Archive for March, 2010

  • Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Guy Who Doesn’t Want To Be An Artist

    Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Guy Who Doesn’t Want To Be An Artist

    March 31st, 2010 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 35 Comments

    “Welcome, O Life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race!” I am uncomfortable with the term “art,” particularly when it is used in conjunction with writing. My writing in particular. If you read this site, [...]

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  • You Must Feed The Owlets Of Inspiration

    You Must Feed The Owlets Of Inspiration

    March 30th, 2010 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 25 Comments

    I can’t stop watching this goddamn owl. Er, not that owl. This owl. Yesterday on the Twittertubes, Fred Hicks said something about an owl with its owl-babies, and I was like, “Wuzza? Owl? Aroo? The fuck?” and then I made with the clicky-clicky and — whammo! The Owl Box. Which, at last check, was being [...]

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  • Karate Kicking Your Way Into The Game Industry

    Karate Kicking Your Way Into The Game Industry

    March 29th, 2010 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 41 Comments

    So, I go to a con, I generally give a panel about “writing for the game industry,” which at the con usually means, “how to break into the pen-and-paper game industry.” It’s often a widely-attended panel, by which I mean, you get seven people staring at you. Clearly quite popular. I don’t know that I [...]

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  • What Happened At SimCon

    What Happened At SimCon

    March 28th, 2010 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 12 Comments

    At the con, this dude showed up, right? With a case full of Samurai swords? Like how at a flea market, people show up and sell weapons? Well, no, this wasn’t a flea market, and yeah, the only weapons this guy sold were Samurai swords. Everything seemed fine the first day, but then in the [...]

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  • I Must Renew My Contract With Dread Mistress Pauley Perrette

    I Must Renew My Contract With Dread Mistress Pauley Perrette

    March 27th, 2010 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 8 Comments

    A short one today since, well, I’m not actually around to write a new blog post. Rather, I’ll be at SimCon. So, you get this, instead. Actually, this post is just to offer a bit of odd Pauley Perrette-related weirdness. See, Miss Abby From NCIS (who looks great, especially considering she’s in her 40s) got [...]

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