Continuing the Nonna Story

As I described as part of the original “Nonna” story, that was a written back-story for a new character I “rolled up” to play with a D&D group. After a few sessions, though, Things Happened™ (mostly real-life stuff intervening on…

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Fare Thee Well, My Fairlady (Z)

[If you are here looking for details about the Fairlady Z, it has been sold. This is the story of how and why I bought it and my closing thoughts.] Permit me, dear reader, to weave you a tale. It…

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Tales From The Pub – The Thief’s Tale

It was supposed to have been an easy job — sneak in to Bey Nakasoto’s mansion, grab a couple of jeweled necklaces from a cabinet in an unguarded room and then sneak out again, none the wiser. So Arturo Garcia…

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My College Physics Professor

In a comment on someone else’s blog, I (very) recently mentioned my physics professor from college. I say that in the singular form because it was a small college and the Physics department was tiny. Including the department head, I…

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Tales From The Pub – A Tale of Curses

In a shadowy alcove in a darkened and dimly lit pub, a humanoid figure sits at a small table and holds his wineglass by the stem. He tips the empty glass first one way and then the other as he…

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The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten (sort of?)

This is, somewhat, the continuation of My History With Anime as promised. As I’d mentioned, I started to read quite a few LNs (Light Novels). Some, I’ve started because I saw the anime and wanted to read the source material….

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My History With Anime

Where It Started I don’t exactly try to hide that I am a … somewhat avid? … consumer of certain types of Japanese fiction in various forms. This started decades ago with anime. And even that started first with the…

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Winter 2023 Anime

Yeah, I know I’m really late to the party for this one, and I haven’t exactly been doing much lately anyway. Unlike the few previous ones of these I’ve done, I’m just going to highlight a couple of shows that…

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Tales From The Pub – The Emperor’s Tale – Part II

The Nowhere Pub

The Imperial Conference Room settled into a stunned silence as what had just been said sank into the thoughts of the Emperor, all of the highest-ranked military personnel, and other Imperial advisors. Vice-Admiral Kaydyn Rames began to sit down again,…

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Tales From The Pub – The Emperor’s Tale – Part I

The Nowhere Pub

Upon taking over ruling his first planet, Planetary Governor Brarol Trogawa evacuated the lightly-populated town of Vivcan. Once the population was completely gone, he had the entire town, except for one small and very nondescript building, completely leveled and razed….

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A House To Call Home

He pulled into the driveway and saw that the realtor was already there, leaning against the door of her car, waiting for him. She smiled and walked over to his car as he parked, grabbed his jacket and stepped out….

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I Am “Big Sad”

A while back, I had posted about how I was seriously hyped about purchasing and importing a Japanese Nissan 300ZX. The car arrived two weeks ago (just about literally). Two days after it arrived, much to my surprise, it made…

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