Well, Mark Shelton died yesterday. As is not unusual, this led me down the path of metal ponderings. However, counter-intuitive as it may seem, this post is not about Manilla Road, or even regular heavy metal. Rather Manilla Road leads me to think of Darkthrone… Until 1998, I was pretty unaware of “extreme metal”. I’d…Read more
July 2018
It takes all kinds…
So often times I think of, or should I say that it jumps out at me about the differences between progressives and conservatives. Obviously there are many, but the ones that always seem remarkable to me are the ones that exemplify the names: progressive (progressing towards something) and conservative (conserving something). I think it’s rather…Read more
Following, not (yet) running
And on it goes. As a sort of follow-up to my earlier Runescape post, here is another! Runescape is definitely a love/hate relationship for me. I’ve been playing for over nine years… To the sad tune of 8,428 hours (yes, that works out to two plus hours a day, every day for nine years). I…Read more