Category: Muskrat Ramblings

Back now, after having an amazing time at Warpcon. Yeah. Much Warpconniness to talk about. Particularly geeked out about meeting Jervis Johnson, he who created mother-flipping BLOOD BOWL (and much other Games Workshoppy goodness). But now, must collapse in a heap after waking up at 5 am to catch a plane at 7 am, and […]

We should be landing in Cork riiiiiiight about….NOW. (John looks ’round, side to side). Um… Um… Nope. We’re still in Madison. I had great flights booked, for yesterday.. Get a full day’s work in, leave Madison at 7 pm, fly out of Chicago 10 pm, fly out of London 2 pm the next day. No […]

I think it needs hardly be said that the opinions expressed in the strip are not necessarily mine. The number of folks who seem to wish that every rant that Matt goes speaks for me verbatim is a bit surprising. Such a “Here’s what John thinks” comic strip would get real boring, real fast – […]

Regarding today’s ’toon: Bonus points if you can actually REMEMBER the Green Card Lottery spam, and the brou-ha-ha that ensued. Bonus points because then I won’t feel quite so old… *** This is the first Friday in 16 weeks I don’t have to make any picks for the Army of Dorkness Pro Pick’Em league. Unbelievably, […]

New Year’s Eve used to be one of my favorite holidays, back in the day. Now, it’s a quieter affair. Part of that comes from no longer being single. There’s no great need to go out and desperately look to hook up with someone when you’re already hooked up with the Love of Your Life. […]

Here’s the kind of holiday I wish upon everyone: Peace, rest and kittens. (That’s our goddaughter Lilly, whose family hosted Arancini before he left for his new home). Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays, everyone. And thanks for all the support, kind words and wishes this year. (Click on the “Continue Rambling” image below for the […]

News ganked from Tasha Robinson (works for the Onion): ACADEMY AWARD-WINNER PETER JACKSON AND NEW LINE CINEMA JOIN WITH MGM TO PRODUCE “THE HOBBIT” PETER JACKSON AND FRAN WALSH TO EXECUTIVE PRODUCE TWO FILMS BASED ON “THE HOBBIT” Los Angeles, CA (Tuesday, December 18, 2007) Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson; Harry Sloan, Chairman and CEO, […]

No, you’re not seeing things. There was a different comic up for Monday, Dec. 10, earlier this morning. What it really needed, though, was an introductory/explanatory strip to lead up to it. So I pushed the cartoon that was up on the web site earlier back until this coming Wednesday. So, sorry if, in a […]

But first, today’s Dork Tower: as noted, the first two panels above happened verbatim as they appear here, when I first tried to find a Wii a couple of weeks ago. *** One of my favorite magazines is Cook’s Illustrated, a sometimes dour, often overly-serious but seldom less than blindingly useful periodical that I frequently […]

Crud. I really should be getting some work done now. But apparently, today is the Day of the Ninja. So when better to announce a cool new Out of the Box game: Ninja Versus Ninja! This should be out early next year, and will contain a dozen or so REALLY cool little mini Ninjas, designed […]