Category Archives: Personal

Nasty, Gluey Chest Cold

So since the weekend, I got hit with a chest cold, which I’m pretty sure I caught either from my board gaming friends or a grocery store clerk Wednesday last week. It didn’t manifest in full force until the weekend–anyway, … Continue reading

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Udra: My RPG Campaign History in Several Parts

See parts one, two and three. 2001 to 2009: The City and The Circus After two players left, and the arrival of a new one, after making the transition to D&D 3.0, and later 3.5, I had started two new … Continue reading

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So Let's Get to It

It’s been nearly a year and half since my post at the mighty Farlops Industries and instead of boring you with reasons why this happened I’m just going to jump right in. First some highly local news, I’ve added some … Continue reading

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Udra: My RPG Campaign History in Several Parts

See parts one and two. 1994 to 2001: The Lean Years with Sudden Burst of Activity

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Words that I've coined.

Okay, to preface, I’ve searched the Web for these words and I’ve found that in all cases, it was only me that was using them, or if they were used by someone else it wasn’t in any coherent way beyond … Continue reading

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The Lingering Reasonableness of Alcubierre's Metric

As an aging ex-physics major, knowing just barely enough to glimpse at possible answers but not enough to really know if I’m right–a little knowledge is a dangerous thing because it makes you presumptive that you’ve got all the facts … Continue reading

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It's hard to maintain patience with my fellow apes

I read some depressing news today about lingering sexism in nerd subculture. And it’s not that I was shocked by it, I mean, I knew it was still there. I only had to look at comic book covers or read … Continue reading

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The emotional equivalent of our retina being wired in backwards

This a post that is mostly out of character for me but, a few hours ago, some facts and concepts that I’ve long known rearranged themselves in my head and struck me as remarkable. Oddly this was in an area … Continue reading

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Pretty sure my atheism rejects spirituality too–

I don’t believe in gods. I don’t believe in religion, organized or informal. But am I still spiritual? Can atheists be spiritual? This is a tough question to ask because spirituality is often very poorly defined, perhaps even less well … Continue reading

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Why I love science.

This was originally written as my response to this page. I felt I was eloquent enough to repeat my rant here. Since this is one the deepest parts of myself and my personality, I could rant on and on about … Continue reading

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