I don’t know why I am getting so tired of winter this year. It is only the first week of March. But I am really getting tired of the cold. It is 10 degrees out right now. 30 degrees less than “normal”. Ok, fine, this is Minnesota… there really is no “normal”, but still…

So for now… I will stare at this.

One thing I have not touched on here yet is my involvement in free form role-playing (FFRP). One of these days I probably should. For now, think of FFRP as a mix of interactive fiction and collaborative writing.

I have been involved in FFRP for nearly two decades, after than reading and messing around with computers it is the hobby I have been doing the next longest. A good 90-plus per cent of my involvement revolves around Live RP (takes place in chat rooms). the remaining 10 per-cent is writing, often based on what happened during some Live RP, but also some original stuff.

As an introduction I am sharing something I wrote recently that I particularly like. I am not sure exactly why this one is standing out for me, but it is. Continue reading →