Anyone remember the coup ? Probably not. It's pretty boring, and the news is filled with far more interesting things. (Though I'm su...

On Friday, the Torment team released the first Alpha Systems Test, a look at the opening scene of the game and its most essential systems (c...

Erik says: You're a foster father of 10. Got any good big pot cooking recipes to share? Actually, I do! Here are two of my favorites...

These facts are weird to me, at least. Most of these are true this year. All are recently true. (1) We've lived in Chiang Mai longer t...

From the AMA bag of holding, Surface asks: Not to only ask about Torment - Im genuinely curious about your involvement with that orphanage...

Foreign languages are hard to use in fiction. Probably because most of us don't use them in real life. Here are some tips for helping ...

Apparently the follow-up series to the greatest thing ever airs tomorrow. I'm going to have to ask the entire internet to not talk about...

Title: Nowhere Girl Author: A.J. Paquette Genre: Middle Grade Published: 2011 My Content Rating: G Luchi Ann is an American gir...

(Again, because I actually write about pirates, I have to specify that I'm talking about the lame kind of piracy today, not the swashbuc...

Moving out here wasn't easy. There are a lot of things I miss like the ocean, TV shows I can understand, average temperatures below 80 d...

(Remix) For some, the perfect eating utensil is the most elegant, the most practical, or simply whatever they're used to. But me? I w...

Susan Kaye Quinn asks: Katniss or Hermione? Cool as Katniss is, I think she'd be a bit too crazy for me. Plus I gotta go with the...

Cross-posted from Anthdrawlogy 's Holidays week. The floating lanterns are stolen from Thailand's Loi Kratong festival , but the sce...

It's the end of piracy week. As you've seen, my opinions on piracy are mixed (or "balanced" or "wishy-washy," de...

Matthew Rush asks: Would you rather be Jirayah (Pervy Sage) or Kabuto (the dork with the glasses)? I can't say I approve of Jiraiya...

Piracy is a difficult topic for me. On one hand, I like free stuff and I'm a professional at justifications (we all are, really). On th...

First, the questions. Then the giveaway. Asea asks: What's something you really love about living in Thailand? A lot, actually. Excep...

L. T. Host asks: What the deuce IS a jelly baby? Like little, chewy babies, but you eat them ! I'm curious which PART of the CA co...

You may have heard about the protests going on in Thailand right now. Basically one group (the "red shirts") wants the prime minis...