Category Archives: Musings

Mediation

I was not looking forward to today and had no illusions about the likelihood we’d reach an agreement. To my surprise, we did. My attorney says the divorce could be final next week. As I sit here alone, surrounded by people in a busy restaurant and sipping a glass of very nice Lebanese wine, I [...]

My son the Dungeon Master

From the New York Times yesterday (via boingboing), a tribute to Dungeons & Dragons creator Gary Gygax, who died last week. The accompanying article’s discussion on how D&D informs our world is, perhaps, the most lucid explanation of geek culture I’ve ever read. We live in Gary Gygax’s world. The most popular books on earth [...]

I have a unique personality

From my Pei Wei fortune cookie the other day—I have a unique personality. Well. I’ve been pondering the wisdom of this statement since then, trying to determine what, exactly, makes my personality unique. A friend mentioned that the fact I’m pondering this is one of the things about my personality that is unique. Then she [...]

The most awesome baby name ever

Poesy Emmeline Fibonacci Nautilus Taylor Doctorow Announced on Boing Boing by her dad, Cory Doctorow.