I’ve been playing Star Wars: The Old Republic lately. World of Warcraft pretty much burned me out on MMOs forever, but I had some old guild buddies who managed to talk me into it. We’ll see how long it lasts. It’s pretty much a stock MMO affair, with a few minor twists, one of which is the ship missions. Somehow, inside an MMO, they managed to cram old style arcade space-shooting – it’s like Starfox: stay on the rails and gun down ships while accomplishing your objective. You can upgrade …

Recently my debit card number got jacked. Some place or retailer I legitimately spent money at was breached. The place found out about it and sent a list of numbers to the credit card company that backs the card. The credit card company contacted my bank, which cancelled my card. They did this before any weird charges were racked up, so I suppose I should be grateful, even though I use my card so rarely it was three days before I noticed (my card was suddenly denied).
When I called the …

Well, I’m just going to come out and say it. I’m having trouble finishing my second novel. It’s been months since I worked it for any decent length of time and now I’m almost afraid of touching it and messing up what’s already written. Plus, each time I sit down to work on it I have to reread 65k words to get caught up with what’s going on, as well as to get into the character voice again. By the time I’ve read all that I’m out of energy to …