Remaking The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster’s The Phantom Toolbooth is an awesome book. I read it as a kid but it is one of those books you can read… Read More »Remaking The Phantom Tollbooth
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Pyramids Of Minnesota
Author Thomas M. Disch wrote a short piece that appeared in Harper’s Magazine back in 1974 called ‘Pyramids of Minnesota’. In the essay he proposed… Read More »Pyramids Of Minnesota
Keeping the streak going
I was going to write about building pyramids in Minnesota but my computer keeps randomly rebooting this evening. I want to keep my streak going… Read More »Keeping the streak going
Sirocco the Fearless
Sirocco is the youngest of our three dogs. He is also the most fearless. Even when he was a puppy he had no fear. He’d… Read More »Sirocco the Fearless
The Lost Art of Handwritten Letters
Yes, yes, I know. Email is better, and faster, and more convenient. Handwriting letters is so last century. Yes, maybe. But I think it is… Read More »The Lost Art of Handwritten Letters
Another trip around the Sun
Youth passes quicklygrowing old gracefully isa game for the bold We’ve all made another trip around the Sun. We’re already six days into 2024. Is… Read More »Another trip around the Sun
Just tap the white circle ….
My wife took me out for a belated birthday dinner this evening. At the end of the meal I had a large piece of chocolate… Read More »Just tap the white circle ….
The 6 X 6 TTRPG Challenge
I’m a gamer, specifically tabletop role-playing games (henceforth known as TTRPG). You know, Dungeons & Dragons and the like. For the last decade or so,… Read More »The 6 X 6 TTRPG Challenge
Time Travel Trouble at the Armadillo Escape Room Adventures
My wife and friends got together and gifted me an escape room adventure for my birthday. It was caliwandalous! We went to the Armadillo Escape… Read More »Time Travel Trouble at the Armadillo Escape Room Adventures
National Science Fiction Day 2024
Here in the States, January 2 is celebrated as National Science Fiction Day. It’s an unofficial holiday, in that the Federal Government doesn’t recognize it… Read More »National Science Fiction Day 2024