First up - Peter Grant, author of the outstanding Ames Archives [http://arkhavencomics.com/?s=ames+archives&post_type=product&product_cat=0] westerns as well as the entertaining Maxwell Saga and - set in the same universe - excellent Cochrane's Company books, has two posts. The first is a horrifying moral dilemma [https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2019/03/a-tragic-crime-and-moral-dilemma.html] that demonstrates how evil begets more evil. > That's just too sickening for words . . . and…
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In addition to the new backup scheme in place, I've also updated the theme I use here to 1.4 vice 1.3. I believe I managed to get all the relevant customizations nailed down, but will be testing.…
It's been a slow week for posts, not because there hasn't been plenty of inspiration, and I certainly ahve a backlog of topics, but mostly because I have been doing a major back-end update that involves bringing not only the main blogging engine up to the current standard but also, finally, adding commenting. Comments will not appear inline, but a commenting box will. Registered users can publish the topic out if I have neglected to - mostly relevant on older posts - and anyone can follow the l…
I hope everyone's Christmas was wonderful adn well spent, and that you are facing the New Year with hope and joy. Looking back, this last year was one of transitions. First, I met my goal of "post five times a week no matter what for one year" - and decided to keep going. Posts are fewer these days but I don't believe a week has gone by without a single one, and I've got a backlog of several topics that I'm putting together something for. I'm certainly trying…
One of the things we do far too little of these days is let kids be kids. Yes, I know. We also simultaneously don't teach kids responsibility. They're not all that far apart though. In a very real sense, the former directly leads to the latter. Look at a playground these days. They've gotten a little more interesting of late, but singsets, tall slides, and "monkey bars" as well as large climbing frames and domes people my age knew well in elementary and middle school are just gone, along wit…