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Tampa — the Beach and Beyond

I finally got around to putting up the pictures from the Tampa trip. That Saturday was our beach day. We walked for a while on one beach, chatting and playing around: We ended up increasingly in the water, despite the fact that Dre and Tyrone don't swim: Hell, I ...

So many shenanigans

Greg ran his second Promethean game tonight. It's my first time in a bi-weekly campaign, and that combined with my fatigue and the newness means I'm having a hard time getting a grasp on my character. I picked an unusual character type for me (manic and ditzy, albeit ...

Tampa, day 1

I'm in Tampa, having flown in bright and early this morning (Charlotte to Memphis at 06:50 EST, Memphis to Tampa at 09:00 CST). Memphis's airport (the two gates I saw of it) was fugly as hell. Brown brick interior walls and square. Looked like some Langoliers shit. Tampa's airport was ...

Search-building: custom or Google

Until earlier this week, I had a lousy site search in place. It was one of Google's Custom Search Engines, barely configured and only on its own page, due to it's hefty (and blocking!) JavaScript. I'd long since disabled Wordpress's search since my stories aren't being run in ...

Weekend linkage

Just a few, since I'm so far behind on my reading (down to 425 unread items!) and I just posted a set on Friday. Enjoy. How to Help Your Kids Build $25,000 Stock Portfolios - This is a tempting idea even with regards to something like weddings. "Help us ...

Chapter 10 of Witches posted!

Chapter 10, "Opening Salvo" is posted: "What brings you to my world, little bug?" the colorful woman asked Hardi and Robert. Her glance flitted between both of them before settling on Hardi. "Well?" she cooed, head tilting. Her accent was much lighter than Lucia's. Hardi straightened in her seat. "We're looking for ...