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Lunar Party and Sales, Health Matters
The highlight of the past few days was attending a Lunar New Year party hosted by tabouli. It was mostly attended by her friends in Toastmasters and a writing group, which were all lovely company and with cherry conversation. I've even made a couple of new friends out of the event. Tabouli really provided a wonderful reading of "The Great Race: The ( Read more... ) -
An RPG Update and the House of the Wise
It's a little late (it almost always is) but Issue 53 of RPG Review has been released. This is a special issue on the games and settings of Iron Crown Enterprises and in memory of Terry K Amthor and Shadow World. My own contributions, apart from the editorial, of course, includes a memorial for Terry, an interview with ICE founder Pete Fenlon, and ( Read more... ) -
A Full and Meaningful Life
Two posts in a row, I find that the scythe of Thanatos has decided to fall on another friend, this time 17catherines, a sudden and unexpected event. It yet another star that has fallen, as 17catherines was also a person who was engaged with the community and friends. She had well-considered political opinions and actions, a provider of foods, and ( Read more... ) -
The Faces of Janus
"Just be kind. Kind to my boys, other people, animals, each other, the planet. We desperately need it."
These are the words of an old friend Joanna Griffith in her "Last Post". She was one of the first people I got to know when I moved to Melbourne more than 25 years ago as she headed the local RPG gaming club, Infinite Images. We were never ( Read more... ) -
Willsmere and Weekends
After many months of COVID-19 delays, and I are finally getting around to putting our Willsmere property on the market. The Willsmere Estate is certainly a nice place to live with astounding natural surroundings and for those who have an interest in local history, the former use of the grounds and buildings as an asylum should certainly intrigue. ( Read more... ) -
Birthdays, Deathdays
Last Thursday I completed another lap around the sun, and received numerous well-wishes on FB and elsewhere which I am most grateful for. The day was spent in the company of caseopaya as we started with a visit to Willsmere with the estate agent for a pending sale, and then in the late afternoon a visit to the Lume Van Gogh exhibition, a digital exhibition ( Read more... ) -
Phillip Island Visit
Last weekend featured was a visit to Phillip Island, one of many holiday destinations a short trip from Melbourne city. This particular trip was with, and for, lei_loo who rather relished the idea of a short holiday away before getting back into university studies and of course has an impending birthday. It made for a very good combination of ( Read more... ) -
HPC Asia, RPG Update
For three days last week, I attended HPCAsia (remotely, of course) which, true to most conferences of this ilk, concentrated on the application of some of the world's most powerful computing systems (the world's number #1 in Tokyo) to the sort of mathematical and scientific problems that require it. It is pleasing that the ACM has published ( Read more... ) -
Boosted against Nutty Professors, House to Market and Films
Early in the week I dropped into the local public vaccination clinic and picked up my booster shot (Moderna; mixing it up a bit and the queue was shorter). The Royal Exhibition Building is World Heritage-listed for good reason; it's quite beautiful and was Australia's first parliament. Of course, in the current omicron environment, it does seem ( Read more... )