Back when we first met, we used to go to "Jo on the Go" in San Marcos for coffee. It's since closed but we had a business card of an artist we liked who had art there. Just after we lost Joe (middle), she had this commissioned. Jackson left us mid-seizure years ago. Most important object we own.

Sent our oldest kitty across the Rainbow Bridge yesterday. Last of the original cats we picked up as we worked from Kristen's dad's passing to vet and grad school They all helped us deal with tumultuous times. Our new boys will as well but losing this boy is recognizition of the innocence we had

Worth the read. 📖 #wargaming warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/bac...

I'm at that point in my life where i'm looking at leaf blowers and watching videos on "tips to use wood filler better." Yesterday, I spent the day looking through paint suggestions for staircases and how to decrease creaking when you don't want to deal with replastering. I'm fucking old. Sigh.

Totally watching Spy Game, one of my favorite movies that is mostly just a guy telling a story. Redford carries the hell out of this movie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4fw...

Gotten the bug with the #wargame SpaceCorp. Finally getting close to 70 on hard. It's prolly not possible to hit 100...

It's my birthday today and we drove to a tiny town in New York to go to a bookstore. Picked up two books that are important to me and my work. A system of natural philosophy from 1844 and Robinson Crusoe from 1790. Stoked as hell.

My birthday is also: Teddy Bear Day Chrytsanthemum Day Care Bears Share Your Care day Double Ninth Festival in China Buy a Priest a Beer day. It's also when Washington D.C. was named, first glass plate photo, the day Leo Tolstoy was born, Emergency Services day in the UK, and Martyrs day. Wild.

About to start up some actual game design work and I don't honestly know if i'm excited, anxious, or just gassy.

Work is certainly being work. There's a lot of it! Goodness.

For a long time, the group I used to play #ttrpgs with used to sneak Tom Skerritt into every game we played as an NPC. Every time he'd show up the whole table would enter into a chorus of, "He's a damn fine lookin man!" And so now every time I hear his name or see him in something, I say it. Weird

It took two years, but I’ve finally covered my office door in pop culture stickers and game box art.

In my wife's old Derby league, there was a woman named Dildozer. I really loved this name for a long time until I realized it wasn't a bulldozer for pickles. I never gave up hope that's what she actually mean though.

I have always been interested in Tomokazu Fukushima's impact on Metal Gear, especially RE: Ghost Babel and its subsequent retcon via Peacewalker. This article does a great job summarizing the whole controversy. thesnakesoup.org/editorial-ar...

Watching academics versus practitioners in the #emergencymanagement AI showdown from afar is a reminder that the disaster space is fraught with a whole lot of technological need without a lot of technological know-how. Academics, especially in tech spaces, need to support practitioner efforts.

We need to know what humans do before we argue that machines can do it just the same. There can’t be AI literacy without a literacy in being human: how we make meaning in work and life, distinguishing the artificial from the imaginary from the true. mail.cyberneticforests.com/human-litera...

I'm so glad you finished this, @playhistory.bsky.social

What does it mean when you're looking for a therapist and like half of them on the search results have passed away within the last year? Shut up, Sam.

Jeff is now comfy in the whole house and is providing guidance as to how best serve her, the cat in charge.

Rebought all of Godspeed You! Black Emperor's stuff on Bandcamp to support them more directly after they pulled their stuff off of all streaming services. godspeedyoublackemperor.bandcamp.com

Happy "not desk rejected" day for all #cscw2026 scholars participating! Alternatively. Happy "I can edit this thing and send it elsewhere" desk rejected day for all #cscw2026 scholars participating!

Greg really gets the whole, "I'm such an awkward person. I don't know how to show someone i'd like to be their friend." But as a cat. Jeff and him are gonna be super awkward pals for sure.

Jeff is currently sick of her living arrangement. She's about to get a taste of total freedom though. Trust fall.

Finally got a cord long enough to activate my Flynn's Arcade sign above my office door...and more stickers.

