It was only last year that we lost an iconic Ray of popular culture: writer Ray Bradbury . Yesterday another Ray passed on, Ray Harryhause...

Gaming & Guinness traditionally opens on a Wednesday night, usually before the out-of-towners have arrived. It's a night to share...

Eight years ago, Stephen Fitzpatrick invited some of his friends to join him in a bit of revery: two or three days of amicable board gami...

This April The Earliad received more visitors than ever, or at least more page views: nearly 9,500. When I started this blog ten years a...

Even today, a web search for "Suwannee River, Manitoba" still gives you a ton of hits for the American river of song rather t...

Back in the late 40s/early 50s DC produced a short-lived comic featuring the fictional adventures of real-life movie star Alan Ladd . Som...

A few random frames from an educational filmstrip that might have existed in an alternate 1970s. In reality, Mom took a few pictures of D...

Yesterday's effort to render a paperback novel cover wasn't perfect, so I spent a few minutes this morning crafting the inevitab...

Inspired by Jeff's most recent post , I felt the urge to create something retro - in this case, an imaginary paperback from an alte...

Only now, after years of practise, am I beginning to develop a hint of understanding of depth and perspective in art. This image is silly...

Summer, 1992. I pulled into the parking lot on 81st avenue and 105th street, just a couple of blocks away from Warp One. I had my day plann...

If I ever find myself with more money than I know what to do with, I'm going to hire a photographer for an anti-portrait session. Wha...

For some time I've meant to experiment with Blogger's Pages feature. What better way to begin than by advertising myself? Whether y...

Storytellers manipulate audiences; that's their job. Mom or Dad or one of my aunts or uncles shot this photo of me and an unknown dog...

A couple of weeks ago I was fooling around with one of those innumerable iPhone photography apps and accidentally shot this. I don't ...

I've long been a fan of Phil Farmer, master of the pulp pastiche. My single complaint about Farmer is that some of his older works ha...

They say revenge is the best medicine, love only hurts when you're having fun and never give a sucker an even break. What that has to d...

I've been suckered by slick trailers before, but if Man of Steel is even half as exciting and inspiring as this clip, it'll be we...

Some days it's hard to be human. Last night I mentioned my friend Rick's serious illness ; Sylvia and I missed a tribute to him b...

A crucial condo board meeting prevented Sylvia and me from attending tonight's Roast for Rick Miller. It's a great sadness for bo...

Shortly after midnight this morning, the adventuring party known as the Unusual Suspects met its doom in the library of the Pyramid of Sh...