Category Archives: Chaos

ΧΑΟΣ

Posted on July 12, 2023 by JE

I don’t know if you knew this about me, but I’ll buy a book every now and then. Because I am not a crazy person (anyway, I’ve never been officially diagnosed), before I’ll buy a book I see if I … Continue reading →

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Pancreas Crisis!

Posted on January 23, 2023 by JE

It’s probably time for me to reveal here that I was hospitalized last week for acute pancreatitis, cause not fully understood. The pangs started late on MLK jr Day and D hauled me to the hospital early the next morning.  … Continue reading →

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Scrabbling for Points

Posted on January 2, 2023 by JE

ME: Can I convince D that “nunbone” is a word? ALSO ME: You can’t convince me. OTHER ME WANDERING BY: I thought the other one was “me”. ALL: I AM!

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Hm

Posted on December 25, 2022 by JE

No news is good news. I guess?

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IO, SATURNALIA!

Posted on December 17, 2022 by JE

It’s a Saturnalia on Saturday! It must be extra potent.

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Delusions of Grandeur

Posted on December 15, 2022 by JE

divinam ex eo maiestatem asserere sibi coepit; datoque negotio, ut simulacra numinum religione et arte praeclara, inter quae Olympii Iovis, apportarentur e Graecia, quibus capite dempto suum imponeret. —Suetonius, CALIGULA 22 “From that time he began to claim godhood for … Continue reading →

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Renaissance Map

Posted on December 8, 2022 by JE

This is not new, but it’s new to me: a glorious map of the Milky Way as a Renaissance cartographer might have drawn it, from Starkey Comics.

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Escape from the Twitterati

Posted on November 28, 2022 by JE

The Muskification of Twitter has gotten me thinking about social media platforms and how they come and go. I’ve signed up for some new ones, and will update my bio when I’m sure which ones I’ll be actually using. Still, … Continue reading →

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Aged in Oaken Heroes: Heroic Fantasy & Imagined History

Posted on October 10, 2012 by JE

What is the proper setting for heroic fantasy? Sometimes it seems that the Heroic Age is like the Golden Age of Science Fiction: twelve (according to the now-elderly wisecrack). Anyway, it is widely agreed that heroic fantasy is set in … Continue reading →

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Removable Blast from the Past

Posted on August 22, 2012 by JE

In my recent move, I offloaded a bunch of my books to my office. Now I’m unboxing them and clearing off shelves and cleaning up the office. The following constitutes progress:

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