As most of you who read this know, I helped start a website called Your Mom’s Basement with my friends Ed and Pete some years back. The mandate of the site was to put up content related to geek culture – books, comics, movies, games, etc.

We hit a lull recently, mostly because just among the three of us there were two divorces and a marriage, not to mention numerous job changes and life occurences on the part of all our contributors. But we’re getting things back on track and releasing new content on a regular basis. In its current incarnation, the site will be a little less formal and a bit more like a blog and will, for the time being, consist mostly of content from the three founders.

I am starting a series (first part up now) on the fall television season.

I mention this just because I thought you might want to give it a look. And please feel free to comment about the articles or about anything on the message board.

And if you’re interested in writing something for us, please let me know. We don’t pay right now, but we can do our best to get your name out there.

I just finished revising three stories. One was the last story I wrote before Clarion West, one was my first story at Clarion West, and one was a story I wrote in my last week at Clarion West once I was done with all of my assignments. The nice thing is that I feel pretty good about all of these stories. I hope to be able to send them out soon.

I’m also working on a few new things as well.

Nothing like writing accomplishments to carry you through when the rest of your life is filled with fail.

Beth Wodzinski just contacted me to pass on the word that in honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day, today, September 19 (and only today, Sept. 19), Shimmer is offering the electronic version of their Pirate Issue FREE. Yes, that’s right – for $0. This issue has my first published story, “The Furies” in it.And it’s FREE. Seriously. Just download it. There’s some great stuff in there.

Did I mention it’s free?

Linky: http://www.shimmerzine.com/hidden-page/pirate-issue-2007-electronic-edition/

As in employment, not the Biblical figure.

So, I’m getting a little desperate for a job, being currently unemployed. If anyone has any ideas or leads or whatever (preferably in the NY area), please let me know.

God*, I’m so pathetic.

* In this case I do mean the Biblical figure. Figuratively.

So it’s less than two months away. Who else is going?