Modern Murder Mysteries
But is it free-range organic?
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Kickstarter success
It’s been a good month for authors I like. Will Wight knocked it out of the park, ending up at $760,000, and Nick Cole and Jason Anspach’s Forgotten Ruin RPG is ending shortly, with nearly five times more money raised than their minimum goal. Congrats guys!
Art Deco Catholicism
Happy Vaffledagen
Today is the Solemnity of the Annunciation, and since it falls on a Friday this year, much like the Solemnity of Saint Joseph, that means Lenten abstinence from meat is overridden. It also happens to be Waffle Day, thanks to a pun in Swedish. Vårfrudagen —> Våffeldagen
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Uncle Obi Wan
George Lucas tried to write the Star Wars prequel movies as a tragedy; it is possible his difficulties here were because tragedy is relatively less common in the pulp tradition he was using for inspiration. For the most part, the pulps were romances, a series of marvelous adventures. In a
Slavic Marches
I’ve always enjoyed maps. A good map can convey information in an incredibly concise way. And they are of course useful for navigation.
However, you do need to be careful. As an example, I saw this map that purported to show the political divisions of Europe circa 1000 A.