Author: Ben

I’m Benjamin (“Ben”) Cohen and I’ve got a fairly extensive background. I’ve spent most of my life with and around computers. (I literally grew up crawling around computer room floors, since my mom was a Systems Engineer for IBM back when computers were larger than most modern appliances and slower than your phone from several years ago.)

Pimumo

Interestingly (?), along with the Dungeons & Dragons campaign I’m in with my other character, Lhoris, I’m in a second one. This is a completely different group with different people. Consequently, I’m playing a new character. This character, Pimumo Longfoot,…

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Summer 2024 Anime – What I’m Watching

I know, I know … running horribly late again. I’d started writing this a few weeks into the season and then ran out of steam, so it sat for quite a while as a draft. Unfortunately (?), you’ll probably be…

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Lhoris

I have recently started playing Dungeons & Dragons with some others. The character I have chosen to play is “multi-class,”. meaning they are able to use skills and abilities from more than one class in the game. (This comes with…

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Artificial Intelligence or Just a Superpowered Spreadsheet?

Note: This had been sitting, unfinished, for about a month while I was trying to find a good banner image to go with it (or, failing that, possibly get one made). Both activities failed, so – just enjoy the post?…

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Spring 2024 Anime – What I’m Watching

I know, I know – this one has been horribly delayed. I have no excuse beyond my own laziness. Some of the shows are well past their halfway mark, but I’m chugging along. I’m going to stick to something close…

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I’ve Moved!!!

No, no – I haven’t physically moved (unless you count puttering around my house – and you shouldn’t). Rather, I’ve moved electronically. Virtually? More specifically, while this is still the same Nowhere Pub you’ve been visiting before, just like the…

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Self-Selecting Communities

Originally, I was thinking of titling this, “You Know How To Do WHAT???”, but I realized there’s a slightly different tack I want to take on this. I’ll still start from that perspective, though, so hang on – there’s a…

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Nostalgia – Almost As Good As It Used To Be

Yesterday (Saturday), my high school alumni held an “all classes” reunion. Quite a few years ago, my class had a small one that I attended, and I’m aware many of the other classes also have held some. But, this time,…

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Winter 2024 Anime – What I’m Watching

And, once again, it’s time to delve into the collection of this season’s anime. It’s a bit late into the season (already approaching the half-way point), but … what can I say? Been busy / distracted with a bunch of…

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Untimely Encounter in Kethyras (Redone)

[Author’s Note – Based on some feedback / input. I did some major hack-and-slash-ing at the original version of this story (found here). Mostly, it’s a combination of structural reordering as well as slashing out some of the “Walls’o’infodump”ing which,…

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Cleaning House and Redecorating

For a while, I’ve been annoyed by some of the quirks and foibles of the design of my site. I won’t get into the details of what I was annoyed about – it’s not important – but it’s been something…

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Tales From The Pub – The Adventurer’s Tale

The harsh blizzard was still blasting, even after returning to the valley from the summit of the mountain. Another flag planted and another story to share over brandy and cigars back in the Adventurers’ Club once he’d returned home. The…

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