There are no endings…

…to the Wheel of Time. But it is AN ending.

Took almost three weeks but I just finished listening to the final book in the Wheel of Time series. How was it? In a word, satisfying. That’s really hard to do with the end of something. Especially something as long as this series.

Major spoilers ahead. Do NOT read if you haven’t read the book yourself.

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To Fat to Run

For the last year or so I’ve been running as part of my effort to lose some weight and get into a shape that is not round.  It’s gone reasonably well as I can now get through an entire 5k without stopping. I’m not fast, as it takes me almost Read more…

AutoRip

My wife bought a CD off Amazon recently and discovered the new AutoRip feature they have. For certain albums, when you buy the CD, you automatically get the MP3 version added to your Amazon Cloud Player.   If you use the Amazon player, it saves you the hassle of having Read more…

Viva La Resistance

Woohoo!! Teachers at a Garfield High School in Seattle have become the first ones to take a stand against stupid standardized testing.  The state’s MAP test is like many tests across the country. It requires hours of class time for students to be tested several times throughout the year. Its Read more…

Gamer Math

Over on the GSA, Jay Little, one of the senior designers on Fantasy Flights Star Wars: Edge of the Empire RPG, has written a few articles about the “Nerd Numbers”  behind the dice system in EoE. You can find the main article here and the follow-up with Q&A here.  Both Read more…

We Can’t Beam Through Shields

I was exploring the possibility of having a transporter like device in a potential new story I’m working on. I like the idea of them, beaming over to an enemy ship for some quick action or having enemies beam aboard the characters ship for a challenge to face. There’s lots Read more…