The change in Olympic policies to allow athletes to pick their own flags and anthems resulted in the expected results of refugees representing their old homes. The Free Tibet, Free Taiwan, and New Japan Olympic teams are examples of this.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The Chinese conquered most of East Asia in the mid-Twenty First Century, which resulted in a large number of refugees. The greatest number traveled to India, Australia, and America, where they built new homes and formed new communities. Some of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had a lot of fun at Dairycon this weekend. I setup a couple X-Box 360s and had some games and cartoons available to play. Transformers the Movie, and the original TV show. Some Transformers themed games. Fun stuff like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I went to Dairycon over the weekend. It is a nice little con with around a hundred or so people showing up to talk about, buy, and sell Transformers. The toys, not the power station thingies. I brought a couple[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I watched Ready Player One over the weekend. Much like other Spielberg movies, it borrows shamelessly from the book it is based on while being almost an entirely different story. It shares some scenes with the book, but most of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have never understood exactly how Easter is calculated. It is some black art mixing mathematics, calendars, star charts, and tide patterns or something like that. I have never known when Easter would be. Imagine my wry amusement when people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the more interesting things I do when studying what I want to do next with Jack is looking at old myths and legends. They are the great stories that have entranced us for thousands of years. They are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the things I find interesting about writing Jack of Harts is just how much time I spend researching on the various subjects I write about. World War II is a repeat subject for a lot of reasons. One[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I watched Epic over the weekend with family. Not the Epic Movie, but the movie Epic. Yes, there is a difference. Epic starts with the crazy idea of a crackpot scientist that there are tiny people the size of bugs[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I picked up Justice League on Saturday. It was an eighteen-hour day of hanging out with friends up in the Twin Cities. I basically got home and crumpled into bed. So when I awoke from my coma, I watched Justice[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…