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Really, really busy. I’m currently in the midst of:

* Cranking out 60K worth of an adventure for a freelance contract

* Leaving my Corporate Hell job for the rough-and-ready wilds of Freelancing

* Packing up the contents of my house

* Getting ready for GenCon in Indianapolis next week

* Finalizing moving details (utilities for old house and new, moving van, etc.)–because we move literally the day after I get back from GenCon.

Earlier parts of this week were spent hosting a visit from the SO’s parents, and paying a little over $700 in fines and fees to get my driver’s license re-instated (despite the fact that there was no actual suspension. I’m still trying to figure that one out. At this point, I shrug and say “New Jersey.” That pretty much sums it up.).

Probably not a lot in the way of updates coming for a while. Once life has settled into something resembling normalcy, I’ll be back.

GMS

Dum-de-dum, Dum-de-dum, Dum-de-dum…

Richard Grant has been announced as the Ninth Dr. Who: The BBC is foisting off the 40th anniversary of the show with a webcast rather than a full-blown TV show or movie, but it’s official nonetheless. A six-part audio webcast on BBCi will be premiering in November. Grant describes his interpretation as “something of a ‘Sherlock Holmes in Space,” which sounds cool to me. The author of the as-yet-untitled adventure, Paul Cornell, says that it’s going to be fully-animated (not just moving stills, like the past webcasts), and that it could lead to “other things”–apparently including a series of Ninth Doctor books.

Oh, and I’d also like to share the following:

Conventions are really hard work.

Thanks to Elissa for taking the picture, and, of course, to Red, for showing the world the proper care and feeding of the North American Game Designer. Heh.

GMS

Free from Court Hell

Some of you long-time readers may remember that I’ve been fighting off the unwelcome anal advances of the State of New Jersey, which has been attempting to hit me with a multi-thousand dollar fine and a two-year license suspension.

Well, today I had my court date. My incompetent asshat of an attorney didn’t show. This actually turned out to be to my benefit, though—the judge and the prosecutor took pity upon me, allowed me to plea down to a single charge of Driving While Suspended, which, although hitting me with a $500 fine, results in NO SUSPENSION OF MY LICENSE. I’ll be able to drive again, which is a good thing–especially for my upcoming move.

Even better, the judge said that he’ll be reporting my attorney to the State Ethics Board. Woo-hoo!

After I got back home, I got a call from the incompetent asshat, telling me that he had finally showed up at the courthouse…over an hour after the call time. I told him in no uncertain terms what had occurred…including his forthcoming appointment with the Ethics Board. He promised to refund half of my retainer. Damn right.

21 days and counting ’till I’m out of this cesspool of a state.

GMS