Category: Muskrat Ramblings

It’s a gray, rainy Friday in Madison, but that’s OK. The Lovely and Talented Judith and I took the plunge and had some landscaping done over the last two days, and we’re marvelously happy with the results. I spent much of yesterday afternoon walking around our new garden and grinning like an idjut. Which is […]

Time marches on. Which is a big reason why people hate it, and never ask it round for tea. Philly was great (the Reading Terminal Market rocks), the side-trip to Johnstown to visit family I haven’t seen in far too long was great, but now time says I’ve gotta get my nose to the grindstone […]

No word from Russia yet – part of what’s been driving me nuts this summer – but I’d like to get started on Louisa’s room. Which means clearing out a lot of the old games and gaming stuff, moving some to other rooms, and selling some things that I just don’t use that much…if at […]

The Dork Tower web site needs redesigning and revamping…BADLY. It strikes me that I just don’t have the time for this, or I would have done it months ago. Should I hold some sort of web design competition? Or are there any designers out there who’d want to help, for the sheer fannish fun of […]

A couple of Tuesdays ago, the Lovely and Talented Judith and I popped into Hong Kong Cafe, one of our favorite restaurants in Madison. Frankly, we needed the trip: my day was going lousy, and I just had to get out of the house. The restaurant’s been high on our list ever since it first […]

Back from my super-sekrit trip which, I greatly fear, was NOT to Siberia. Sorry for getting a few people’s hopes up. But that’s another post. Instead, I went to Los Angeles for two days of back-to-back (to many other backs) meetings, to discuss stuff that may or may not turn out to become something tremendously […]

Y’know…after the comic books and Munchkin, it seems as if Cthulhu is becoming my third big franchise… …and that’s OK by me… Coming In November from Steve Jackson Games Munchkin Cthulhu Munchkins have hacked their way through dungeons, kung fu temples, starships, haunted houses, and super-foes. Now they face their greatest foe – Cthulhu! Will […]

Gamespy.com’s been down again, and has been for a while. Back up now…but I’m waiting until Tuesday to post the first cartoon this week, assuming most people check it in the mornings. Not sure how long these service interruptions are going on. **** Does anyone have the dates for Warpcon, 2007? **** Music for Modern […]

If you’re not up on your internets (you know – the tubes), today’s cartoon may be pretty damn obscure, and downright unfunny. Even more so than most of my stuff usually is. You not only need to have heard about “Snakes on a Plane,” but also need to know one of its most (in)famous lines. […]

I’ve been holding off on this news for a while, but today seems the perfect day to make the announcement as it’s Scott “Igor” Olman’s birthday. Yes, the friend whom I based Igor on is one year older today. (You can send him best wishes at jinshu1 AT yahoo.com. Or just leave well-wishes here, and […]