You were expecting to see an update tonight, but either shouting encouragement to the defense or the cold and rain at last night’s football game gave me a sore throat, and I’m far too easily distracted by mild discomfort to … Continue reading →

Although by late I mean ‘in the evening’. I’m making a pilgrimage to an NFL game tonight, so my prime typing-up-a-post time is taken.

As of yesterday morning, former server multivac became retired. multivac was an OpenVZ VPS, which simply didn’t have the muscle (the I/O performance, more precisely) to host Many Words and run a Mumble server for my friends at the same … Continue reading →

Cut me a break. I’m recovering from a septoplasty1. Next week, I promise. 1. This is actually a terrible excuse, since it’s probably one of the least invasive procedures you could actually call a surgery, but I’m lazy, and the … Continue reading →

I am a walking engine of schedule slippage, for which I apologize. Updates will resume in one week’s time. I don’t have any recommendations for things to fill your time, but I’m sure you can find something to do this … Continue reading →

Hello, readers. First, I have some recommendations: 1) The Booth at the End, ten twenty-minute episodes on Hulu. I think the first season (that is, the first five episodes) was (were) better, but they’re both very interesting treatments of the … Continue reading →

My camping trip was not particularly fruitful re: writing, and travel delays mean I’m going to be unpacking during my typing time. Next one comes Thursday, then I’m back to a more regular update schedule. I hope.

Apologies for the lack of a post. I promise I have it written, but finding the motivation to type it up is very difficult when my lungs are engaged in attempting to escape by way of my mouth.

Writing progresses on A Jump to Conclusions. I don’t have a buffer built up yet, but between when I’m writing this and Tuesday I might be able to get ahead for the first time in a couple of months. First-person … Continue reading →

This one isn’t going to make me any friends, for reasons which will become clear in two paragraphs. Self-inspection has taught me a great many lessons about myself. One of them concerns the set of key qualities I look for … Continue reading →