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The first Weekend Reading of every month can be read by anyone on the Monevator website. Subscribe for free to our email newsletter or become a member to ensure you get the rest. A few years ago, my co-blogger The Accumulator argued that...
How long a pole can you get through a dungeon corridor?
Further to yesterday’s post, here’s Dickon Edwards (in his diaries) on work: I’ve tried Normal Life on so many occasions. By which I mean, doing a job you utterly feel at odds with purely for the money. It seems to work for many people,...
Happy 250th America Source unknown. Overview - Rule of Law What is the Rule of Law?
This week’s edition is dedicated to our readers in America. Happy 250, with love & courage from your friend in Paris. 1. One of America’s most recognisable corporate buildings is for sale Nearly three decades after it opened as the...
According to Haudenosaunee tradition, the Earth was once entirely covered by water. One day a muskrat swam to the bottom of the great sea and surfaced with a tiny clump of mud. This mud was placed on the back of a giant turtle, where it...
A week or two ago I made an aborted attempt at following the trail along the Ashuelot River. I had forgotten to put on bug spray and the mosquitoes turned me back. On this day I remembered the bug spray and tried again. We’d had...
I’ve been getting into The Brain again. I’m currently liking it more than Obsidian for my work notes. I like that relationships become more visible and tangible.
July 4th may be "Independence Day" in America, but it's Impossible Day at Hawkworld! Let's take a look at the Thanagarian tradition that first appeared in The Brave and the Bold No. 44 (November 1962). In issue No. 42, Shayera has begun...
Yeah, so a philosophical zombie is somebody who behaves like a normal human, they can walk around and have a conversation and react normally to stuff, but they're not conscious. Which means something like, they don't have subjective...
It’s the first Saturday of the month which means it’s time for another Six Degrees of Separation, hosted by Kate of Books are my Favourite and Best. The idea is that Kate chooses a book to use as a starting point and then we have to link...
PleasantKenobi published a clickbaity video titled “House Rules Don’t Work For Magic” in which he argues that people should not do house rules. It’s clickbaity because in the video he lists some house rules that he actually likes. More...
I grabbed the set of Kala Mandala zines after the Hey Centaur shop went online. These are great zines of the old school OSR glory days - easily earning their shelf space beside any of the greats. We get a great setting in the Playbook...
I'm sleepy, and everyone knows the best decisions made with money happen when it's very late, and you're tired, and should really be asleep. To be fair, while I shouldn't have spent the money, it isn't the most expensive thing. I went...
If you’re visiting Center Parcs in the UK anytime soon, here are a few quick tips that may help you out, based on my own experience. My last visit was 2026, so are relevant at that time. Since 2001, Center Parcs in the UK has been a...