Friday doesn't believe in triskaidekaphobia. LEGO Rubik's Cube Transformer. Baby Chilchillas! Photos of Light Pillars. I have a new photography goal... Ayla the Fox. So Much Happy Fox!!!

For nine years, I've been doing an annual blog post about my writing income. It's not something we talk about very much, and I think the more data we put out there, the more helpful it is to other writers. The trouble is, I'm just one data point. Better than none, of course. But this year, ...

Transgender Michigan was founded in 1997, and continues to run one of the only transgender helplines in the country, available 24/7 at 855-345-8464. We know transgender youth are at a higher risk of depression and suicide, and these coming months and years could be very difficult. So I'm proud and grateful to announce that with the help ...

According to Google, these were my most-visited blog posts from 2016. This is a list of GREAT SCIENTIFIC INTEREST, and totally NOT just a way to blog without having to come up with any new or original content today... Worldcon Expels Truesdale. If We Wrote Men Like We Wrote Women. Gender-swapping some bits from popular ...

Friday finally walked enough to get that 400th candy for Magikarp! Kevin Walter spent six years designing and building this gorgeous LEGO Klingon Bird of Prey. Giant mopdog playing with child in the snow. Dangerous dogs behind "Beware of Dog" signs. Music from the 1982 Conan movie, played on the pipe organ. By Philipp Pelster.

Disclaimer: Uncanny has published several of my essays, including The Politics of Comfort, which seems relevant here... # Earlier today, the Twitterverse linked me to a "review" by Eamonn Murphy of Uncanny Magazine #14. Sarah Gailey screencapped some of the highlights on Twitter. The full review is here. Murphy begins his column with the following note: Content Warning: This ...

A year ago, just for fun, I started doing daily selfies to see how much the beard would grow over the course of a year. Which I've now turned into a 27-second video. Because why not? The lighting changes a bit from one shot to the next, which might be an issue if you're sensitive to ...

The last Friday of 2016 is so very ready for 2017. Real-life Star Wars Speeder Bike Chase, using water jets for the speeder bikes. Gorgeous Photos from Iceland. NASA's Best 2016 Photos of Earth from Space. Bored Panda's Best Cat Tweets of 2016.