Hello, my name is Jack. Do you know when it is the best time to mount a sneak attack? I do. So do the Shang. You wait for them to be all fat and happy. Best is right after they’ve[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for October, 2011
You can tell what leaders are like by looking at the people who have followed them for years. You see, clever and nice words sound good in the moment, and lots of people join a group because they like what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was born with the sum total knowledge of over two thousand years of my family’s history. I remember the fall of Albion with the same perfect clarity as I remember the lake we swam in this morning. There is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I grew up on Minnesota Nice, where if you can’t say something good, you just don’t say anything at all. It’s a good idea, and works a lot more often than New Yorkers might think. You see we tend to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We all need to know what we want in life. If we just go through life, hoping something good will happen, we will always be hoping and very rarely receiving. If we plan and pursue that plan, if we enjoy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been a lot of places in my life. I grew up in the Boundary Waters, about as far away from a city as you can get in America. I’ve watched the New Year’s ball drop in Times Square. And[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ll never forget the first time I stepped on a Peloran warship. It was like returning to a home I’d never been to. I was born on Terra but I was Peloran. It was real confusing back then. We’ve figured[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hello, my name is Jack. The Shang were a real hard enemy to fight. Smart enemies. Cunning. They weren’t ones for pointless gestures of defiance. They were real hard to kill for good. They fought until they couldn’t win, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some people tell you what the truth is. I tell you to question them. You see, they always have a reason for wanting you to believe that truth. The question you have to answer is whether or not they want[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Life is the ultimate challenge. It drives us, it guides us, it shapes us. It heats us with pain, it molds us with strong hands, and it helps us find our limits. Without it, we could never learn what we[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…