last level

I grew up on video games, starting with the almighty Atari 2600 and working my way through the various Nintendo iterations. New games were a reward for good behavior. Punishment meant temporary revocation of those privileges.

Their appeal was clear, since shooting at stuff and leading [...]

unforeseen consequences

It’s been a while so let me just get right back to it.

I’m not gonna call it a “break,” since I’d been actively twittering these past three months, but I’ve just kind of been waist-deep in it all, with work and interviews and travel and dragonboat. I’ll take it one subject at a time, with the [...]

she's my pusher

Little kids make the world go ’round. It’s not adults, what with our complicated and wanton desires, but the wee ones who gently coax tribute from their parents and families and everyone else who thinks that no cuteness shall go unrewarded.

Which brings me to my niece. She turned 2 not [...]