When I was so sick about ten days ago, I had a fever-induced epiphany: I needed to make several changes in my life. I needed to redefine some boundaries, and re-organize my priorities.

When I told Anne that I just hate it that I can't help her, especially since I keep asking her to do stuff for me, she said, "It's okay. This is the 'sickness' part of 'sickness and health.'"

I've done a lot of geeky things in my life, but I think the geekiest of all was my first effort to build props and cosplay, when I was about twelve years-old.

I can't believe you said that about fire ants and thunderstorms! You are such a Houstonist!

Before some readers freak out that I don't think $695 for four hours is very good, let me put this into perspective: in those four hours, we usually do several hundred takes, often screaming and yelling.

The goal isn’t to make something everyone will love; the goal is to get excited, and make a thing where something wasn’t before.