Author Archives: Myke

AWESOME set of entries for this last con­test. Some showed better trigger dis­ci­pline than others, and given the wide variety of pets and house­hold goods employed as weapons, I can’t really blame folks for not get­ting the stock (if there … Con­tinue reading →

I got what I call “Bible Thumped” yes­terday. It’s my col­lo­qui­alism for being pros­e­ly­tized. It was a fellow officer, in an egre­gious breach of policy that could easily cost him his com­mis­sion if I decided to com­plain.  But I know … Con­tinue reading →

Been a while since I’ve run a give­away over here, and I just so happen to have a nice pile of prizes come my way: *Hard­cover* edi­tions of CONTROL POINT. These were pre­vi­ously unavail­able except to mem­bers of the Sci­ence … Con­tinue reading →

I try not to play video games. It’s way too easy to sit down at my com­puter, blink and realize that four hours has gone by. This phe­nomena has only wors­ened over time as the gaming industry has improved tech­nology … Con­tinue reading →

Chuck Wendig recently did a nice rebuttal to Hugh Howey’s Salon piece (worth a read, even though I don’t like Salon because THEY HAVE NEVER GIVEN ME A DECENT HAIRCUT NOT EVEN ONCE) waving the pom-poms once again regarding self-publishing. … Con­tinue reading →