I used to have a lot of those silly old things. Now I only have this one because I could not bear to get rid of it when I cleaned house. It’s a 1935 Royal DeLuxe that was owned by a dear old friend of mine who passed away in 2007 at the age of…
Love Death + Robots anthology is live for preorder
The official Love Death + Robots anthology for Season 1 is up for preorder. It contains all the stories that were used as source material for the episodes, including my own “Shape-Shifters” (Episode 10) and “Lucky 13” (Episode 13). The anthology is available on May 21 from these sources: Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0923HJQ5G Amazon AU:…
My morning brain fuel of choice
A lot of my writer friends basically live on coffee. I like it every now and then, but it’s not a daily thing for me. It’s what I get when I am grabbing breakfast while out and about, not what I make every morning to get going. At Castle Frostbite, we drink tea instead, and…
A decidedly mixed-breed pedigree
I did one of those ancestry DNA tests a little while ago, and the results come as an absolute…lack of surprise. German father (the green area), Croatian mother (the blue one), and my paternal grandmother was from East Prussia (the very top of the western part of the pink area.) No idea where or when…
Military time in the civilian world
Out of idle curiosity this morning, here’s a question for those of you who have served in the military: How many of you are still using 24-hour and DDMMYYYY calendar format on your digital devices? I turned in my kit 28 years ago this month and I still do it. My digital watches are all…
From the Castle Frostbite IT department
Robin’s iMac started giving her the Beachball of Death, hanging up on almost everything she tried to do with it. I used to be a hardware tech support guy and systems administrator, so I am the official Castle Frostbite IT department. In that function, I diagnosed the iMac and suspected that the hard drive was…
The last days of winter
Yesterday, I took Girl Child out to the slopes here in town for what was probably the last good skiing day of the season. Later this week we’re supposed to get a few days of 60-degree weather, which is going to melt most of the remaining snow and kick-start my least favorite season in New…
The Great Link has been upgraded
The Internet connection at Castle Frostbite as of last night: Not bad for a rural setting on a dirt road, right? Ah, BUT. The Internet connection at Castle Frostbite as of today: Those are legit 2021-level Internet speeds. The kicker is that the new provider is supplying ten times the previous speed on the download,…
More Tik-Toks
Someone asked about the rest of the collection in comments, so here you go. It’s a modest collection of nice-but-not-outrageous watches as far as price goes. The whole case is worth less than a single basic Omega or Rolex. Not that I would mind owning a Seamaster or a Submariner, but I don’t think I’ll…
Posting a TikTok
Eight years ago, when Terms of Enlistment started selling a lot of copies, this $45 Casio Duro was the first “extravagant” purchase I made with some of the first windfall royalties. Fast-forward to 2021, eight years and ten novels later, and I own a lot more watches, but I still wear this one a lot….