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On Dragonwing

If you follow the SF world at all, you know author Anne McCaffrey passed away yesterday at the age of 85. And the world has a little less wonder in it for her passing. Like most, my introduction to her work was through the Pern novels. I discovered The White Dragon while perusing the shelves…

November 23, 2011
Three Browser Games You Should Like

I will admit to having a love/hate relationship with browser games. On the one hand, there are any number of fun, quirky little games out there ready to amuse and titillate. But then there are the browser games that are simply the computer equivalent of playing the slots; do the task, press the button, look…

November 22, 2011
The Dork Round-up!

It’s been a relatively eventful time for this Renaissance Dork, so I thought I’d recap a few developments from the past several days. Seems like a good way to get this cold, dark Monday started… * * * The Pure Speculation Festival was a lot of fun this past weekend; those of you who made…

November 21, 2011
Humpday Links for November 16

It is with great humility that I present these meagre humpday offerings to you, esteemed readers. I can only hope they offer you some small diversion on this most humpiest of days. – Courtesy of Jill Pantozzi and The Mary Sue, some new stills from Pixar’s upcoming Brave. And another look at the teaser trailer,…

November 16, 2011
Of Pathfinder and Venture Captains

If you follow me on Twitter (@renaissancedork, you’ll love it, trust me) you know that I’ve been hinting at some amazing geek news I couldn’t talk about yet. Well, Paizo made the official announcement yesterday so now I can (metaphorically) shout it from the rooftops! I am the newly minted Venture Captain for Pathfinder Organized…

November 15, 2011
SAD and the Renaissance Dork

I’ll keep this brief, since I want to get back to posting fun things around here and I’m pretty sure you’d all like to read fun things, too. But I figured my tens of readers deserved an explanation for my unplanned and unexpected hiatus. In a nutshell, I suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder, or SAD. …

November 15, 2011
Humpday Links for November 2

Not even NaNoWriMo will keep me from providing the freshest, most delicious internet links for you Humpday feeding pleasure! Let us link, anon! [Exeunt, linking] – Remember those science kits you played with as a child? JBox and Gakken have teamed up to bring you adult science kits! One mad science lab coming right up!…

November 2, 2011
NaNoWriMo Will Not Orphan the Blog

If you read my previous post, you know that NaNoWriMo is upon us! I want to assure my tens of readers that my participation in that will not slow down blog entries at all. I’ve found, as have other writers have, that the more I write the more I am able to write, limited only…

November 1, 2011
The Gathering is Upon Us: NaNoWriMo

Full disclosure: yes, I do equate NaNoWriMo with The Gathering from Highlander. Because a) I am a huge nerd, and b) Queen is the best writing music ever! Once more NaNoWriMo is upon us! For those not in the know, National Novel Writing Month is an annual event encouraging people to write 50 000 words…

October 28, 2011
Humpday Links for October 26

Welcome to the last humpday link of October! I hope everyone has fun spooky plans for Nerd Christmas! I will be dressing up as a beloved family character from DC Vertigo, joining a few of my friends dressed as my brothers/sisters. But to get us through the day and closer to the Sea of Parties…

October 26, 2011