brandie tarvin

In today’s increasingly global workforce, it is easy to forget how culture affects our ability to interact and communicate. Children have this incredible ability to absorb language and culture from...

Sometimes when I get stuck on a writing project, I write a little fanfic to keep my instrument in practice and to get my inner editor to shut up. As...

As I was prepping for my Shadowrun game last Friday, I rediscovered an interesting tidbit that I wrote for the Shadowrun Storm Front’s Seattle Shakes chapter. In a fit of...

Left to his own devices (I’m working and writing today), the SO is spending the day on a Justice League and Justice League Unlimited marathon. The few times I’ve walked...

To Mr. Mike Huckabee, I understand you recently addressed the Republican National Committee in regards to women’s rights and gave a staunch and powerful speech in support of “smart, educated,...

In today’s economy, job hunting is difficult at best. Things are so bad that people unable to find employment after a year plus of searching have stopped looking. This behavior,...

My gaming group has convinced me to run Shadowrun again. This time we’re doing Shadowrun 5th edition, but then we playtested it too, so that’s not too far of a...

It’s early in the morning (or late at night) when Vital Process A fails. Maybe it errors out. Maybe it didn’t start in the first place. Regardless of the reason,...

So I woke up this morning in the middle of another story writing itself out in my head. This time, a group of 8-9 kids (of various ages from about...

Occasionally I make little notes, fun SQL facts, for myself about things I recently learned about SQL Server. Here are the most recent, mostly restore related. A stored procedure cannot...