I think we left the realm of rational discussion around the first sentence of this arti.

Books, Craft, History, and General Mayhem. Travel feeds the worldbuilding in my fantasy writing. Completed in varying centuries, studying historically significant homes. Teaches me about what us crazy humans find important. The next one, in which a bird o.

Tips and resources for translators and interpreters. A few days before Christmas I got a thick, imposing envelope in the mail from the Washington State Department of Revenue. What have I gotten myself into? People actually make a living doing this? From then on things kind of snowballed. I soaked it all in.

Greek and Roman Inscriptions and Papyri. Rules of the Paris Guilds. Statutes and Privileges of the Armourers and Scabbardmakers of the City of Angers. The Book of the Hirelings of the Republic of Florence. Fashion in the Age of Datini. How Heavy Were Doublets and Pourpoints? Suppliers for Historical Crafts.

The joy of thrift store electronic finds. On a Sunday last September I got up at a leisurely time and happened to check Numberphile. He had just published this video. About an enigmatic tabletop device that mechanically displayed prime numbers. It turned out that this thing was called a Primer, an electronic kinetic sculpture by the LA artist Karl Lautman. As a result, the id.

Good at it is handing phalanxes their own backsides on a platter, often quite literally, how could they stop them? There is no denying they are good at what they do, but wanton massacre, scorched earth and sadistic oppression are just not the current fa.

The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day! The year I learned to fly. By spring I danced like I had been dancing the Morris for years. They said I was born to it. 8221; one of my teammates said when she introduced me to a friend at my first Ale. I have never felt like I was born to athleticism.

Darr; Skip to Main Content. An Informal History of the Hugos. What Makes This Book So Great. Thoughts on Foreign Covers and Titles. The Prize in the Game. Love, Pain, and Death. A happy morning filled with pears. Next Time I Fall i.

Settling happily into the front garden. San Leandro Street, between 37th Ave and High Street, Oakland California, August 2015. April 2014, Causa Justa published. Still a useful read in 2016.