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England. Bloody hell!
From time to time I’m prowling through old email archives and when I see something related to, or from, the late Dennis McMillan I’m tossing it into a new DMac file. At minimum, it’ll be fun to round up various of his aliases so they’re...
The birdbath was a little mirror this morning
Places like Sir John Soane’s Museum make me so grateful to live in London, with so much incredible history on our doorstep. To describe it as a hidden gem would be disingenuous really, because it is well known, and there is almost always...
This is the conclusion to my previous posts about Mudora and randomized A Link to the Past – Reverse Engineering A Link to the Past Randomizer and I Analyzed 28k+ Randomized ALttP ROMs So You Don’t Have To. Today I’ll be talking about...
Kim Novak was groomed to be the next Marilyn Monroe, then had the audacity to be herself instead. Her story is one of the most fascinating in classic Hollywood.
sometimes. . . . . postscriptumbeing a recount of the RPG modalities I have experienced, and the differing levels of experiential curation required of the GM therein. short pickup gamesI love running at my local game shop's RPG nights...
Some things that might be of interest: The ICM is starting next week in Philadelphia. One traditional aspect of the ICM is the announcement of the Fields Medal winners. This year there won’t be much surprise, since evidently someone...
One of those blogs that’s probably more personal than purely historic, so please excuse me if you're looking for pure history. In my earlier blog Neolithic landscape of Dorset which was also a little bit 'what I did on my holidays', I...
There's, apparently, some sort of football match on tonight?155 words · 1 image
C.S. Lewis, letter to his brother (August 7, 1921; "the place" = an inn in Tintagel, Cornwall): I have not yet exhausted the horrors of the place: I was glad to see a book case in the lounge. All the books were uniformly bound, and I was...
Dear friends, I am happy to announce the launch dates for my new book! The Spiritual Imagination of C.S. Lewis (OUP, 2026) is now available in eBook format, and it is on its way to bookshelves near you. What holds … Continue reading →
1 a.m. falling asleep on one side of the bed my head full of silence I have to learn how to send my most vivid images through the distance instead
The Jersey Tiger is no longer confined to the southernmost parts of England. It's range is extending northwards; I see quite regularly in London and Hertfordshire. The striped forewing is striking; the orange underwing is spectacular...