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August 9, 2022August 9, 2022

RPGaDAY 2022, Questions 1-9

I’ve decided to delete my Facebook account for a bunch of reasons, the upshot of which is that I’ll be posting more here, on my far-too-neglected blog. To kick things off, I’ve decided to participate in RPGaDAY 2022, the annual list of questions designed to promote the Tabletop Role-playing Game hobby.

I’ve missed the first 8 days, so this post will cover the first 9 questions.

February 13, 2022August 9, 2022

Provisions: New York Pizza

(Originally, this series was titled “Quarantine Provisions” — but of course, our government doesn’t do sensible things like Quarantining to kill off a pandemic, so…)

Alright. Take a look at that picture. If it makes your stomach growl, if you’re familiar with actual, honest-to-Brooklyn, no-nonsense, New York style pizza, you’re going to love this entry. I have, after spending half of my life, off and on, outside of the NY metropolitan area, finally cracked the formula for producing a NY-style pie at home. Read on.

December 23, 2021August 9, 2022

Another Year That Wasn’t

I haven’t posted here since February — 10 months ago. 2021 has been, like 2020 before it, another Year That Wasn’t, as I’m sure it has been for many of you. We occupy this bizarre, liminal space of being-yet-not-being, safe-yet-not-safe, healthy-yet-not-healthy.

I’ve said it before, and it bears repeating: The effects of this pandemic on the mental health of, well, the world, really, is impossible to reckon. We’re going to be dealing with a large segment of the population dealing with PTSD, and I don’t think we’ve collectively wrapped our brains around that, as we’re still in the midst of it.