“Only a fool would let his enemy teach his children.” — Malcolm X

In recent weeks, I've read that today's literature and theater are insipid and dull because today's writers have done little more than graduate from high school. crisismagazine.com/opinion/the-bi…

Watched Paddington yesterday. I've not giggled so much during a movie in a while. I've added Paddington 2 to my queue. youtube.com/watch?v=qFuzMl…

David Hicks, Norms & Nobility (2024 edition, page 13).

My son Christopher and I went to the movies last night thanks to VetTix.Org. Good times! Veteran Tickets Foundation vettix.org/tixer/say-than…

My 6th graders have completed their characters (mostly). Today, they leave Restenford for the Dweomer Forest.

Arrived today. Lovely book. It'll look good on my shelf. I think for game play, I'd want 8.5 x 11 pages spiralbound. Good job, @ArcaneLibrary!

Today, my 7th and 8th grade gamers meet for to create characters using @ArcaneLibrary's Shadowdark RPG. This is a new campaign uses the Midnight Sun supplement for a Beowulf-esque feel. Huzzah.

My 7th/8th grade group for Shadowdark has one each elf, goblin, halfling, and half-orc; five humans; one each ranger, bard, priest, and wizard; three fighters; and two sea wolves. @ArcaneLibrary

The greater cockatrice illustrated by Fernando Salvaterra. Enjoy! spesmagna.com/archives/7055 @ArcaneLibrary #Shadowdark

Two more monsters: the drooling eyebeast and the salt ooze. Both for Shadowdark, of course. spesmagna.com/archives/7060

"There are sacred obligations of conscience from which no one has the power to release us and which we must fulfill even if it costs us our lives." — Blessed Cardinal Clemens Von Galen, the Lion of Münster

In hero mode this a.m., I rescued a little kitty from traffic on my to campus. Huzzah.

After something of a long hiatus, our C&C with elements of DCC and MCC campaign continues today. The heroes are deep underground exploring a lost ruin just off the Devil's Backbone, a massive tunnel the denizens of the Nethergloom use as a road.

As a civilian, my only experience with employee evaluations came from supervisors who used them solely as a tool to target employees for either termination or lack of contract renewal. I quit both of them jobs.

Three celestial swords for Shadowdark! spesmagna.com/archives/7065 @ArcaneLibrary

Dalto the Daring and Molto of the Doll's Head Staff are two villainous kobolds. spesmagna.com/archives/7072

"Acedia is the demon of our day. It is particularly pernicious in its effect on men, as it takes the spirited part of the soul that seeks greatness, the part so associated with the masculine, and swells it into a soft, safe, fat-souled waste." thejosias.com/2023/08/28/on-…