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Well, today's movie recommendation is The Mad, a 2007 zombie(ish) film starring Billy Zane. Small town, county fair, infected beef... It starts out slowly and, it's true, badly, but becomes a mind-hurting comedy with one of cinema's greatest father-daughter bonding scenes. Available on DVD. Check it out.

Dragon*Con
     I recently got back from Dragon*Con. It wasn't as immersive an experience for me this year as most; still suffering blood-pressure drops when walking (though those are becoming more infrequent and less serious), I didn't get out and about much. I mostly stayed in the Hyatt, didn't make it to the dealers' rooms, didn't make it to the green room.
     Mostly, I conducted seminars. After five years of trying, Mike Stackpole and I were able to get our twelve-part seminar series on w...

     I apologize for not posting more recently. I have a habit, when overwhelmed by work or details, of hunkering down, ignoring the world, and concentrating on only the one or two most pressing issues. It become easy for time to get away from me when doing that.

Recent Developments
     I've completed about fifteen sessions of cardiac rehabilitation — that is, exercising while wearing an EKG monitor, under the watchful eyes of physical therapists, in a room full of exercise equipment and other ca

     So here's the story in full on my heart attack. You'd better hunker down. It's going to take a while. <g>

Book Tour: Outcast
     On March 24, I began the first leg of a seven-city booksigning tour in support of Outcast, which had just been released. Each day, I'd be visiting a new city (Lexington, Chicago, Kansas City, Seattle, Sacramento, and Phoenix, then a break of a few days, and finally Austin). In a typical day, I'd arrive at the airport, be swept up by a media wrangler working with my