Muskrat Ramblings

Lots of news to tell, but no time to tell it. Instead, I’ll just post the latest pics of My Little Cthulhu, from Dreamland Toyworks. From all sides now (plus, the Little Victims, almost to scale – I believe Cthulhu is 8″ tall or so…). Is it not nifty? **** Speaking of Great Old Ones […]

I’m doing a series of cartoons on some of the more mundane aspects of the day-to-day life of the Dork Tower characters. In part, to make sure I’m happy with the relatively new (and relatively consistent) four-panel format at DorkTower.com, and in part just to play with a new kind of paper and size I’m […]

Some terrific news: The British Isles Edition of Apples to Apples has landed! In Britain, at any rate. Which is the whole point. According to my good friend Angus Abranson’s blog: One bright point of the day was receiving a delivery from David Westnedge (a UK games company) who are distributing the all new “British […]

I’d like to get in touch with a couple of people: Comedian Jonathan Katz (he of Dr. Katz and standup fame) Cartoonist Darby Conley (he of Get Fuzzy fame) If anyone has any contact info for these two esteemed individuals, or indeed is pals with them, please e-amil me, should you feel so inclined. Sekrit […]

I just found out that John M. Ford passed away yesterday. From his Wikipedia entry: John M. Ford (April 10, 1957 – September 24, 2006) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, game designer, and poet. Ford’s works are characterised by an aversion to doing things that have been done before. This attitude is […]

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 […]