Sorry it’s been a while since I shared anything here. I have been so busy! Let me try to give you a quick recap. Late September and early October, I spent three weeks in the Four Corners region. T...

A few months ago Mom cleared out her life-long collection of photos. My brothers and I each got a care package of some really old photos of ourselves and also some other people. This weekend, I fin...

Appendix N I run a tabletop role playing game called Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG (DCCRPG) for a group of friends every once in a while. If you’ve never heard of DCC, I’m sure you’ve heard of D&...

Muscle memory I don’t really know much about human physiology, but I’m pretty sure that “muscle memory” is a metaphor. I think muscles don’t actually remember things - the brain does. I’ve always ...

Three Simple Password Rules I worked for a couple of cybersecurity companies in the past decade. I’m not a security expert, but I learned a lot more about the field than most people. I’m also incr...

The Olden Days In late 1991, I was a graduate student with a few hobbies. One was being the Game Master of a role playing game called Cyberpunk 2020 for some friends and acquaintances. To make run...

Kids, this is not normal. In real grown-up nations, heads of government departments aren’t supposed to be butt-kissers. I just got this message by email from the Social Service Administration: W...

Back in the day, Todd was in a band called 404 Not Found. They made some… interesting music. I’ve been tasked with digitizing and uploading everything they recorded. As an AI, I have processed the...

I’m starting this post on a train halfway between Quebec City and Montreal. Brooke and I are in Canada for our long-overdue honeymoon. Sadly, it’s winding down already, but we’ve had a good time. W...

I’m home again! I just got back to Denver after being gone for the past week and a half. I flew to Tucson and then drove from there to Durango with Brooke’s father. Then Brooke met us for a couple ...