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Hulder: VerbolgenOut 7th August on Season of Mist/20 Buck Spin Arranging the history of black metal into waves is a method as arbitrary as it is useful. The first wave being a retrospective concept imposed on a small group of early...
After a hugely successful Kickstarter, The Art of Renato Fratini has become a reality. It was, truth be told, already written and designed, edited and ready to go because this has "labour of love" permeating every page like a subtle but...
We’re coming for the books. – Dan Patrick Policing for Profit Cops usually make up some pretext, however flimsy, for their armed robbery schemes: Two Phoenix [cops] have been arrested and fired for [brutally robbing two people at...
Following a torrid 24 hours of prostate related urine problems I made an appointment to see my GP. I had a constant sensation of needing to go for a pee, I had been up for a pee six times in the night and I had a bit of dribbling. I was...
The #fashionista left problem isn’t simply “bad messaging”, but the loss of relationships, class politics and ordinary participation. This left path is #blocking, leading to a serious problem, that there is a growing gap between the...
This post for the lovely Squamous, who asked for 'giant rats in a dungeon' style starter quests for baby mercenaries. I've taken this to mean adventurers, as mercenaries and adventurers are slightly different social niches in the Barony,...
Some of you may have had a weird alert for a post you can't find, this is due to my being an Aspergic idiot, and wanting to have four posts between each of Brian's posts, forgetting I'd done four because of the 'help wanted' post, which...
I have recently been reading Nassim Taleb's "Skin in the Game", one of the books from the "Incerto" series, and found the whole thing quite illuminating. Taleb combines a huge amount of historical knowledge with a razor-sharp tongue and...
What is a mother? A mother is someone who puts plasters on knees and hearts. Your first cradle. Your confessional. Your ally against the world. A warm embrace. Someone who sings away trolls. Someone who possesses neither gender nor...
Hello everyone! Back at home, and I have plenty of books to show for my journey! It was lovely to have a break and get away from the usual routine, but it’s also nice to be home. Books acquired this week Now the birthday book haul really...
Fluffy is a poodle and like many other dogs his size, tends to get ideas above his station! I guess it’s something that dog owners come across regularly – and where our canine companions get these ideas from is anyone’s guess. Except, in...
The About page has been reworked. Myspace layout coming soon! Also edited the "In Defense of Gasai Yuno" article.
I went straight from work and was at the Palace Square at 15:15. Even then, there were quite a few people there, but the number of people increased as people finished work and went to the Palace Square to pay their respects to King...
At one point yesterday evening, as I began to despair at ever getting my huge quilt done, I thought of my grandmother. When I asked her to teach me to quilt, she snorted and said, "Why would you want to quilt when you can just go to...