by podblack on August 19, 2008
Considering all the monsters in the press recently, I guess it was inevitable: ‘So, why were we so willing to be into weird things?’ Monsters are everywhere these days, and belief in them is as strong as ever. What’s harder to believe is why so many people buy into hazy evidence, shady schemes and downright [...]
by gazza666 on July 14, 2008
The following post is for On The Shoulders of Giants — if you’re interested, my earlier entry is here! Traditional board games (such as chess, checkers, Scrabble, Parcheesi) have involved no role-playing on the part of the players, and some have involved a very minimum amount of role-playing within a board setting (such as Monopoly, [...]
by podblack on January 2, 2008
Nearly fifteen years ago, I began my first degree… in Agriculture. This always astonishes students, who expect their English teacher wouldn’t be able to give advice on Biology homework nor be able to rattle off the taxonomic ranks of ‘Kingdom-Phylum-Division-Class-Order-Family-Genus-Species’ on command. I changed my major for several reasons but did continue my interest in [...]
