
Dear Irving ISD
Dear Irving ISD, (No, scratch that.) Dear Every School in America (but mostly Texas), I grew up in Texas. I graduated high school and married my husband in Texas. And after that, I taught middle school for 12 years in Read More…

Giving is Greater
I’ll probably avoid Facebook today, if for no other reason than I’m insanely busy having just moved, but I will also avoid it because of the profound grief and anger that lives online on 9/11. Everyone has their opinions and Read More…

Monday Night Gaming: Card Wars
This week’s Monday Night Gaming: Card Wars Publisher: Kung Fu Factory Game Type: Card Game # of Players: Single player or against other decks via tournaments The physical Card Wars game is a card game based on the Adventure Time Read More…

Monday Night Gaming: Exploding Kittens
This week’s Monday Night Gaming: Exploding Kittens Publisher: Self-published via Kickstarter by Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal, Elan Lee, and Shane Small # of Players: 2-5 Best with: 3-4 Playing Time: 15-20 minutes # of Expansions: 0 (brand new game) We backed Read More…

Monday Night Gaming: Rhino Hero
This week’s Monday Night Gaming: Rhino Hero Publisher: HABA # of Players: 2-5 players Best with: 3 players Playing Time: 10-20 minutes # of Expansions: 0 # of Parts: Rule book, 31 roof cards, 28 walls, 1 foundation card, 1 Read More…

Monday Night Gaming: Traders of Osaka
This week’s Monday Night Gaming: Traders of Osaka. Publisher: Z-Man Games # of Players: 2-4 Players Best with: 3 players Playing Time: 1st time through, 1 hour+ depending on # of players. After that, 30-60 minutes. # of Expansions: 0 Read More…
Monday Night Gaming: Legendary
This week’s Monday Night Gaming: Legendary, a Marvel Deck-Building Game. Publisher: Upper Deck Entertainment # of Players: 1-5 players Best with: 3-4 players Playing Time: 1st time through, 1 hour. After that, 40-60 minutes depending upon cards used. # of Read More…

Monday Night Gaming: Fallout Shelter
This week’s Monday Night Gaming: Fallout Shelter, the mobile game. Developer: Bethesda Game Studios # of Players: Single Player System: Mobile Devices Genre: Simulation / Resource Management Cost: Free-to-Play, with the usual pay add-ons If there is anything I love Read More…

The Making of Eerl
Greetings folks. I’m woefully behind on posts on here, but things should be back to normal beginning this week. For the moment, I’ve got a great guest post over on author Erik Buchanan’s site entitled, “The Making of Eerl.” In Read More…

Top 10 Things Guest Post
My apologies to all for the lack of posts. This viral crud has me pretty down and out. In the meantime, I’ve got a guest post over on What Is That Book About? entitled Top 10 Things I Learned from Read More…
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