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First day come and gone. Just finished leading campfire, and my voice
is shot, and my fingers are chewed up from the guitar. I’m tired. And
the thing about it is that it all starts again tomorrow at 7am. I’m
getting too old for this shit. Actually, it’s been a pretty good day.
We’re a few kids lower than […]

Can it sometimes be better to quit while one’s ahead in life? To
say: “It’s been a good life.”
I guess I fall into the camp that says “yes.” The camp that wears the
“DNR” wristbands (and tattoos). The camp that was rooting for Terry
Schiavo in her prolonged fight against being held prisoner in this
world. The camp that […]

I’ve realized again, and I think I’ve noticed this before, that one of my favorite things about the summer at Flying Moose is setting up camp. There’s something very satisfying about unpacking, organizing, and assembling the hardware of camp, and of getting the new counselors into (and returning counselors back into) the “flow” of camp […]

may be going away shortly…
I need to confirm the details, but his “food possessive” rating
apparently plummeted the two days I was in Madison. Not so pleased…

I’ve mentioned doug’s site before on this blog, as a site that I love, that I wish my site was more like, as it encourages play and exploration, whereas mine merely reflects on it, and at best encourages the reflection on my reflections.Improvisation: getting player past rote execution of skill. Tony Hawk Pro Skater, The Sims, […]

As I mentioned earlier, I’m in Madison at the GLS Conference, and it’s pretty nice to see a pretty cool academic dialogue take place about games. Here’s the chance to see John Seely Brown, Eric Zimmerman, Jesper Juul, Doug Church, and some of the other folks whose stuff I’ve been reading, and put faces and […]

and humid. yecchh. I am reminded of why I so enjoy Maine. Although I arrive here with a cold, and basking in the hot sun here I am reminded of why it sucks to get a cold in the summer. I wonder if I can do a morning dip in Lake Monona, or would the […]

FML is rockin’! The sun is out. The canoe docks are out. The Swim
dock is out. The tents are up. The counselors are here. The water is
warming up again. Seymour has learned to sit nicely in the back
storage thingy of the kayak on the commutes across the lake (on not-
so windy trips). The black flies […]

I guess that at this point — perhaps a bit earlier, the focus of the blog has shifted from allegedly primarily “academic” to now “journalistic” in that rather personal manner — no world news tonight. In fact the world is nicely chirping right now, with a sonic backdrop of waves lapping the shoreline in front […]

I write this from a small one-room cabin in Maine. If you do the Google Maps thing and type in 04431, you’ll see Craig Pond (satellite view is better tan map view). I’m on the NE side. It’s grayish right now and a roll of thunder just rumbled on for a […]

The black flies have sullied the sensitive underbelly of my pooch. It’s kinda gross.
Ah! but the water is high and crisp after what I hear was a pretty awful Spring, and the sun is out, and the cabin is very cool and untrammelled by rodent. And despite having blown out the exhaust (turning into Boston) […]

It’s June 1, and I’m leaving for Flying Moose Lodge on Sunday. I have a mock up of the catalog for the GLS Conference due on Friday. I have my IRB to get back and approved, I have an AERA proposal to write (ain’t gonna happen), I have friends to say good bye (for the […]