Sub-Q Magazine has published my darling little “Space Princess Coronation” mini choose-your-own-adventure. (It’s really really mini – should just take a few minutes to play.) Check them out – it’s an interactive fiction magazine! Its existence proves that we now live in the future. Yay! I just realized I failed Read more…
I was in third or fourth grade when I wrote a story about a group of kids forming a club with a friendly alien. With a treehouse. Treehouses where very important to me at the time. Other than that, the story was a straight rip-off of “The Story of the Read more…
No blog post this week. I’m preoccupied with my friend Shelli, who is in critical condition. There is a fundraiser tonight at Platform Beer Company. I’ll be there after 7pm. Shelli loves micro-brews and the micro-breweries love her back. I keep checking and checking facebook for updates. (All updates are Read more…
So, once again I made a thing, and I made it for a contest. Sorta. Okay so I started a second text adventure after writing “Space Princess” in a single day gave me unreasonable expectations re: ease of composition. I thought I would do something more complex, with javascript and Read more…
Back in my dating days, I often had to deal with Dudebro Jerks. They would ask you out, and when you said, “No, I’m not interested,” they would demand an EXPLANATION. They would hound you looking for the solution to this asking-out puzzle like you were a stuck vending machine Read more…
Humans are social creatures, and as social creatures, we exchange thoughts and opinions in the search for friendship. Remember The Sims? Yeah. That was actually pretty accurate. When we interact with people, we bring up subjects, safer, broader ones at first, and look for consensus. We like people who like Read more…
Walking home yesterday I noticed a particularly lovely autumn leaf. I thought about the chemistry involved. Acidity and the starting composition of the leaf vary the amount of yellow and red as the chlorophyl is used up and the green fades. Different densities of chemicals in different parts cause the Read more…