Wimmelbilder – Greatest German word ever?

Wimmelbilder – Greatest German word ever?

Language is funny stuff. Often absurd. Especially English. I certainly make that point often enough in my writing by having my characters misinterpret even the most common of sentiments in amusing ways. As a professional language-wrangler, I probably torture it more...

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The Puzzled Patron

The Puzzled Patron

I'm doing a little bit of a different take on the "fantasy board game" theme this week. This is a puzzle, but one whose artwork speaks directly to the D&D parts of my fantasy gamer soul. The Magic Puzzle Company (side note: always reminds me of the company names...

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Genetically engineered plants

Genetically engineered plants

Your Garden Center Doesn’t Carry THESE (yet…) Maybe you wanted to add a pop of color to a living space or just enjoy tending to living things and watching them grow. But people have been keeping indoor plants for a variety of reasons since ancient times. One of the...

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12 Monkeys: Time Travel Cranked to 11

12 Monkeys: Time Travel Cranked to 11

The Army of the 12 Monkey was just the start Terry Gilliam’s 1995 movie, 12 Monkeys, starring Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt, was a looping time travel romp of causality and predestiny, ultimately ending in tragedy (sorry if that’s a spoiler of a nearly 30-year-old...

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Endless Blanket Fort

Endless Blanket Fort

Who doesn't love a blanket fort? …maybe when it's like Labyrinth meets Coraline. So, I’ve always loved the notion of the "X wishes" story. You’ve got the "learned a lesson" endings, the "didn’t need wishes after all" endings, the "you’re horrible and your wishes are...

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