Just completed a home office after the oldest moved out. This is the centerpiece - and it ain't what it used to be, but she's still got it where it counts. Or something.

No, I'm not old enough for the 1st Edition AD&D books to be mine ... quite yet, anyway. They were my older…

I love reading to my daughters. For the last couple of years my wife and I have been reading Young Adult novels with/to our oldest, the Elder Extroverted One, who is a mature ten year old. It blew up after she tackled the Harry Potter series. For awhile it was difficult to get her to read anything that wasn't Harry Potter but…

Dear Barnes and Noble,

I'm one of your most loyal customers. I think I've been buying books from you since I was around 15 or so (I remember getting the catalog in the mail!)... almost 30 years. I've been to some of your smaller stores and to your largest locations. I appreciate that you try to have a section for just about every taste. And I love that I can always count on your staff to have all the new releases out before the doors open on New-Book-Tuesday. Your stores…

I think it’s funny how every group comes with its own set of in jokes and references. Mary and I have often joked about writing the Richardson…

Hi-Ho,

I'm the discoverer of George R.R. Martin's long-lost novelization of The Muppet Movie, A Movie With Muppets.

I want to thank the…

Originally born out of the huge success of Galaxy Zoo, the Zooniverse represents several fascinating project for parents and kids to interact together with scientists and other interested science citizens collaboratively. 

The Zooniverse is home to the internet's largest, most popular and most successful citizen science projects.…