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April’s Ablated Sausage

Our hopme has radiator heat. The air does not move unless I move it. Fortunately there’s enough seepage around the windows to prevent anoxia, but after all these months the house has picked up a certain aroma that can only be described as “The Lucases have been inside for too long.” The office window is […]

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Video Hangout, 18 March 2023 7pm EDT

CORRECTION: I go into Daylight Savings Time next week. Thanks to FO for catching that there was a problem! We’ve had multiple folks confused by time zone math, which makes perfect sense because I can’t do it either. On the last call, CM brought up everytimezone.com, which does the math for you. Time zones were […]

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March’s Magnificent Sausage

I am reminded, once again, that the Muse is a jerk. My fail-forward goals for 2023 were pretty straightforward: write two tech books and 3-4 novels. The publicity efforts of Triple Threat February scared off the Muse, however. Writing a hundred words of ad copy demands far more creativity than writing a hundred words of […]

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new story for Patronizers: The Rats’ Man’s Lackey and the Half Gallon of Christmas Miracle

I have quite the backlog of short stories that I need to throw into the world. One of my goals for this year is to get the dang things out in the world. The Rats’ Man’s Lackey and the Half Gallon of Christmas Miracle is the first of those. A Private Eye in Supernatural Witness […]

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Orc Release Party

One of the benefits offered in the Prohibition Orcs kickstarter was an online release party. My author friends assure me that this is a thing, and that people will show up. We’ll find out. The conversation will wander randomly, although given the topic I feel somewhat compelled to start off with “Orcs, amirite?” During today’s […]

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February’s Fecund Sausage

I am a victim of my own success. Yay me? All of the Prohibition Orcs and OpenBSD Mastery: Filesystems sponsor gifts and rewards and kickstartings and preorders are fulfilled. My plate is clear to make more words. Except for filling out the tax paperwork, that is. Last year I waited until early March and the […]

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Patronizer Video Hangout, 11 February 2023 10AM EST

Hanging out online. That’s what we do, this fourth year of 2020. This month it’s in my morning, so the Europeans can easily join. If you look at this month’s Sausage post, you’ll see you have extra chances to do that this month. Lots going on this Triple Threat February. I’m not entirely sure how […]

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January’s Jammed-Up Sausage

Welcome to 2023. So far, it has little to say for itself other than “Lucas still has poor scheduling.” But this time, it’s not my fault. Last year was thin on books. I shipped DNSSEC Mastery 2nd edition to print backers last spring. Letters to ed(1) came out, which didn’t seem to merit a mailing […]

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Video Hangout, 14 January 2023 7pm

It’s cold outside. Stay inside. Let the snow pile up and join a video call. Mind you, it’s not as much snow as before. Global warming is clearly a thing, and it’s here with a vengeance. Seeing as I live in Michigan and worked my way through college by shoveling snow five months of the […]

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