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A Response To The Basic Expert’s Video I know, two articles, one day? Well, I think you should watch this. The Basic Expert’s video on Rulings Over Rules. Be sure to watch this first before reading on. I want to start out with saying that I agree with a few points Jon made in his…
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A Story of Lessons Learned Hard And How Not Everything That Is Old Is Obsolete. This was a story shared with me when I called my dad one Father’s Day a couple of years ago. For the purposes of protecting identity, I will be changing some names. I’ll also share what I learned that day.…
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Why I’ve Largely Given Up Most Modern Things. Maybe I’m becoming meaner and more set in my ways as I get older. At the age of 45, there are things in which, I just don’t see any real utility. It seems we’ve stalled somewhere and we can’t seem to truly advance in a way that…
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Times, Are They Really A-Changin? Did you know that there are still laws on the books in Pennsylvania that specifically allows the equivalent of a modern-day witch trial to take place? It would seem that it’s true. In fact, an obscure 19th Century law called Title 18, Section 7104 specifically states the following: § 7104. Fortune…
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How The Outrage Farm Blinds & Distracts You You do your morning routine. After showering, shaving, brushing your teeth, slapping on some deodorant, throwing on the clothing for the day and having a seat, you pull up your social media at the desktop, laptop or your phone. Immediately you see a post, one in the…
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Why “Allyship” Can Harm You. Recently, Tim Sheridan took to Twitter to bring a call to action for “Comic Friends! Queer Friends! Allies! I need your help! Please SHARE this and let’s work together to deliver CG a big L.” For those not in the know, CG is Comicsgate. Here’s the skinny, DC Comics has…
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Managing Expectations In Gaming It’s no secret I’m an old-school gamer and I know there’s the question of whether or not I like newer games and pictured above is a small smattering of newer game with Wasted Lands: The Dreaming Age having been delivered by USPS yesterday via the mail carrier literally throwing it into…
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A Story of Two Brothers It’s no secret that I didn’t want to board that plane to Philadelphia. I wanted desperately to stay in Louisiana back in March. I was there in my old bedroom in my mom and dad’s house. In the home where I grew up, in a town I was all too…
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The Rippaverse Delivers on Promises Made Full Disclosure Prior To Me Writing Anything Else: I bought Isom #1 for $5 when it went on sale for Cover C and then bought Isom #2 at full price out of my own pocket. No one at Rippaverse Comics have asked me to write these reviews and I…
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Solo Gaming May Not Be Perfect But It’s Still Fun I can’t tell you how many times (pre-lockdown) I’d schedule a game with my small, but regular group and the entire thing would be cancelled either by one person or work. To give a bit of context to this, the one person was not part…
The Ravens Nest 