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Studying another language
I'm starting my 2nd foreign language, Ukrainian. I've made a couple of small Facebook posts about it, but I want to review my goals and strategies for studying languages. I learned a lot learning Russian, and I'm expecting to apply these lessons both to further my Russian and to learn Ukrainian ( Read more... ) -
Looking for people who want to brainstorm on some RPG rules
Looking for a small group for some brainstorming on RPG rules. Expecting it to be FATE. Ping me if you are interested in being part of a small email group ( Read more... ) -
Coriolis
I'll try to keep this one short, as my brain isn't really up for a lot of writing ( Read more... ) -
Perseverant
So I started reading the draft rules for an RPG I backed on Kickstarter, Perseverant. Loved the concept, and I like what I see in the rules. Looks good as a standalone game, but also has ideas that can be borrowed for other RPGs ( Read more... ) -
Napoleonic Warfare and gaming
Haven't made a big post in a while so here's an attempt to pull some notes together ( Read more... ) -
Language Learning
So, I’m nearing 5 years into my “hobby” of studying the Russian language. I would say I’ve acquired a fairly good familiarity with the language. There’s still too much to learn, but for the primary goal of making myself understood I’m mostly successful. For someone who isn’t immersed in the language because of living there, I feel I’ve done quite ( Read more... ) -
2016 Resolutions
Before I even talk about the new year, it is worth acknowledging that 2015 was a good "growth" year for me ( Read more... ) -
Books that inspire me
I haven't posted here in a while, and I like the idea of occasionally posting longer entries on Livejournal ( Read more... ) -
Long vacations are goooooood!
An insights from my trip is that I need to take more long vacations ( Read more... ) -
Pathfinder
Our Pathfinder game mostly wrapped up yesterday, with us taking down the big bad. We'll have a final session at some point to decide what happens to each of our characters, but the game part of it is basically done ( Read more... )