Anyone who knows me is aware I like to keep busy. That said, the last month and a half or so has kept me exceptionally active (and, and just when I thought I’d be coming up for air, I find myself getting even busier in the coming months (and I thought it was busy to […]
I have been hearing about KAIROS since the year I regularly subbed at St. Vincent Pallotti High School. Three times a year, one-third of the juniors are whisked away to a retreat center, and when each gaggle returns, I hear how transformative it was for them. Finally, late last school year, I asked our Director […]
Like most Americans, Deb and I have embraced streaming television, juggling three or four shows at a time, working in the few prime-time series we still follow. As one completes, we decide what we’re in the mood for, and miraculously, one of the services we subscribe to has exactly what we want. We keep promising […]
Farpoint was once October Trek and ClipperCon in terms of those who founded and ran each iteration of the media convention that was either in October or February. This year, Farpoint celebrates its 30th and rather than being seen as the little sibling to Shore Leave, it has forged its own identity. Their guest line-up […]
As the amusing Billy de Wolfe once said, “Busy, busy, busy.” As 2023 dawned, I set out a goal to post at least once a week and nearly missed it on week four. Somehow, the calendar has been jammed with obligations—for school, for freelance, for home—and there’s just so much going on. At school, January […]
After numerous supply chain delays, the print edition of Above the Ground is on sale in finer bookstores around North America. This project has been percolating for a long while, so it’s definitely satisfying to see it come to fruition. Former Heavy Metal CEO Matt Medney first talked to me about the project in the […]
Sometime in June 1983, I was told Comics Scene was being canceled. My newly hired managing editor, Patrick Daniel O’Neill, would be laid off while I would be reassigned within Starlog Press. This reduced me to being the in-house traffic manager for the boxing and pro wrestling magazines being produced by freelance editors. I was […]
I tend not to make New Year’s Resolutions, although the last one I made, some years back, was to stop biting my nails finally. Missing accomplished. As 2023 approached, and with it hitting the 65 milestone, I began thinking about goals for the year. Two things emerged, and for the record, I am posting them […]
Every year, I look back at my reading, trying to find patterns, failing every time. It’s an eclectic assortment of contemporary fiction, classic fiction, science fiction and fantasy, nonfiction, and tons of graphic novels. According to my lists at Goodreads, I have read 252 books this year, 48 “real” books, and 202 graphic novels. Every […]
So, what kind of year has it been? Looking back, as I do at this point of the year, I see 2022 as an okay year. Good things happened; few bad things happened. And all mostly went according to plan. I didn’t write as much as usual, although I did manage to complete the second […]