Onerous possessions
A tweet yesterday about "packing up my office" prompted some concerned private messages, and I am always touched by concern, but I am just...
Catching up
We're trying, but it's hard, because Battle for Wesnoth 1.6 came out this weekend.
You know, this is why we won't have a gaming...
When danger looms
Sadly, we're still out of commission, catapulted into a savage world where witch doctors resurrect hideous zuvembies wearing polka dot boxer shorts. We'll straggle...
Is the Beat comment section headed for the glue factory?
Religiously patrolling our comment section as we do, in between all the spammers who think this is an excellent site and would love to...
Random blogging advice
I remember summer!
Via Sleestak.
Now that we've all woken up, let's talk meta. Let's talk THE BLOGGING LIFE AND THE TOOLS THEREOF. The other...
This will solve all your problems
While we were mocking Japanese bi-porn star dolls just the other day, another thing the people of Japan excel at is books of pictures...
New York Comic-Con, Day 1
In answer to 1000 questions, we're feeling a lot better but we're definitely going to lose our voice before this show is over, and...
Random thoughts
• All the party invite info for New York Comic-Con has been flooding into our inbox over the last few days -- thank goodness,...
You missed us!
Sorry for the outage, but based on all the emails and phone calls and IMs, you really do read The Beat! It's a touching...
Recession Watch: Welcome to the Essex!
(Above: The Gulf Stream by Winslow Homer)
Well, people, in case you haven't noticed, it is a grim time in the empire. When people ask...
Soooooo tired
Okay, you people have me plum tuckered out. If we haven't been "debating" men vs. women, we've been "debating" liberals vs conservatives, and now...
Starting Over
We're gingerly climbing back into the saddle, but won't be galloping for a little while; thanks to everyone for the "Get well" wishes. We...
