Saturday Morning Gaming: Stone Age
A great board game has been adapted for Steam!
I have no idea how to play well.
Category: Culture
POETS Day! Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg has a lot of fans. I’m not among them. I’m also not certain if many of his proclaimed fans have read his poetry.
The Biscuit of Diversity
This, certain folks on the interwebs will tell you, is the true creeping destruction of America. Bless their maladjusted little hearts…
Sunday Morning! “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s play about political speech and the violence that underlies it raises questions about Caesar and democracy that we’ll likely never answer fully.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Book of Hours
The long-awaited sequel to Cultist Simulator is finally here!
POETS Day! Elizabethan Carpentry
The Elizabethan conception of poetry was tied to music more closely than ours is so in it words bent to song.
Weekend Plans Post: Learning to Tell Them Apart
You know how your grandparents went through 2-3 names before getting to yours? It’s kinda like that, sometimes.
Tomato Jam (Extended Jam)
I had a version of this Tomato Jam recently at a boule court and mason jar glasses bistro in Idaho. It was great. Here’s a recipe…
Saturday Morning Gaming: More Musings on Moral Choices
Call me old-fashioned, but I think that the only rewards for being evil should be more gold, more experience points, and different storyline resolutions. NOT extra content.
Robbie Robertson was a Transcendent Musical Force
Musician, producer, songwriter, and I suppose shrewd music businessman Robbie Robertson passed away on August 9.
POETS Day! “Against Romanticism” by Kingsley Amis
My son started school today, August 8. That’s absurdly early. Back in 2012 Obama’s Education Secretary Arne Duncan tried to start a conversation about extending the school year by shortening summer vacation. There were...
Republicans Need to Adjust to Post-Dobbs World
The Republican Party reinventing itself is not going to be easy with Republican officeholders doubling down on the old anti-abortion formula
Is The Rise of “Auditors” Helping Or Hurting Police Reform Efforts?
The rise of “auditors” not only filming but escalating issues with law enforcement for social media is a new wrinkle on the ongoing debate over policing in America.
The Month in Theaters July 2023
July 2023 is going to be a hard month to beat as far as all-time movie months go for the concentration of great films I saw for the first time.
Sunday Morning! “The Tragedy of Macbeth” by William Shakespeare
The Tragedy of Macbeth: The story of a man who aspired to be a monster, and forgot he would only be a man for a brief time.
The Time Bryan O’Nolan Met Mike Pence at a Foreign Policy Event
When Mike Pence turned to shake my hand Saturday morning in New Hampshire, one of the most absurd events in my life began to unfold.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Baldur’s Gate III
Spoiler-free, I purchased Baldur’s Gate III and… well… here’s my experience with Character Creation.
POETS Day! Muriel Rukeyser’s The Book of the Dead
Muriel Rukeyser’s The Book of the Dead is a collection of twenty poems capturing aspects of the Hawks Nest Disaster.
