September 19, 2015

Always Bring a Guitar

It was time to go, but I stood still, eyes glued to my travel guitar. I was frozen by indecision. Melissa and I were headed to Nashville, Tennessee for two...

September 02, 2015

The Gold Rush Dungeon

In 1848, 16-year-old John Wimmer was playing in a mill-race his father was helping to dig in Coloma, California. Seeing something shining in the freshly dug channel, he reached down...

August 24, 2015

GenCon 2015 Recap

Last year, I wandered around my first GenCon with wide eyes, slack jaw, and a fluttering stomach. I hadn’t made any plans, I didn’t even have any concrete ideas. I...

August 10, 2015

Quest of The Weird Uncle

I am changing, growing, transforming into The Weird Uncle, who introduces you to weird nerdery, likes Dungeons & Dragons and fiction post-Tolkien. Hear my roar! See my d20 roll! Feel...

January 23, 2015

Holiday Social 2014 Recap

The Holiday Social was a big success this year. What is “success” for this event? Good turnout, good conversation, good fun. Mostly difficult-to-measure, feel-good stuff. The point is to get...