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"I Trust You With My Fun."
Not all that much to discuss in regards to yesterday's session of fordmadoxfraud's Stories of Our Youth AD&D campaign. Mostly because the session was a big fight! Not a big brawl, but a more...
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Oubliette: Kakusui-en, "The Pyramid Gardens."
("Vedute di Roma", 18th century, by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.)For no particular reason I was flipping through the Pathfinder GameMastery Guide today, & I decided to play with some of their random...
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T.S. Eliot's "Baba O'Riley." (18)
A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh.The sequel is called"Do I Dare to Eat a Peach?"Beaver & Brenda.Tony's big revenge:"April is the Cruelest Month."ends the trilogy.This was Beatrice's second pick...
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Ecce Neanderthalensis. (19)
Last Ape Standing by Chip Walter.The iPhone & theAcheulean hand axe areno coincidence.I reviewed Last Ape Standing for Tor.com, but forgot to link to it, or count it in my book review round-up....
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The Seven Days of Fire.
Go to Tor.com & watch this live-action Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind prequel, pronto!
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Map Rith Keo, Halfling.
("Chef Camacan Mongoyo" by Jean Baptiste Debret)"Well, shee-it. I grew up, well, mebbe round-about-those-parts, you know, over yonder, back where the big old Muddy pulled back her skirts n' things went...
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G$M.
Last night, after drinks & tapas with Matt, Brian, Kat& at Poco, Jennifer& I went on a How About We data to see Goldor $ Mythika: A Hero is Born, a play with a...lot going on. It is based...
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Curulókë, Saint of Mushrooms.
Cowabunga! Like last session, this episode of fordmadoxfraud's Stories of Our YouthAdvanced Dungeons & Dragons campaign wasn't chockfull of a series of events. Rather, it was taken up by a few,...
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Strange Tales of Preston Stagger!
I've been bad about blogging lately. A mix of things. Some energy goes into Tor.com, some energy goes into resharing things on my Tumblr, I've been having to work through my lunch breaks rather than...
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Mordor Ballad.
I don't have any particular updates, but I'm going to ramble, since I want to be a little more dedicated about this thing here, & just spare musing on my life oughta provide some kind of...
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The Aqueducts of Washington, DC.
Oh, so I've been sleeping terribly for like a month now. You know, I used to have terrible nightmares; well, I still do, it is just that when I start whimpering in my sleep, I now have someone to...
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The Harpy's Eggs. (20)
Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo.The Wolf's jaws chattered,gattling a song of lead deathamongst the witches.I've been sitting on this for a while trying to find something to say about it but it is...
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The Sweet Life.
So I didn't even know Merriweather Post Pavilion was a real place, I thought it was just word salad that Animal Collective made up. So the whole reason for this trip-- I'm on a trip, don't you know? To...
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Neoclassical!
I left work early on Friday to hop onto a Bolt Bus & head to Our Nation's Capitol (™ Pending) to crash Jennifer's business trip. First, a word on Bolt Bus: it wasn't terrible & it wasn't...
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Clan Glass Spider.
So I continue to be alive, which is a stroke of luck in my favor. Step one of the Hierarchy of Mordicai-ness is all about that; just remember, by being alive, you are winning! Most things aren't even,...
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A Photo Essay on Glasses.
I broke my glasses, because I am a dangerous Frankenstein.So I wore these terrible old obsolete wire frame ones for a bit.Then I got my eyes examined at Lens Crafters, & actually it ruled.& I...
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Angels Are God's Robots. (20)
The God-Machine Chronicle by White Wolf.When the alarm beeps.you will know the stars are right.Tick, tock, tick, tock. BEEP.I wrote a post at Tor.com about how The God-Machine Chronicle bodes well for...
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ZUGGTOMOY MUST DIE!
This is it. The final session of fordmadoxfraud's Stories of Our YouthAdvanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The climax of The Temple of Elemental Evil. We've mastered the Elemental Nodes, & we are...
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Deinonychus Bones!
Yesterday was the Eleven-Books Club meet-up for fatbutts' first pick, Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol. I didn't re-review it; in fact, I more re-skimmed it than re-read it. Guilty, guilty, guilty! Still,...
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