Category: Muskrat Ramblings

OK. I used to be a journalist. I thought this writing gig was easy. I could crank out a thousand words — good words — on deadline, within an hour, and cackle insanely while doing so (cackling insanely is, I believe, important if you want to be taken seriously as a writer). Then I quit […]

I spent far too much money on CDs yesterday, picking up the soundtrack to “The Tao of Steve,” a couple of discs from my college days (The Replacements’ “Let It Be” and “Tim”) and one of the many new monosyllabic plural bands (The Strokes, The Vines, The Hives, etc., etc.) out there: The Shins with […]

“What’s that you say below, John? You did the art for the new edition of “Creatures and Cultists”?” Why, yes…yes I did, thanks for asking. The art’s all done, and the game is in layout. I’d expect it to be available sometime this summer. Here is the info from Eos Press: The legendary Furiously Fuggly […]

There was a question posed recently on the Chez Geek mailing list: I’ve always been curious, why do these ($16) games all come in such flimsy little paper boxes? I mean, chez geek is a relatively expensive game, compared to something like set, which costs 11 bucks, and comes in a nice plastic case for […]

Quick note: Wednesday’s carttoon WILL be up, but probably not until late afternoon… In other news, the lovely and talented Judith and I just installed WiFi in our house. On the minus side, our phones have been down for a couple of days now. Technologically speaking, I guess you can call that a wash… On […]

You may want to CLICK HERE FIRST, or the following may not make any sense. Pause. Pause. Long pause. (John strains to hear if there’s any laughter). Pause. Back? Great. So. Here are the rules to Matt’s Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Oscar Night Drinking Game. Matt’s Lord of the Rings: […]

OK…it looks like my schedule for most of 2004 is falling into shape. The good news is, the Dork Tower comic book is back on schedule. Issue 17 goes to press in early March, and everything’s bimonthly after that. More good news: a third strip went up this week here at dorktower.com. I don’t know […]

OK. I don’t do this frequently, but there’s something I need to rant a bit about. I don’t get e-mails like this often, maybe (MAYBE) once every couple of months, but this kinda really got to me. Since i’ve followed the Dork Tower book almost religiously since issue #1, I feel obligated to inform you […]

OK. I need to get outta the office and lift some weights. The one problem with working at home is this sense of cabin fever you develop over winter. There’s not enough snow on the ground to go cross-country skiing, so it looks like the ol’ iPod and I are off to the gym. So, […]

Happy Valentine’s Day, one and all! The lovely and talented Judith and I went out to a wonderful Madison restaurant called Vin Santo last night, for our romantic meal. Tonight, we’ll be celebrating her mom’s birthday with her family. I’m finally happy with my latest compilation CD. Of course, I seldom actually burn these things, […]