A little steampunk for you today!  Thanks for reading. The Last Command Pirandello used to tell me that memory is like a photograph; it fades from the edges first, slowly, until only the subject remains in a hazy glare, the perfect moment. He often spoke in metaphorical terms towards the end, referring to the past, to his life, his achievements. I believe he was attempting to prepare

Last Thursday, Justin Carmical, better known by his online moniker, "JewWario," passed away at the age of 42.  Known best for his web series on importing foreign video games to North American consoles, the man who called himself JewWario endeared himself to a wide Youtube audience with his unique blend of comedy and sincerity, coupled with his passion and knowledge of gaming. I never

I'm going to talk about stripping paint off miniatures.  But before I do... Today's post was slow to update for a few reasons.  Firstly, I somehow deleted my original "before" image of the miniatures I performed my tests on.  Secondly, I wanted to make sure I wasn't doing something colossally stupid in putting my amateur chemistry online.  I'm still not sure I'm not being

I wrote "What Happened" as the final project in my last Creative Writing course in Fiction at the University of Calgary.  Among my classmates, it proved to be the most popular story I'd written in two semesters.  I suspect that has something to do with the general theme; the nature of storytelling.  This version has been pared down and edited somewhat from the one I presented in ou