When I first played D&D as a freshman in college, it was all I could talk about. My writing assignments for English 101 were all D&D-based. I re-wrote Red Riding Hood as play about a roleplaying group. “Wow, with that perception score, all you notice are what big eyes she Read more…
Our society doesn’t want us to be content. We are bombarded, daily, with aspirational videos of how clear our skin could be, how thin our thighs, how glittering our swimming pool with the ocean view over it… all aimed at getting us to spend money on thigh-cream, gym memberships, and Read more…
My writing workshop was meeting at Edgewater Park today [Sunday June 9], and I volunteered to come early and hold on to a table with a grill. It was good I did this, because judging by the number of people who came up to me and asked me, “Are you Read more…
Let’s start with a confession. I like Ted Nugent’s music. UGH. He’s an AWFUL person, and the lyrics aren’t exactly winning awards, either. (Well, “Fred Bear” is unproblematic, right?) Can you separate the art from the artist? It’s a question I see coming up a lot, lately. A thing of Read more…