Eight Planets - I'm good with it Friday August 25, 2006

Finally, that stupid Disney dog can be relegated to the dust-bin of nomenclatural history. Goodbye, planet Pluto. Anybody who thinks that that an eight-planet Solar system poses problems for our educational curricula needs to realize that at least this generation of kids will have an interesting reason to talk about… Read more

Brandon Came To Mine, I'm Coming To His Tuesday October 14, 2008

Brandon Sanderson is launching his Hero of Ages book tour tonight at 5:30pm at the Brigham Young University Bookstore. You can get signed and numbered copies of book three of the Mistborn trilogy, and you can also see me and Dan (his Writing Excuses buddies) heckling him from somewhere nearby.… Read more

Howard on Comics Coast to Coast Friday August 1, 2008

Tom Racine of Comics Coast to Coast interviewed me briefly at Comic-Con, and that interview is up as part of Episode 47 - Justin and Tom's Comic Con Recap. I haven't listened to it yet, but from the liner notes it looks like mine is the second segment in the… Read more

Occam's Razor and the Giant Frog Tuesday February 19, 2008

Here's the CNN article: Ancient Frog Was As Big As A Bowling Ball Neat fossil! I love the name "Beelzebufo!" Here's the problematic argument that its discoverer presents to us: since the fossils of Beelzebufo ampinga, the giant Madagascar frog, indicate that it is related to modern South American toads,… Read more

June 27, 2002 Thursday June 27, 2002

Interesting news today from the federal court in California. Apparently the Pledge of Allegiance is now unconstitutional in the United States. The irony here should be lost on no-one. I can only think of one thing to say, while I still have the chance: I pledge allegiance to the flag… Read more

Sick Week Monday February 25, 2008

I fell ill Monday afternoon. It cut my workday short. For the rest of the week I tried to muscle through it, propping myself up with piles of Vitamin C, caffeine, cold medicine, and mid-day sleep. I'm still wiped out. I managed to get a very small amount of work… Read more

I Guest-Blogged at Inkpunks Wednesday March 14, 2012

If you're interested in how I craft some of my story-stuffs, I blogged about sub-plotting over at Inkpunks. As an added bonus, the blog post is full of comics! Also, I'm flying to New York for the weekend. Here's how to find me there!  And now, luggage... Read more

Back to the Drawing Board Tuesday April 3, 2012

World Horror was fun, and emceeing the Utah's Biggest Liar contest was a hoot, but it's time to get back to work. Oh, I could relax. The buffer has been topped off, and a book and a board game are off to their respective printers. I could spend the next… Read more

Space Elevators and Business Friday March 17, 2006

Just a quick note: There's an article about the business imperatives behind space elevators up at Money Magazine. If you're interested in the "realities" of space travel, money better be on your short list of things to learn up on. This article is a good read. Read more

Focus, Howard. FOCUS! Friday April 7, 2006

I'm still not supposed to be paying attention to book sales. That's Sandra's job. But I'm watching the orders come in nonetheless. I'm also noticing something I hadn't really thought much about -- some of you are talking about the book in your own blogs. Which brings me to my… Read more

Wednesday September 7, 2011

If You Want It By Christmas... Friday November 21, 2008

This is a friendly reminder to Schlockers outside of the United States: the free shipping deal is running through the end of the year, but if you want to have your stuff in hand before Christmas, you need to act now. The latest we can ship stuff and be sure… Read more

3001, and three comics I've never pointed you at before... Friday August 29, 2008

As long as we're talking about threes of things, here are three comics whose links I've not shared before, but which I believe you'll enjoy: Chainsawsuit: Kris Straub hits the essence of cartooning with this new offering. Minimalistic? Yes. Funny? Oh, my. TheaterHopper: Tom Brazelton takes on movies, and the… Read more

Friday March 27, 2009

Full Plate Progress Report Wednesday December 15, 2010

In the last two weeks I've succeeded in doing almost exactly four weeks of work. Which is nice, because I love my job enough that getting to do extra work each week is like getting to have the job for longer. But I haven't seemed to be physically able to… Read more

Ignoble professions: Repo Men and The Bounty Hunter Sunday March 21, 2010

I saw two movies this weekend. Neither of them merits a hearty recommendation, but I had a good time with both of them. Here are the current rankings, with the newcomers in bold: 1) Alice in Wonderland 2) The Wolfman 3) Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief 4) The… Read more

September 23, 2005 Friday September 23, 2005

Bracing for RITArdation entry, September 23rd, 2005 Though I'm still feeling a little celebratory, I probably ought to mention that there's a chance you'll not get your Schlock Mercenary fix this weekend. The physical servers delivering schlockmercenary.com are all in Houston. While Houston isn't in the storm-surge path as of… Read more

May 03, 2003 Saturday May 3, 2003

X2! FCBD! SacBee! It's a TLA Weekend! entry, The fact that only one of the TLAs above is actually a TLAs should cause problems for no-one, right? Let's just move on. I saw the very first Utah County showing of X2 on Friday morning at 10:20am. It was delightful. It… Read more

I know about the Boll petition. You can stop emailing me now. Monday April 21, 2008

I've known for weeks now that there is a petition demanding that Uwe Boll stop making movies (like Bloodrayne, of which you may recall my review.) I've also known that Boll himself has said that he will indeed stop if enough signatures are collected. Most of you probably know this… Read more

Assorted Reminders Sunday November 16, 2008

I haven't mentioned it in weeks, but that doesn't mean the Schlock Mercenary RSS feed has gone away. Au contraire! It is alive, well, and being fed some 2,300 times per day. There is also a separate feed for this blog, which is unsurprisingly not nearly so popular. It tops… Read more