Jeff is starting to get much braver and absolutely loves the bed. It's sometimes wild to think that she's never seen a bed before, stairs, or even other cats. She now is learning to own all of it.

Jeff is getting supervised visits outside her rooms. She's never seen stairs before so she won't get near them. When she chases George down them, she freaks out and runs to her room to recover. Poor girl spent 2 months of her 3 month life in isolation due to injury and lice. It's amazing to watch.

Recently, I saw an exchange on a web forum where someone asked for a #ttrpg rec but added, "from the last 10 years or so because they're more advanced." The proximity of #ttrpgs to tech, isn't abnormal given their history but this shocked me to the point where i've been thinking about it since.

I finally finished all of Donkey Kong Bonanza. That game gets post-game. Goodness.

Ever wanted to create letters just like in Animal Crossing New Horizons? Now you can with my new open-source letter editor, featuring pixel perfect designs and easy sharing options! Check it out here: acmail.idreesinc.com

Rewatching one of my favorite Twitch viewers control the chat videos. Outside of Twitch Plays Pokemon, this is a fave. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPyb...

I'm at the "Writing rubrics for classes" phase of writing and editing #chi2026 papers.

Jeff seems to have begun to train properly as a cat ninja. George seems ok with this.

Jeff has moved into a new room and has immediately learned about the back yard, the squirrels, and the birds. George is now playing with her! He may be the best cat to teach kittens how to be.

Plumbers, Electricians, and Cooks all have PhD level knowledge but don't get that distinction for whatever reason. Why we gotta roll out the credentials for an agencyless agent?

George has managed to work his way into Jeff's room and is now playing with her. Dude spent a day and a half just laying there until she got used to him. Now they're hiding, pouncing, and play-fighting everywhere. Our old dad-cat, Joe, would tolerate but hiss a lot. George never hisses, just sits.

Man, 2025 is not a great year. Callon's piece in Sociology of Monsters really impacted me. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/c6voj... Those first two sentences of the introduction have stuck with me far longer than I would have anticipated.

Been thinking a lot about this Robin Wright movie (made from a Stanislaw Lem Book) that is super relevant lately: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBv9...

Stop scrolling, & post two characters who bring you joy & happiness.

I can't believe the greatest WEA design fiction ever filmed is getting a sequel.

Today, poor Greg began growling and hiding from the other two cats. He did this when George was introduced and it's stemming from a few tours of the house in my arms yesterday. But a couple hours later, he was fine and playing with George. Poor guy gets so scared. Just wait, Greg...just wait.

In a recent Proceedings article, CNA's "At Any Cost" -- an IUU fishing game designed by Jeremy Sepinsky and I for the @pewtrusts -- was featured! A small group of folks are exploring gaming for the US Coast Guard. We have more to do. 🎲 www.usni.org/magazines/pr...

Jeff is really starting to come around. In just 4 or 5 days, we’ll switch rooms and add a gate so the other cats can come by and learn a new smell story.

I may have finally outlasted Jeff’s kitten energy.

Dang, we ain't had a Project Runway, sushi, and beer Friday in years. Stoked!

It says a lot about the state of software engineering that they send a snarky email about how to use BCC to a college wide email without considering that you can just add the email lists back into a reply.

Been advising a new project. I spent 7 years hiding my ambition, knowledge, and expertise in the field but for this project I don't have to. Fieldwork classes didn't prep me for this. It is incredibly difficult to let go. Spent the last year feeling schizophrenic. Starting to work now. Valuable.

Richard Hammond was filming Richard Hammond Builds a Planet and had asked her roller derby league to help. He was hours late and Kristen was still dealing with her dad's passing. He walked into a locker room she was crying her eyes out while in the midst of a panic attack. Was extremely empathetic.

A thing you learn teaching is that there are 2 kinds of cheaters. First you’ve got folks who will cheat to pass because they’re either behind, lazy, or on something and made a bad decision. They’re not so bad, just stuck in a prison of their own making.

What's the most perfectly cast role in cinema history?