Mixolydian Mode Some fun stuff at this blog, including music, Middle Ages, cartoons and some caustic commentary.

What’s Steve From Blue’s Clues Up To Now? Watching the Blue’s Clues Big Musical Movie with David this morning prompted me to wonder what Steve is up to now that he’s no longer doing the show. The answer … indie rock. You can listen to his album here. It’s pretty good … Kristen points out […]

Is Gollum Mentally Ill? “In Middle Earth, the power of the ring is a reality. The passivity phenomena Gollum experiences are caused by the ring, and these symptoms occur in all ring bearers. Gollum does not fulfil the ICD-10 criteria for the diagnosis of schizophrenia.”

Like A Heavy Metal Video, But Without The Depth By about halfway through the Chronicles of Riddick I realized what was bothering me about it. Besides the fact that the whole story line seemed implausible, and each plot point seemed like another stake through the heart of this undead beast, it really began to look […]

Yikes! Good week to be on vacation… Times-Argus shut down by letter threat “BARRE ? A letter containing white powder and a “threat” brought fire crews, state police and the Vermont Hazardous Materials Response Team rushing to The Times Argus Monday afternoon.” It wasn’t anthrax … but apparently someone really, really doesn’t like the fact […]

Traditional Tactics On the heels of a great Christmas get together at Kristen’s mom’s house, brother-in-law Ed writes: “Mature doe taken with my muzzleloader on a solo stalk through the snow.”

One Of My Stories To Be Included In Sky Songs II Anthology I got a letter and check today from Sky Song Press, which published my story “The Bone Road” in Dreams and Visions Magazine this summer. They’ve decided to use the story in their upcoming Sky Songs II anthology. Sky Songs II will be […]

Merry Christmas! From David (the big grin came for this picture as he called out, “Happy Birthday, Jesus!” while we were getting ready for church last nght.) A Christmas angel … Sofia was delighted with her Christmas gown … More new pictures from the past few weeks inside. Off to MM’s now. In the meantime… […]