Glyph graduated last weekend. I got to make a speech. It was short. It had an audience of one. I’ll repeat it here.

No, you won’t understand. Neither did anyone else, except for Codex.

Me (into microphone): “Glyph? Shakababa.” Continue reading →

It’s been a couple of weeks and I now wake up at 3:30am and think about posting something. Then I realize how many chores are still left on the house, drink an excessive amount of coffee, and continue the slog.

I miss posting. I’m super-happy to say I’ve always been grateful we can in terms of our talent, time, and energy. Soon. Relatively soon. I’m looking forward to it. Quips on social media or the occasional live podcast are nice warm-up exercises, but they don’t replace the real thing. Continue reading →

… yet.

But, things have continued apace. Much to my amazement, the landscaping is down to “manageable” in what we have left to do. The heavy lifting (20 yards of bark-dust) is up to the landscapers. It’s just money at this point. Our realtor will love it. We hope. We’re on acreage so we have to make about 2 (of seven) look like civilized people could live here. Continue reading →

I didn’t want to do this but the comic has to officially go on hiatus. We have less than a month before we need to get the house on the market – something, something, money, roofer, wheezing. It’s hard to make out through the sobs of the checkbook. Continue reading →

Power died at the Studio. We’re in emergency power mode. It was a perfectly clear day with no wind, snow, wrecks… so why wouldn’t it just… go out? Pretty common in third-world countries like ours.

Comic should be out by noon.