Category: Muskrat Ramblings

But first, today’s Dork Tower: as noted, the first two panels above happened verbatim as they appear here, when I first tried to find a Wii a couple of weeks ago. *** One of my favorite magazines is Cook’s Illustrated, a sometimes dour, often overly-serious but seldom less than blindingly useful periodical that I frequently […]

Crud. I really should be getting some work done now. But apparently, today is the Day of the Ninja. So when better to announce a cool new Out of the Box game: Ninja Versus Ninja! This should be out early next year, and will contain a dozen or so REALLY cool little mini Ninjas, designed […]

f you’re lucky enough to go to Dragonmeet tomorrow, here’s a coupon, courtesy of the convention: The organizers have uploaded a pdf coupon you can print off and bring to the Convention to get £1 off the door admission prices. The £1 is for all ticket types (Adult/Concessions and Under 16’s) but does not apply […]

I was only gonna run Tuesday/Thursday cartoons this week, but I’ve been getting a ton of ideas, and there are only two days left to get NaNoWriMo ‘toons in. Also, frankly, throwing myself into cartooning is helping a lot. Even if some of it’s not the greatest stuff I’ve ever done, I’m just having fun… […]

Well, here we are, mere days away from Dragonmeet…one of the coolest cons I’ve ever attended, and in LONDON, no less. And here’s me, with a plane ticket that the con said they’d pay for. And all I have to do is come over and hang and play games. So what’s wrong with that? Well, […]

I almost feel ashamed doing a cartoon that ends “You know you’re a (blank), if (blank).” Still, something along these lines actually happened to me. Which probably should make me feel MORE ashamed… **** Speaking of stock, coincidentally, the ever-inspiring Michael Ruhlman posted some great stock tips on his blog today. I haven’t tried his […]

First off, a thousand thanks to the many people who sent condolences and prayers concerning Judith’s dad. It really was very thoughtful of everyone, and it meant a lot to the family to receive well wishes from around the world. Lester would have loved that. *** Up North, when a loved one is lost, neighbors […]

Yesterday afternoon, Judith’s sister called. Their dad, Lester, suffered a heart attack and died, suddenly and unexpectedly, where the family pretty much expected him to die one day: behind the wheel. One day. Not this day Lester had been trucking corn through Redwing, Minnesota. The city of his birth. I have friends who are writers. […]

I’m sitting here, feeling just ever so slightly empty. “Flight of the ConchordsThe Complete First Season” arrived last night, pried from the cold, clammy embrace of Amazon.com into my loving grasp due to a pre-order fixation I have when it comes to television offerings I find life-affirming. “Flight of the Conchords” was easily my sole […]

I’m still in recovery mode from Spiel/Parents’ 50th/Marakech/etc. So, sorry about the lack of updates. Jetlag hit this time worse than it has for a while, so I’m all kind of out of sorts. Being away from home for almost three weeks was a bit tougher than I’d anticipated, especially with so much going on. […]