Happy Dance. Happy Dance. Happy Dance. That’s me knowing that I’m going to be playing BattleTech Pods this weekend at Manticon. Fallout Shelter Arcade will be there with their awesome crew and pods, giving anyone who comes the best full[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Manticon is coming soon here in sunny and delightful Bloomington, Minnesota. Hopefully there will be no snow this year, though it is still May, so one never knows. You might want to bring your spring jackets if you are from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Break,” Jack ordered and pulled the controls to the left. Thrusters flared and the formation of Avengers exploded into a chaotic mess of individually maneuvering fighters. Or so the complicated maneuver was designed to look to outside eyes. In reality[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I recently watched Star Trek: Renegades. Much like Horizon, it is a fan film, though there are a great many differences between the two. Horizon was made by talented amateurs who did an amazing job while being limited to digital[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I recently watched Star Trek: Horizon. For those who don’t know, it is a fan film based on Star Trek. Set between the Enterprise TV series and the original series, it concerns the Romulan Wars as the NX class ships[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Eight years ago, I had a healthcare insurance plan that I chose. I picked from a half dozen or so companies that did business in my home state, each with numerous plans of their own. I found one I liked[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ll be going to Manticon at the May 26 to 28 this year. It is a little convention put on by a few hundred close friends in the Twin Cities, Minnesota who happen to like science fiction, much like me.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Gemini Affair takes place a century after the main timeline I’ve been writing for Jack. The War is over, and Jack is wandering around and doing his thing. Enjoying retirement from the worlds and just doing what he wants.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some of you may remember that I had health insurance before Obamacare. It was 100 dollars a month, and paid for the first 1,000 dollars worth of treatment for each year. So I could do my yearly checkups and get[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“All fighters are fully operational and ready to engage the enemy, Jack. Shall we?” “We shall,” Jack answered as over one hundred point defense lasers opened fire on the incoming missiles. The freighter’s attack evaporated far short of Jack’s thirteen[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…