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Banana Milk
Recap This week at Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, the Game show continues the slaughter of an evil undead dwarven cult in the Crypt of Talhund. We meet a gnome in a crypt studying Daumathoin, battle some skeletons with gems in their chests, and slaughter some revenants. It’s another battle-heavy week in search of shards!…
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Ace of swords
This week we are guided by the Ace of Swords The image of the sword piercing the crown represents your awakening mind and your realization challenges need to be faced. It’s now easier to think and see things clearly. You might want to find somewhere to vent and need someone to talk to. If you…
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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler, Shaun Whiteside (Translator), Stefan Rudnicki (Narrator)
Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler My rating: 5 of 5 stars A fantastic book about drugs during World War Two within the Nazi leadership–excellent information, significant research, and fantastic writing. I stumbled into this book from a notebook blog by the author, Ohler, who wrote during raves (which I think is fantastic).…
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Vestigial Wings
Recap This week at Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, the Game show continues the slaughter of an evil drow cult. The Henlifel brothers and our skeleton horde is slain by a giant fireball while we rest and combat ensues. Characters Brian – Calypso – Fairy Druid/BarbarianCody – Zachtos the Wizard/ClericDavid – Garner – Gnome Bard…
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A Preference for the Chant of Frogs
Warmer. Rain in the night. Frogs again. At first the waterhole (four feet long at most) had one frog or two. Now they are a small nation, loud in the night. The innocent nation, changing blissfully in praise of the spring rain. Last evening, I pruned a few little trees–including the beeches I had planted.Today…
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The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han
The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han My rating: 5 of 5 stars epic. so epic. The idea that control has been replaced by achievement is just gold. This is a must read for just about everyone alive. I have no idea if this is taken seriously in the academy, but I found it like profound…
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The Future by Naomi Alderman
The Future by Naomi Alderman My rating: 3 of 5 stars I enjoyed this book–a fun, simple SF romp. The characters are not great, and the plot is plodding sometimes, but the complexity and cultish underpinnings compensate. There is also some good apocalypse thinking that is fun these days. View all my reviews
David Given Schwarm
Married, Father, United
David Given Schwarm 