Tales from FAR Manor

Delighted, that is, that I came home from work yesterday to find FAR Manor all decorated (which means I didn’t have to do it)! Mrs. Fetched ...

Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes. I appreciate each & every one of you. If I were to design a calendar, it would be circular. ...

How things build up over time and eventually boil over. I tend to be goal-oriented . Instead of endlessly discussing a problem, how it happe...

A lot of people were at FAR Manor today, but the food was more than up to the challenge. The only surprise was when Cousin Splat came in, he...

Safe arrival of friends! Beth arrived a little before 6, while I was dusting the dryer. It’s been almost non-stop chat since then, with a sm...

Mid-November, and we’re still seeing some fall color...

In the FAR Future -verse, this episode & the last one are only a day apart, so I thought it would be proper to post them a day apart… Tu...

Second episode in a row posted on a “cold” (low of 0°C or slightly less) night. I’d like to think I’m not going to make a habit of it, but w...

As it was Tuesday, I worked at home today. If gas prices begin their march to $4, as expected, I’ll probably go to twice a week or as often ...

I probably won't be online much through the evenings this week. Check my Twitter box from time to time, though; I'll be “tweeting” f...

I'm going to bed. :-P

The front page says Evil has a New Face , but it looks like the same ol’ evil face I’ve seen for years. However, the breakout game is quite...

Chilly outside tonight. Will covering the peppers keep them alive? Hello to Randy Russell aka GhostFolk , who calls FAR Future “an incredib...

And this is what’s left of my dad’s house. And the house next door. The house to the right caught fire first; fortunately Dad woke up before...

I hope everyone enjoyed the October special — there’s a potload of films on archive.org, and not just horror, so we’ll still make an occasio...

Friday, November 9, 2012 Election Rejection, What’s Your Secession I’m shocked. Completely shocked. NOT. The 99 goplets left in the House ar...

If you’re following my Twitter feed, you saw that Asimov’s rejected my poem. There were a couple of odd aspects: it arrived about 3 weeks b...

You may have noticed that I’ve added a Twitter box to the sidebar… the site seems to be pretty slow this evening, so if it doesn’t load righ...

Someone nearby is getting rid of his ammo, at 9pm no less. Almost sounds like Baghdad out there. I started hunting up rock for the patio thi...

Wrapping up the October horror series, I’ll have to admit that I picked this one for the name: The Brain that Wouldn’t Die (No, not Karl Rov...