Monthly Archives: February 2021

I like trying to get as many new synapses as possible! Now, there’s a lot to be said for physical play: building chairs, fixing cars, hunting deer, playing football, etc. But I get more joy from mental play, with new … Continue reading →

d66 Reasons Why Your Ally Cannot Help Right Now Ever needed a name right now and all you could think of was “Bob”? Do you want quick descriptions and details fill out your adventures? The d66 series is the answer … Continue reading →

No pagan died for religion in Rome. Many died for art. Murders on stage were real, not fictitious. In a play, Death of Hercules, which Tertullian saw, the actor representing Hercules was burned to death as a part of the … Continue reading →

Remove one power from the psionic repertoire – mind-reading/mind control – and the entire shape of the Zhodani Consulate shifts. There’s still a certain love of magic, and a kind of hero-worship/Mighty Man thing going on… but still, the lust … Continue reading →

Extracts from Puritan Economic Experiments by Gary North. “Footnotes deleted.” Colonial Disasters One of the more familiar incidents in American history, at least within conservative circles, is the disastrous experiment with a common storehouse in the Pilgrim colony in 1621-23. … Continue reading →

I’m reasonably confident that this is fan work, as opposed to Canon. On the other hand, it looks decent enough for Canon – complete with that 50s spaceman feel – so I’m willing to go along with it.

An interesting review of geography, primary city dynamics, and monarchy. rohitmania1I am still looking for an explanation of – how geography triggered this. ᜃᜌ̥ᜋᜅᜄ̊ ᜋ̊ᜎᜆᜐ̊ Chao Phraya river basin cover the heartland of Thailand and Bangkok lies at the end. … Continue reading →

I tend to agree with the commentator: it’s rather more likely that railguns will be a viable space launch technology, than the more demanding and difficult military requirements. I think there’s even a decent chance that it can be a … Continue reading →

Somewhere around 80% of Somali males own a weapon, and in many marketplaces of Mogadishu do not be afraid if you hear a gunshot because there are many guns for sale in the markets and they sometimes test-fire the weapons. … Continue reading →

A comment on a recent Forgotten Weapons video reminded me of the lightning bolts of Jupiter, a common Roman military symbol. For both the old Imperial connotations and the fact that many warships use particle accelerators — a weapon whose … Continue reading →