Monthly Archives: January 2025

Traveller is, in part, about very big dreams. Yes: this includes a huge, crushing failure: the destruction of the Imperial Dream. But the death of big dreams points us to focus on what was done wrong… (way too much trust … Continue reading →

From the Patron feed for Inside Russia, January 30, 2024 (actually 2025: bad manual date.) IN MOSCOW, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WILLING TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH THE RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE HAS DECREASED SIXFOLD  In Moscow, the number of … Continue reading →

TIL that in 17th-century Naples, a nobleman fought 20 duels to prove Dante Alighieri a greater poet than Ludovico Ariosto, before admitting that he read neither of them — https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/dec/07/featuresreviews.guardianreview9— found on Reddit r/todayilearned “I thought all the hyper-aggressive bluebloods … Continue reading →

Some of those who want the human population to be drastically cut — well, the inferior segments of the human population, anyways — are in high places, indeed. Well, were in high places. Quite a number of them have vacated … Continue reading →

Yes, I’m a day late – eight days, actually – and a dollar short. Still… for a Roman story, it’s rather more heartwarming and compassionate than usual, so here it is! Of course, Imperial-heads will find good story points to … Continue reading →

For the true-blue spaceheads and hardboiled Scouts out there.

The Third Imperium taxes worlds, canonically. In my version of the Imperium, it also taxes wealthy Noble families, mainly because the Imperium exists to serve them. This tax — a.k.a. “obligations of fealty” — comes in a variety of forms, … Continue reading →

I never did stop believing, still dropping by E-Cat World over a dozen times a year to keep an eye on Andrea Rossi. Crossing my fingers! As is, supposedly, Zhunastu Corporation and it’s patented Fusion Plus process. “Hurry up! A … Continue reading →

“Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you.– Matthew 7:6, ESV Spiritual advice that is surprisingly useful in the physical world too! And … Continue reading →

The Emperor may command, but it’s going to take a lot of ugly infighting to actually get obedience. In Trump’s case, I think he has enough support within the ranks to make his orders stick. Expect a great big series … Continue reading →