I’m deeply skeptical of the tradition of making New Year’s Resolutions. I’m not really sure why; I guess it’s the sure knowledge of my own lack of willpower that makes it feel like setting myself up for failure. But since all the cool kids are doing it, I figure I ought to go […]

This weekend, my family opted to gather together in Dallas for our late Christmas. We descended upon the Westin Galleria hotel after a series of unpleasant adventures on Friday (including losing my house keys and initially going to the wrong hotel on the other side of the city). When we finally got checked […]

Mur Lafferty’s Playing for Keeps goes to print through lulu.com!

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0.1 Bolls

Why did no one tell me this was going to be released on Christmas Day?!?
I absolutely loved Alien, Aliens, and Predator, and when they gave us a quick shot in Predator 2 of the elongated alien skull on the wall of the predator trophy room, I knew I would someday want to see the […]

Sunday night, Chad and Lizzi made some time in their busy holiday schedule to let me come visit and deliver Christmas presents. Before we got totally lost watching The Bourne Ultimatum and Smokin’ Aces, I gave them their presents:

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As I was sitting this afternoon contemplating the rather uninspiring Christmas Eve I have ahead of me, there came a knock at my front door. The most unusual of occurrences, someone at my front door, sent me forth from the bedroom to investigate. No one was there when I got there, but a […]

Back at the beginning of the month, my daughter’s ballet class had their Winter Recital. I finally managed to get my pictures from the big night uploaded. Brianna always has so much fun with her ballet class, and it’s a real treat to get to seem them all costumed up and performing for […]

Yesterday, I went down to exchange Christmas presents with Jessika and Dustin. They gave me a really awesome aluminum and rubber chainmail dice bag from The Chainmaille Wench. It’s large enough to hold some seventy d20, which would make it a frightening weapon. I gave their daughter Logan her very own plush […]

Lost returns!  Starting with the recap episode “Past, Present & Future”

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Of all the outfits from whom I’ve had to receive customer support, I never thought Microsoft would be the ones to give me an easy and pleasant experience. I’ve been having some trouble with my own Xbox 360 lately, including the dreaded Red Ring of Death and a horrific grinding noise from the optical […]