How to topple a Republic
After finishing a 15 hour audiobook on the fall of the Roman Republic, I am taking away the following information. Digest it how you will.
After finishing a 15 hour audiobook on the fall of the Roman Republic, I am taking away the following information. Digest it how you will.
I received a lot of comments (both on- and off-line) about the above picture that I shared on Facebook. I didn’t mean for things to get so real. I tend to just post things that are amusing or thought-provoking. Facebook isn’t really the venue for deep discussions – most things […]
Already? Well, looks like I’m starting NaNoWriMo a few days late this year. Wish me luck!
So on Tuesday, I get an email from Kyle, wondering if I could make a brief video about Romania for a class he’s auditing. Heck yeah, I can! Man, did making these take me back! I’d forgotten how much I love teaching (and all I did was outline).
Dear ex-Social Networks, I know I’ve been sending you mixed signals, but this has to stop. We had some good times, but it’s over. It’s not your fault; we’re just too different. I never got comfortable with you, and you clearly lost interest in me over time. You seemed more […]
Day 15 A meta-life, a life about life; Reassuring, were it to be used as some kind of lesson. Nevertheless, a life that requires reassurances, that experiences only in terms of lessons. Only drawn to the whos, whys, and hows – To know things unknowable. Neverminding the wheres and whats, […]
Day 14: Silence not included Snoozed alarms, humming fan, an unvoiced tune on repeat. Groaning pipes and shower head, a torrent ricochets off of skin and ceramic. “Good mornings” and “how did you sleeps,” Planning out the day, “goodbye girl-cats.” Music through the speakers, Music through the earbuds (In perpetual […]
Day 2 Strange that a lifetime spent imagining magics would draw a veil over wonders right here. A little too on the nose, I know. The content came while watching Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows on Friday night. I had this flashback to all of the hours spent […]
Well, it’s only appropriate that, since my last post was about NaNoWriMo, this one will be about NaPoWriMo. Is ‘appropriate’ the right word? I’m not planning on any running theme or anything special (that would be a shouted invitation to the twin demons of Perfectionism and False Accomplishment, parents to […]
Here it is, my list of Thou Shalt Nots (or, at the least, the Me No Like-ys). What are yours? Nega Carta Steep Learning Curve – (I’m looking at you, Robert Jordan circa-WoT-book-7.) Even if the book has a lot of names and places, they need to be slowly added. […]
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