Battle Report From The Bird’s Nest

Most days I’m your pretty average twenty-something Portland dude, but not this week. Every day this week I’ll command armies from all over the world (and other worlds, to boot) and from many different time periods. This is WBC West,…

I just happened to glance at the other side of the bookshelf to note that the teetering stack of library books (oh it warms my heart so) is quite precariously perched. Especially at first glance. I wouldn’t believe it could…

When I left my first PSAS meeting at nearly ten tonight, it was nowhere near winding down. Still, I ran for the streetcar and just made it. When I was spat out on the other side of town into a…

I don’t have a lot of time to write today, so you’ll forgive me if I just post a review round-up on The Avengers along with some of my own thoughts on the film. Of course you’ll forgive me. You…

“The last launch didn’t go so great. The rocket motor failed on ignition and dumped the unburnt fuel, sending the rocket fifty feet into the air. Then it crashed. Hard.” Andrew Greenberg rubs his stubbled face frequently. It’s not so…

A Long Day Ends in Gloom

What happened yesterday, you ask? Let me explain. No. There is too much. Let me sum up: First I had to arrange to get our car, which had become undrivable Thursday night, towed to the dealership’s service department. Luckily, the…

Have you ever wanted to do something vast and weighty? Have you noticed how hard it is to get that something done in a single day? We like to do things that only take a single sitting before there’s a…

I came home today to find my housemate and his guitar teacher making some recordings on our home studio equipment. It pleases me the amount of music-related things that happen in our little cave these days, both with and without…

I’ve been reflecting today on a metaphor which I’d like to share. It’s called taking the tape off. No, it’s got nothing to do with ripping off band-aids or boxing or war. It comes from music: from my early experiences…

I’ve been thinking a lot today about my comic book, at the sort of macro-level. Recently I’ve been trying to power through drafts of scripts, which is a fairly micro-level activity. How do I get from this panel to that…