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Author Archives: Ian
The Top Ten Series I’ve Been Meaning to Start But Haven’t
Hey, it’s Top Ten Tuesday, a fun little meme/post prompt thing from the folks over at The Broke and the Bookish. This week it’s about the top ten series I’ve been meaning to start. I have no good excuse for … Continue reading
Hey Ian, Watcha Into Lately?
It’s been a while since I did one of these, so I thought it might be fun! Is it? YOU CAN BE THE JUDGE. I HAVE NO AGENCY. *ahem* Without further ado– Books Star Wars: Aftermath: Empire’s End by Chuck … Continue reading
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June Check-in
There’s a lot I feel like I should write about right now. I just finished the audiobook of The Ghost Map, by Steven Johnson, and should write a review. I have at least one gamemastering article half-written in my head. … Continue reading
Book Review: Lifeless New Worlds
Review of Strange New Worlds: The Search for Alien Planets and Life Beyond Our Solar System (audiobook edition) by Ray Jayawardhana, Narrated by Bronson Pinchot I was excited going into Strange New Worlds. I’m a sucker for astronomy, but I … Continue reading
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Re-reads: The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Part 1)
Dear friend, Re-reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower is like holding a tin can on a string, and the other end is pulled taut by myself in 9th grade. I think that’s when I first read it, as that … Continue reading
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(Tentatively) Hanging Out My Shingle
Hey everyone. As you may have guessed from a few of my previous posts about job searching and stuff, I’m ~on the hunt~ for new opportunities as my current gig at the datacenter dies down. As such, I figured I … Continue reading
Hey Ian, Watcha Into Lately?
It’s been forever since I did one of these, and I thought it might be fun. A quick tour around the games, TV/film, books, and music I’ve been digging on lately. TV/Film Hunter x Hunter Peter and I have been … Continue reading
The Search Begins
Another quick update right from my keyboard to your eyeballs. Your glistening eyeballs. *ahem* I probably shouldn’t write lines like that now that I’m hosting my (updated) portfolio on this site again. But if I didn’t write occasional strange sentences … Continue reading
A Day (Almost) Without Internet
On Saturday I decided to try a little experiment. I wanted to see what it would be like to do an internet detox without, say, breaking all of my connections, switching to a dumbphone, etc. So I set some rules … Continue reading
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