What Accent Do You Have?

This figures. I’ve spent significant adult years in these areas… What American accent do you have? Created by Xavier on Memegen.net Southern. Love it or hate it, your accent says you’re probably from somewhere south of the Ohio River. Take this quiz now – it’s easy! We’re going to start with "cot" and "caught." When …

Dragon*Con 2006

Wahhhhhh!!!!!! As you may notice from the categories tags, Dragon*Con was a multi-threaded, awesomely spectacular, ravingly cool, devastatingly delicious weekend. There’s so much to talk about, I’m not sure where to start. This will probably end up being a multiple posting. I’ll start by saying, I bought a new camera the week before Dragon*Con, and …

Jim Baen has Passed Away

The ground-breaking publisher of Baen Books, Jim Baen, has passed away. He died on June 28th after a stroke suffered on June 12th. For his obituary, see http://www.david-drake.com/baen.html. Baen books is a leader (The leader) in the electronic book. Jim Baen pioneered a model whereby he gives away books, to get people to read (and …