Letter to Sparky About Not Having Dyslexia
I understand you so much better now.
This morning I awoke, with my usual foggy head, to find that Brian had sent me an e-mail saying (at least I thought), that he wasn't going to be here this weekend, and wanted to know if I wanted to run a game in his stead. I groggily replied that no,...
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The following is a reply to my friend Shannon, who writes every once in a while from the faraway land of Colorado. Shannon is a very interesting lass, and although we have never met in person I enjoy her virtual company and we have exchanged a lot of friendship over the stress of being crippled folks in modern times. We always leave little questions at...
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drocculari:
The Image insert tool ought to handle the resizing automatically, but sometimes it misses. To do it manually, you have to edit the post and change the opening image tag: Add a pipe character after IMG (usually it's the shifted character on the back-slash key [\]) followed by the original dimensions of the image (not the size you want it to be, but the size it is) as WxH, like so, [IMG|1200x706]
This has worked for me, but I haven't done it very often.
The Wal-Mart thing is weird, but I think I understand it. A shuttle bus trip to Wal-Mart was a big deal for my mother and her friends. I can see why, for Social Security's average senior clients, that would be a popular enough choice to put it on the form. I suspect they're also the ones still listening to radios.
This has worked for me, but I haven't done it very often.
The Wal-Mart thing is weird, but I think I understand it. A shuttle bus trip to Wal-Mart was a big deal for my mother and her friends. I can see why, for Social Security's average senior clients, that would be a popular enough choice to put it on the form. I suspect they're also the ones still listening to radios.
(the following is a post I put up on a new blog, mostly for facebook friends who've known me a long time in real life...it won't make as much sense to anyone who comes across it on SGs, as most of you don't know me well, but it is an attempt to explain briefly a lot of the issues I've been going through for half...
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thebeliever:
Sorry to hear about all the things you've had to deal with. I strongly suspect that it has made you an interesting and stronger person, though I suppose that's not a hell of a lot of comfort when you're dealing with a legal/medical one-two punch. Good luck, and persevere!
dryad:
We still have them here, but not til at least June.
You ever have one of those long stretches of time in your life where, despite your cheery daily facade, you're secretly and horrendously depressed because your life sucks and you're holding off on writing anything interesting for fear it'll turn into an emo-fueled rant? Yeah, I'm kinda going through that right now.
I'm reading about nuclear war, cooking pancakes, and seeing what 'tumblr' is.
It's...
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I'm reading about nuclear war, cooking pancakes, and seeing what 'tumblr' is.
It's...
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thebeliever:
Well, you expressed that rather well. Kinda makes all the depression worth it, don't it?
I know, I know: it don't.
I know, I know: it don't.
lillithvain:
Yes I've definitely had times like that. I think I had a whole last year kind of like that. It can't stay bad forever though so if it's kind of crappy now at least you have the good to look forward to. I am jealous of your pancakes.
I've been pretty busy the last couple of weeks, but I haven't blogged about any of it on account of my head pounding like a cheap American traveler on an overpriced Thai lady-boy who's watching the clock. My blood-clots seem to be mostly under control, but my headaches have come in waves of varying intensity, and often there are days I'm so uncomfortable I can't...
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Back in the Saddle
Last night, I ran my first tabletop rpg game since getting out of the hospital, kicking off the first creative thing I've done in 2011. I think it went well, despite me getting confused a couple of times in certain parts of my notes, and usage of a deus ex machina at the end in the form of a giant earth-moving...
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Last night, I ran my first tabletop rpg game since getting out of the hospital, kicking off the first creative thing I've done in 2011. I think it went well, despite me getting confused a couple of times in certain parts of my notes, and usage of a deus ex machina at the end in the form of a giant earth-moving...
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drocculari:
Nice illustration.
drocculari:
Yeah, it's a different world out there now, and worth experimenting with. Here's an interesting article on ebook publishing that a friend pointed out to me today. This plus a discussion at a local tech group get together convinced me to drop the kindle price to $3.99 so it's in the same impulse buy price range as smart phone apps.
Yevla's Creative Resolutions for 2011
I'm gaining a little bit of momentum in my writing and art, in the sense that I'm actually completing around 1/3rd of the goals I set out for myself each year, instead of the 0% success rate I'd racked up for most of my 20's. I'm getting more prolific, little by little. I figure I might actually be decently productive...
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I'm gaining a little bit of momentum in my writing and art, in the sense that I'm actually completing around 1/3rd of the goals I set out for myself each year, instead of the 0% success rate I'd racked up for most of my 20's. I'm getting more prolific, little by little. I figure I might actually be decently productive...
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ahlam:
Trust me, I know. 
