History Lesson: Thanksgiving, Part II
Why Do We Eat Turkey? Of all the myriad animals in the world, why do we ritualistically genocide turkeys each November? Why not cows? Or gazelles? Or poor people? The …
I am Not a Punctual Writer
So we’re supposed to be around 25,000 words for NaNoWriMo. I’m at 3,160. It’s not looking good for getting this completed on schedule. According to their calculator, I should be …
Stuff, and Things
So, a week into NaNoWriMo and I’ve written… an outline and a couple hundred words, maybe. In pen. On various pieces of paper. I’m not doing so well. As I’m …
History Lesson: Halloween
The story of what we now know as Halloween started a long time ago, on a dark night much like this one, across the ocean, in a country that isn’t …
Witness the Firepower
Just in time for, uh, November, I guess, the new website is fully armed and operational. Tremble before it! Or don’t. It’s actually a lot like the old one, only …