I apologize for what has got to be the most obvious title in the history of blogging. I’m tired. I rolled into Bend at around midnight after two and a half days on the road and no more than six … [read more]
Category Archives: life

Drinks all around, it’s Adrian’s birthday! I think this year will be particularly momentous for him, especially because he’ll be spending most of it with me.
After some time with his family today, and a … [read more]

I’m relocating.
This has been in the works for quite a while, but the final decision wasn’t made until about a week ago. The project has come to a point in which it is paramount for me to be in … [read more]
An ox (plural oxen) or bullock (Australia, New Zealand, India) is a bovine animal trained as a draft animal. Oxen are commonly adult, castrated male cattle, but cows (adult females) or bulls (intact males) may also be used in some … [read more]

“You have died of dysentery,” my computer tells me. Before that, both my oxen fell. I was never a good hunter either. Ultimately, I was doomed from the start.
Here’s to hoping the 21st century serves me better than the … [read more]
This is an adventure.
Well, that’s not true. Adventures have exciting sequences in which you are fighting for your life. Those back-to-the-wall, ungracious, flailing, violent, completely wonderful brawls that so rarely really occur, that so few of us ever really … [read more]

Joaquin Phoenix is too…
I finally got some sleep and I wanted to write a follow-up to my last post. I wanted to be clear that my lamentations were purely for dramatic effect (we have to make the mundane struggles … [read more]
Okay, so that title didn’t really pan out like I’d hoped it would. Just doesn’t quite have the ring I was looking for. Oh well.
Anyway, I’m exhausted. It’s currently 3:20 am LA time and I thought I’d write up … [read more]

…A foreboding little phrase…
It is with considerable sadness that I write this post to announce Patrick’s departure from the “Myst: The Book of Ti’ana” film project. I realize that this will come as quite a surprise to our readers, … [read more]


