I had a lot of ideas about what to post on today, but I keep coming back to the one that's on my mind at the moment: interactive storytelling. There is just nothing more satisfying to me than making a story with other people. (I'll use the term interactive storytelling for CRPGs and VRPGs, but they're really a substitute for good old fashioned ( Read more... )

So I've been listening to the audio book of Wherever You Go, There You Are by Jon Kabat-Zinn, which has been really interesting in general, discussing what meditation and mindfulness are all about. The section I listened to today, however, was more than interesting: it was particularly keyed into the way I like to think about things. It was the ( Read more... )

(This is mostly for plura, who will be as astonished as I.)

How do I not own a copy of Poetic Diction? I've read sections and was sure I owned it!

I did find History of English Words, but no Poetic Diction for me. And unlike Saving the Appearances, which is actually quite easy to find on alibris for under $10, there are no extremely cheap second hand ( Read more... )