Selena and I recently finished reading Neil Gaiman’s American Gods. You can find it rated and updated on  Selena or my GoodReads page, if you are part of that social network (or if you want to be, please join and befriend).

What I found most interesting about this book was not … [ more ]

Selena has expressed to me that she gets anxious that people outside the circle of friends we know are reading this blog. I assured her that if they were, that was not a bad thing, it was just people interested in what we have to say, and certainly no one … [ more ]

Ever sit around as a adult wondering how does my life, work, belief system match up to classic Dungeons and Dragons architypes? Well, me niether, but hat tip to Paul who linked to this site where you answer a ga-zillion questions and it will determine who you would be … [ more ]

I am in Austin, TX right now for the South by Southwest Music, Film and Web conference. I was in line for a drink at a happy hour, wearing my name badge and somebody said to me “Hey, this guy has your last name”. I assumed they were not … [ more ]

Today, I bought one of these at the grocery store:

At the checkout line, the cashier held this for a while, looked at me, looked at it, looked back at me again with a grin and said, “So what do you do with this?” To which, I stupidly replied, “It’s my … [ more ]

My favorite baseball team won last night. Nice job Phillies. Hey, Selena, how did your favorite team, the Baltimore Orioles do?

Oh, they lost THIRTY to THREE! 

That is not a baseball score, that’s a football score, and come to think of it, that’s not even a football score in Baltimore. The Ravens didn’t … [ more ]

No matter how cool, macho or frat boy-ish they appear, I am only beginning to learn that underneath all that, straight boys all have a built-in knowledge of all things Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Lara Croft and more that I am still discovering. I got my … [ more ]

Here’s a riddle for you… What contains dead flowers, old letters and a skull and is sitting on my couch? If you said this Target bag, you’d be right. Here’s a riddle for all of us, why is there a Target bag of dead flowers, old letters and a skull … [ more ]

The walk from Rockville metro to our home is incredibly short, but there is a brief five foot span through a path that is in a dark, shadowy area through some trees. Yesterday, I was only subconsciously aware of my surroundings as I was walking through this particularly dimly lit … [ more ]