Reading List 2021

This is the annual reading list, and for me it seems shorter than other years, but it was a tough year to make as much time to just sit and read as I would like.

Gaming
Magic: The Gathering: Rise of the Gatewatch: A Visual History by Wizards of the Coast

Fiction 

The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm by Christopher Paolini
Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir

Stardance by Spider & Jeanne Robinson

Badger: The Novel by Mike Baron

Grendel by John Gardner

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

Agatha H. and the Siege of Mechanicsburg by Kaja & Phil Foglio

The Prodigal Sorcerer (Magic The Gathering, No. 6) by Mark Sumner

Nobody's Ghoul by Devon Monk

The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov

The Crystal Shard by R.A. Salvatore
Fan Fiction: A Mem-Noir: Inspired by True Events by 

Brent Spiner, Jea

nne Darst (With)

The Ivory King by JT Krul

The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump by Harry Turtledove

Wayward Moon by Devon Monk

Short Fiction

Sealed With A Tryst by Devon Monk

At Death's Door by Devon Monk

Wish Upon A Straw by Devon Monk
A Few More by Benjamin Heider

Interlude: Behind the Curtain by Ren Cummins
Ripple Effects: A Wild Cards Story by Laura Mixon

Face Your Furs by Seanan McGuire

The Black Wave (Avery Cates) by Jeff Somers

It’s A Bird. It’s A Plane. It’s The Physical Manifestation Of My Ridiculous Reaction To Canonically Bisexual Superheroes Who Freak Me Out Because I’m An Ignorant Emotionally Stunted Bigot by Chuck Tingle

Non-Fiction/Biography/Poetry/Collections

Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife

The Flea: The Amazing Story of Leo Messi by Michael Part

Monsters of River & Rock: My Life As Iron Maiden's Compulsive Angler by Adrian Smith
National Geographic Complete Survival Manual by Michael S. Sweeney

A Medieval Family: The Pastons of Fifteenth-Century England by Frances Gies & Joseph Gies

Faces by Louie Raffloer

The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, A Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War

by Malcolm Gladwell

The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green

Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe by Brian Green

Graphic Novels/TPB

Girl Genius: The Second Journey of Agatha Heterodyne Volume 5: Queens and Pirates by Kaja & Phil Foglio

Girl Genius: The Second Journey of Agatha Heterodyne Volume 6: Sparks and Monsters by Kaja & Phil Foglio
Tuki: Fight For Fire (Volume 1) by Jeff Smith

The Strange Death of Alex Raymond by Dave Sim & Carson Grubaugh

Butts In Seats: The Tony Schiavone Story by Dirk Manning & Tony Schiavone

Papers/Essays/Children's Books/Cookbooks/Misc

The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook: From Cauldron Cakes to Knickerbocker Glory--More Than 15
Magical Recipes for Wizards and Non-Wizards Alike (Unofficial Cookbook) by Dinah Bucholz
A Smooth Exit from Eternal Inflation? by Stephen Hawking & Thomas Hertog

Heroes' Feast: The Official Dungeons & Dragons Cookbook by Jon Peterson, Kyle Newman, and Michael Witwer

Re-reads

The Slow Regard of Silent Things by Patrick Rothfuss

Ephemera 2021

An interesting year.  The 20s have already been a long decade.

Soccer Media
Virtual media coverage of NWSL Draft(s), OLR preseason, USWNT for GoalieGuys and Prost

In Person Media 8-24-2021 Cascadia Doubleheader presser - Lumen Field

In Person Match Coverage
OLR 0 - 0 HOU 04-16-21 Cheney Stadium - Tacoma, WA - NWSL Challenge Cup
OLR 3 - 2 CHI 04-27-21 Cheney Stadium - Tacoma, WA - NWSL Challenge Cup
OLR 0 - 0 NCC 05-15-21 Cheney Stadium - Tacoma, WA - NWSL Regular Season
OLR 0 - 3 NJNY 06-26-21 Cheney Stadium - Tacoma, WA - NWSL Regular Season

OLR 2 - 0 KC 07-11-21 Cheney Stadium - Tacoma, WA - NWSL Regular Season 

OLR 2 - 0 LOU 7-31-21 Cheney Stadium - Tacoma, WA - NWSL Regular Season 
OLR 2 - 1 PTFC 08-29-21 Lumen Field - Seattle, WA - NWSL Regular Season
SSFC 0 - 2 PTFC 08-29-21 Lumen Field - Seattle, WA - MLS Regular Season
OLR 3 - 0 ORL 9-26-21 Cheney Stadium - Tacoma, WA - NWSL Regular Season

OLR 1 WASH 2 11-14-21 Cheney Stadium - Tacoma, WA - NWSL Playoffs (Semifinals)

Live Convention Events

PAX West 9/3-6 [E] Horse Theatre

NYCC 10/7-10 (*L Division)

ECCC 12/2-5 (*L Division)

Live Stuff

Moulin Rouge 10-7 Al Hirschfeld Theatre

In This Moment / Black Veil Brides / Ded  10-14 Paramount Theatre

This Is Halloween 10-30 The Triple Door

Halestorm / Evanescence / Plush 11-7 Climate Pledge Arena

Masquerade 11-26 The Can Can Culinary Cabaret

Movies in the Theatre
Raya and the Last Dragon
Black Widow

The Suicide Squad

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Dune

Eternals

Virtual Stuff
4-9-21 Town Hall Seattle Brian Greene

Virtual Conventions 
PAX Indie Showcase 4/10 [E]
PAX Online 7/15-18 [E]

Virtual Crunchyroll Expo *L Mod Supe 8/5-7

IRL Events
Green Seattle Partnership - Evergreen Carbon Capture 4-10

Pokemon GO Fest 7-17

Randoma

The Doubleclicks - "Science at Home" music video

0 - 0 4/16 v HOU

3 - 2 4/27 v CHI

Community Service 

PAX West

The Beach

Broadway

Hijinks

NYCC *Light

In This Moment

Halestorm / Evanescence

ECCC 

Halloween Pumpkin Pi

 

I will miss the guacamole

 

I will miss the fresh made guac at the table at the restaurant down the river walk.

The work I do sometimes leads to moments like this

 

The first travels since the before times

 This is going to be one long string of pics and comments about my first travels further than Tacoma in 580 days.  Yes, it was 580 days from my return from Chicago to taking off on this trip.  It was then 585 days between this sort of work, although I did do a local con with different work recently.

Wing check and off we go

Chicago change planes and pizza for lunch

2nd wing check heading south and east

A glorious day at the beach for the best layover ever

While waiting for the train

The train up the coast followed

Rolling through places

A Soho doorway and work tour with someone I finally met in person I work with

Just wow

The EMPIRE State Building

Street breakfast

Got to help Anthrax with a thing

Friedman's in Hell's Kitchen

The apt in NJ

Got to at least once

Best traffic sign ever during the week

The Team

Wing check as we approached home

For an upcoming music video

 

There will be a music video that the footage shot along with this will be in.

The instructions were to basically be a really nerdy scientist making a clock from a potato.  

This is the result.