Category: Muskrat Ramblings

Friday Morning Media Mish-Mash…or, just another sad, sad excuse to post a picture of Sara Rue. **** Rue-less, but still Wondrous… Tragically, achingly, agonizingly, Sara Rue will NOT be on the upcoming season of Celebrity Poker Showdown, darn the luck. Nor will Wil Wheaton, hang-dang it. But still, it’s back this Sunday, and life is […]

Welcome to hell on earth or, as I call it, The Creative Life. Hugely productive week, followed by enormous day of self-doubt and insecurity or, as I call it, Being a Cartoonist. Some very good things in the works. Meaning, of course, the potential for Spectacular Failure. But you keep on keeping on because, frankly, […]

Bad news, gang. Well, maybe not bad news. Possibly news that could lead to some good stuff. But sucky, in the short-term, anyway. I’ve had to decline invitations to or pull out of a bunch of conventions in October. All of them, to be precise. This means, I fear, I won’t be at some really […]

Locals vouch for the Game Keep as a great store near Nashville, betrayed by an employee. The full story’s here! If you’re thinking of mail-ordering anything, my guess is the store could use the show of support right now… Even an e-mail of support would be appreciated. Here’s The Game Keep’s web site: http://www.thegamekeep.com/ This […]

Open letter to anybody who wants to poke me, prod me, probe me, stick something inside me (medically or otherwise), pull something from me (including, but not limited to, blood, teeth and/or other assorted body parts), or, oh, I don’t know, say, have me PEE into a FRICKIN’ BOTTLE: I do not LIKE being poked, […]

I’m home again. And in a very weird emotional kind of quiet place. I’m amazingly glad to be back with the Lovely and Talented Judith, who is, indeed, the love of my life – to say nothing of being the other half of me. Still, I’m very sad to be away from the rest of […]

One thing I’m enjoying about my time in London, apart from how well my dad is doing, is getting to engage in a bit of foodie geekdom while helping the family out. My mom’s letting me cook (for once), and yesterday I made some Black Bean and Jalapeno soup for everyone, served with a great […]

Is anybody else a Music Geek here? I mean, the sort of person who watched (or read — or most likely did both) “High Fidelity,” and thought “yeah…that’s me…” In a previous incarnation (about ten years ago), I used to write music reviews for the local Madison morning newspaper. One of these days, I’ll come […]

London calling. It’s been a GREAT day, so I’m not sure why REM’s “Bad Day” keeps running through my mind… My Dad’s operation is over, and he made it through spectacularly. The triple bypass went so well, in fact, that they didn’t even put him in intensive care, afterwards. He looks great (everyone was prepping […]

It’s finally hitting me: I’m missing GENCON. I haven’t been keeping exact count, but this is, like, the first GenCon I’ll be missing in decades. Of course, where my mind’s at right now, that’s a minor, minor thing. I’m leaving for London tomorrow, to be with family for my dad’s heart operation and recuperation. I’m […]