Just gotta treat art like a 9-5 job and be a strict boss with yourself. Although that's certainly easier said than done.
Just gotta treat art like a 9-5 job and be a strict boss with yourself. Although that's certainly easier said than done.
bob:
He didn't draw the poster. Jeff Carlisle did.
Kevin was in charge of organizing/promoting everything for the X-Sanguin party and he asked me if I would be in the poster, introduced me to Jeff, coordinated everything so the posters could be printed and given away for free at SDCC. Kevin's really the guy who made it all happen. And, in addition to organizing everything beforehand, he was at the booth every day helping us and really making our days so much fun. He worked SO hard.
Kevin was in charge of organizing/promoting everything for the X-Sanguin party and he asked me if I would be in the poster, introduced me to Jeff, coordinated everything so the posters could be printed and given away for free at SDCC. Kevin's really the guy who made it all happen. And, in addition to organizing everything beforehand, he was at the booth every day helping us and really making our days so much fun. He worked SO hard.
Holiday in the Hospital
I spent five days in Audubon Hospital here in Louisville KY over the Christmas season, for blood clots in my left leg. I am really glad to be discharged. Last October I was in the same hospital for the same reason, but was in for about 10 days.
I hated the hospital stay, but ironically had one of the best Christmases...
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bob:
Yea, I don't think it does...
A myth is by definition--a story. I doubt it actually happened. (ie: I doubt there was actually a minotaur, ect.) And, yes liberties can be taken with them (in retellings, ect.)
However, there's a definite story and if you're going to compare your work to the original, it should be accurate.
Inglourious Basterds is an alternate history, a re-imagining, a "what-if." Which is totally different than comparing a myth to an event in the movie which has no comparison.
When something like Triangle makes an "allusion" using a Greek myth, it's the literary equivalent of using "like or as." It's saying: "This story is "like" the Greek myth." or "These characters at as the ones in the ancient myth do." However, when the characters are only loosely acting in similarity, it's just an unnecessary or poor comparison.
If you want to continue using Inglourious Basterds it'd be like saying the movie is an allusion to the Iliad. Yes they do sneak into enemy territory to kill a military leader, but other than that, it's just a really poor comparison.
A myth is by definition--a story. I doubt it actually happened. (ie: I doubt there was actually a minotaur, ect.) And, yes liberties can be taken with them (in retellings, ect.)
However, there's a definite story and if you're going to compare your work to the original, it should be accurate.
Inglourious Basterds is an alternate history, a re-imagining, a "what-if." Which is totally different than comparing a myth to an event in the movie which has no comparison.
When something like Triangle makes an "allusion" using a Greek myth, it's the literary equivalent of using "like or as." It's saying: "This story is "like" the Greek myth." or "These characters at as the ones in the ancient myth do." However, when the characters are only loosely acting in similarity, it's just an unnecessary or poor comparison.
If you want to continue using Inglourious Basterds it'd be like saying the movie is an allusion to the Iliad. Yes they do sneak into enemy territory to kill a military leader, but other than that, it's just a really poor comparison.
dryad:
Well only one day left. 
I cannot properly emote to you how goddamn happy I am to be out out of the goddamn hospital. After visiting some friends who are bringing me some Chinese food that I will regale with gripping tales of nurses that look like Natalie Portman and industrial strength medical tape, I will sit down with a cup of coffee and blog a bit.
2010 has sucked....
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2010 has sucked....
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Tron Legacy
Let me tell you about the exact moment I knew Tron Legacy was going to be something special. It was the scene where Sam enters his fathers arcade and turns on the lights. When he does, a song plays. Now, I'm not a music geek, and my poor hearing means I never got the names of songs right. I won't know the name...
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bob:
I got it from tumblr at that size, and I don't see one that's much bigger, but it is a t-shirt:
http://tshirtgroove.com/the-muppets-statler-and-waldorf-haters-gonna-hate-t-shirt/
http://tshirtgroove.com/the-muppets-statler-and-waldorf-haters-gonna-hate-t-shirt/
(the following is a quote from Mark Twain. I loved it and wanted to post in my blog)
Those of us who are not in the asylum, and not demonstrably due there, are nevertheless, no doubt, insane in one or two particulars. I think we must admit this; but I think that we are otherwise healthy-minded. I think that when we all see one thing...
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Those of us who are not in the asylum, and not demonstrably due there, are nevertheless, no doubt, insane in one or two particulars. I think we must admit this; but I think that we are otherwise healthy-minded. I think that when we all see one thing...
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porphyria:
Thank you for the positive comment on my set "SPF 5000" in member review, it was sweet of you, I appreciate it! <333