Saturday, July 9, 2022

Seiges & Sappers: the D&D from a parallel universe without Gygax

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A little while ago, someone posted this blog post asking this question: "A game designer from a parallel dimension w...
Friday, July 1, 2022

The Acrobat and the Flea -- The Unexplored Science in Stranger Things

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I just finished watching what is available of Stranger Things Season 4, and planning to watch the rest tonight.  I've been meaning to co...
Saturday, June 25, 2022

God and the Law of Identity

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 I remember my first few years as a grad student, a professor reassuring my friend and I that no physicist ever gained true expertise in the...
Saturday, April 23, 2022

No One Should Care What Kate Turabian Thought About Style

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I have recently had to write and turn in my dissertation.  To do this, I had to adhere, at least somewhat, to the stylistic whims of Kate Tu...
Friday, April 15, 2022

Twelve Years a Grad Student

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I drew this on a white board at my  last school, in 2013.  Nine years later and I slayed the dragon. I recently finished my PhD in physics. ...
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Thursday, October 29, 2020

Trying to decode The Beginning Place by Ursula Le Guin

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 I recently reread this favorite of mine.  My copy is an old, worn paperback I purchased at a used bookstore in the middle of nowhere in Geo...
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Sunday, October 25, 2020

The witch of Endor proves mediums aren't real

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Once you know how cold reading works, it's basically impossible to take mediums, astrologers, palm readers, or any other kind of sooth-s...
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