Christmas music is the most well-known holiday music of the season. Halloween songs can be scrounged up if you look carefully, and there are some real hidden gems to be found aside from “The Monster Mash” and “Thriller.” Thanksgiving doesn’t really have its own soundtrack, save for whatever dinner party music your familial and/or social … Continue reading “I’m Making A (Play)List”
For some folks it’s time to put up the Christmas decorations as soon as Halloween is over. Not me. I like the holiday season, with all its glitter and cheer, but I don’t start prematurely. I want November to be November. Like many folks, I don’t like the earlier and earlier encroachment of the Christmas … Continue reading “Let November Be November”
Today, October 30th, falls between two very special days for me. The first special day is tomorrow, Halloween! The special day that comes before it was my wedding anniversary. The two days are importantly intertwined. My wife and I love Halloween for all the obvious reasons. We’re more fans of the playfully spooky side of … Continue reading “Anniversary and Halloween”
Last week my wife and I volunteered to help out at our son’s middle school Halloween dance. We had the option to be chaperones or help be part of the “haunted happenings.” I, a theater kid at heart, jumped at the chance to be part of the show, so we volunteered to be scare actors … Continue reading “The Slightly Spooky Hallway”
I’ve been meaning to begin a crowdfunding campaign for my next book, which will be a collection of the Dwarves of Kadaz stories that featured Cresca, Gordi, and all the others. It was my first post-Snout story that was a longer narrative and I’m quite proud of how it all came together. I have all … Continue reading “The Art Block”
I missed two weddings this year thanks to conventions. It’s not the first time that’s happened over the course of my career but these times hit me a lot harder than anticipated. The first wedding I missed this year was that of my cousin, who’s younger than me by about twenty years. Our age gap … Continue reading “Missed Weddings”
Tomorrow and all weekend long I’ll be a guest artist at Another Anime Convention, and with that my 2025 convention schedule is ending the same way it began… at a convention that is close to home. Very close. As in I’ll be going home every night to sleep in my bed. As someone whose conventions … Continue reading “Close To Home”
The title of today’s blog isn’t a flippant reference to “yet another” anime convention. It’s literally the name of my last convention of 2025, and the story about my attendance as a first-time guest(!) is one of the many reasons why I still insist on doing conventions all these years later. It happened over Anime … Continue reading “Another Anime Con”
Final Fantasy Tactics was rereleased about a week ago and I’ve been all about it. I played it through when it originally came out back in the late 90s and it was one of the more memorable gaming experiences I’ve ever had. To have it remastered, polished, and fully voice-acted after all these years has … Continue reading “The Starting Schmucks”
Every October I take part in a daily art exercise where I try to draw and post a picture every day of the month. Some days I’m really in to making something special, other days I’m burned out from my other responsibilities and make something simple. In any case, I look forward to seeing what … Continue reading “Drawtober or Artober or Whatever”