Yes, I've been crazy busy and having trouble finding time for posting.  I did find time to finally read two contemporary vampire...

Resurrection, Dieric Bouts, c.1455, Norton Simon Museum Wishing you a happy Easter: May the joys of this season bless all!

14th of Nisan: Passover Exodus 12   1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying, 2“ This month shall be unto y...

" Remember, O man, that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return. " One of the greatest facts of human existence is mortalit...

The Presentation of Christ at the Temple by Hans Holbein the Elder I got a kick out of Sword & Dorkery's post today, as if there ...

A Carol for New Year's Day Traditional English. Sung to the tune of  " Greensleeves " since at least 1642. 1. The old y...

I have said it before.  Undoubtedly, I will say it again: Tolkien's On Fairy Stories should be required reading on more than one read...

Looking for something that's seasonal but flies your geek flag?  Check these out .  A friend of a friend knows him.  Pretty cool, eh? ...

James Christensen Today is the feast day of St. Nicholas (either absorb the shock that it is not the 25th or join me in the Nicholas Pro...

By: nanette For those outside the U.S.A., this Thursday is our Thanksgiving holiday.  Though I will feast upon turkey and other tradition...

Barbara Allen Kneeling in Sorrow by Edwin Austin Abbey A happy Martinmas to you all.  That is, today is Saint Martin of Tours ' f...

Remember, remember, the fifth of November: The gunpowder, treason, and plot. I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason Should ever b...

By: el_alf ¡Feliz Día de los Muertos!  This is the kind of holiday (All Souls Day in other cultures) that seems to those who are outsider...

Did Crystal Frazier make the mask kit?  She did make this self-portrait. Heh, heh: Paizo is giving away an Andrew Hou goblin mask .  Do...

Kelly O'Donnell, my college DM, wrote a short piece on one of the recurring villains of our campaign for his creative writing class.  I ...

by Southernfried There's only a week left until Halloween.  If you're going to celebrate the holiday right, it's time to get ...

I have finished the second novel in my October Reading List, Avram Davidson and Grania Davis' Marco Polo and the Sleeping Beauty , thu s...

A quick round-up of podcasts that I am listening to right now that I offer for your consideration: Canon Puncture 99: Game Advocates ...

Triple Threat Tomeful Tuesday Triumph touted by Theodric the Alliterator! MINOR SPOILERS BELOW Yes, forgive me, I got carried away.  Th...

Fanart of Jake Wyatt after Craig Thompson.  See link below. Read the NPR fantasy/sci-fi top 100 and its accompanying flowchart?  Didn...