been working as a game designer/editor at Games Workshop, and my student work visa was about to expire. I decided to leave a little early to get back to my girlfriend and start …
Geek Fu, ReplayTV Style
Last night, inspired by one of Aaron Williams‘s excellent Full Frontal Nerdity strips, I busted open my year-old ReplayTV and upgraded the hard drive from 40 GB to 200 GB. Everything went well, if not smoothly, especially considering I was using an iBook running Linux programs through Terminal, attached to the guts of a Firewire/USB 2.0 external hard drive enclosure, …
Xbox in the House
As a reward for finishing up the second draft of Marked for Death, the first in my Eberron trilogy, I went out and bought myself an Xbox. Since I left Human Head, I no longer have a PC on which to play games—one of the great benefits of that job. I’m a happy Mac user, but the fact is that …
La Dolce Vita and Beyond
Those of you who follow this site regularly (both of you–hi, Mom!) might have noticed that I haven’t posted anything much here for a while. In fact, the last of my “weekly updates” was weeks ago. Let’s just say I’ve been busy.