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I hope shes up an around soon, but Im sure its nice for the pets to have her around to be with@
In which my wife is entertained by our pets, and I am amused.
Anne had minor ankle surgery last week, so she's been at home since Friday, recovering. Our pets are all incredibly excited that she's been a captive audience for them; both cats and both dogs have happily spent entire days on our bed with her. Yesterday, our cat Watson got himself all worked up...
Ok, this confirms that she is the best wife anyone could ask for, and an amazing human being. Im so jealous that you got to meet Debby freaking Gibson! I used to be so in love with her!
This is a real thing that happened.
I'm still processing the whole thing, through a mind that was recently completely blown, but I have to show you a picture, Internet: Anne gave me a surprise party for my 40th birthday. She spent a year planning it, and gathered 165 of my friends -- from around the world -- into one room to cel...
I love the first picture of the white dog, I dont remember the name. He looks like someone that is suffering. Its pretty warm where I live, but its not like some places are getting. We are lucky.
Hotter than July
I've spent most of today working on my setlist for w00tstock on Thursday, and reviewing all of my notes from Falling Skies, so I am prepared to moderate that panel on Friday. Normally, I take extended breaks on a workday and go for a walk in my neighborhood, sit with an iced tea on the patio and...
You gotta do what you gotta do! Ive never had a chance to see you at a con, but I would feel bad if you couldnt make it to one im going to. But I would totally understand. AT least I Wont hold a grudge like Sheldon for 15 years!
Good News, Bad News
I've been seeing lots of messages on Twitter and Facebook from people who are really excited to come see me tell stories and perform at the upcoming Denver Comicon. I love it that so many people are excited to see me do my thing... and I feel terrible that I have to cancel my attendance this yea...
I know a little about how you feel. For the last 9 years or so, I have been working in the video Game QA industry. I always feel a sense of pride when a game I worked hard on releases, then does really well. Its nice to know that even though QA is totally hated by most of the game playing public, I worked as hard as I Could to make the game as good as possible. And yes, there are stinkers, and titles that have issues that should have been fixed, but I know I work very hard, and its nice to see that work pay off.
in which i have a realization, and i am grateful
In the precious few moments I had today between work-related responsibilities, I stopped into my comic shop, and I saw this: I made this! I've been so busy, and I finished my part of this project so long ago, I wasn't prepared for how proud and excited I was when I saw a book that I had wr...
I didnt start watching Eureka until it was in Season 2. I never watched it on Sci-FI. I only watch it on Hulu and Netflix. I havent had access to the Sci-Fi channel in a long time. The first episode I saw of Eureka got me 100 percent hooked. I loved all the characters, cried when Stark left (even though he was an ass) and was happy when the characters were happy. When I read it was being cancelled, it made me really sad. But unfortunalty, this is the way it is with schience fiction on television. Few shows make it as long as Eureka did. Thats a testamnent to how amazing this show was.
As someone else stated here, reality TV has its place. My only problem is that its quicly become the ONLY place on tv. I only watch 2 channels at home regulary, History and Discovery. And now those are getting flooded with reality shows. I getting tired of crab fishing. I sincerly hope Eureka can find a home on another channel, although I know that will be difficult. I now own as much as I can get of it on dvd, and watch it all the time. It still makes me laugh, and cry. Thanks for being on the show Wil. We will miss all the characters, including Dr. Parrish.
I really miss this place
I took this picture on one of the last days of production. Whenever I watch Eureka this season, and I see an advert on the network formerly known as Sci-Fi for one of their stupid goddamn are-you-serious-with-this-bullshit reality shows, I get angry and then sad. Eureka was and is such a g...
Wil, that was great! It brought a tear to my eye! Ive heard you talk with love and respect about your former castmates before, but this was the best of them all. It is great that they still accept you as one of the crew. Apologizing for the mistakes of our youth is hard, but you did it, and your peers accepted it like pros. What a lucky man you are to have such amazing friends!
After twenty years, I finally got to say this.
A lot of incredible and wonderful things happened at the Calgary Expo this weekend, and when I'm not as exhausted I'll write about all of them. Until then, though, here is one of them that I really hope you'll spend 5 minutes watching: If you can't see the video, you can watch it right here a...
As a kid, I didnt like hanging out with others. I had one friend growing up, and spent time with him. But for the most part, I lost myself in books and video games. To this day, I Still boot up Zork, and wish I had a prybar to unboard that house. I was a regular at the local arcade, had a couple game records posted on the wall. Video games were a fantastic way to get away from the real world, and enjoy another one for a while.
Many of the games today dont require the use of you imagintion. Its a shame. I like shooters, but I have veered away from them because games like Fallout 3, New Vegas and Skyrim put you into a world thats vibrant, full of interesting people, many more interesting than people in the real world, and you can stay there for many hours.
I hope you get your console back soon. The chance to get away to a virtual world is very important these days.
Now where is my copy of Bioshock....
I'm on a boat: When the MCP was just a chess program
I’m on JoCoCruiseCrazy 2, and I’m taking an Internet vacation until I get home. So every day while I’m gone, something from my archives will post here automatically, for your entertainment. I had a lot of fun picking these different things out, and I hope you enjoy them again, or for the first t...
I agree with you Wil. I have a group of people that I get together with twice a month to play games. We have, for the last year, been engaged in an intense Warhammer 40K tabletop war. We dont always play that when we get together, but we play something. Its a great way to relax, get old friends together, and spend some quality time.
on the importance of making time to play the games you like with the people you love
In the introduction to my short collection of gaming essays called Games Matter, I wrote: Of all the things that make me a geek, nothing brings me more joy, or is more important to me, than gaming. I am the person I am today because of the games I played and the people I played them with as I ...
I have seen this picture several times now. It is still funny, and a percest response to the email you received, I hope The Blogess sees this soon.
in other words...
Marketing email I just got: "Do you ever wonder which apps influencers (like yourself), celebrities, or Jersey Shore castmates have on their phones?" My response:
Great pictures! Im glad you were able to have a nice vacation. I look forward to more of your writing.
I don't want to go on the cart
I'm not quite dead! I just took a vacation that looked something like this: Click to embiggen at Imgur, and to see a few other pictures from our trip. It was kind of a big deal for us, because it's the first non-working, non-kid-having vacation Anne and I have taken since we were dating almo...
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