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Is there anything more pathetic than ‘nothing to see here’ updates? Cleaning the living room revealed this sad tale of my long neglected hobby.  What you’re looking at is the dust shadow left by my bag o’ brushes which have sat untouched lo these many moons. Champing at the...

It’s been a good year.  By breaking things up more than normal, I’ve been able to produce content every other day for the first quarter of 2016.  Unfortunately, it is probably going to be a while before anything else appears in this space.  My month long business trip is...

Looks like your humble host is going to be working in San Francisco for the month of March.  If any reader out there has some time and could shoot me an email about the gaming scene, or maybe wants to get together with a poor wayfaring stranger hit me...

If you’re one of those poor bastards that grinds through a long commute on a daily basis, then you can’t get enough decent podcasts.  There are a hot steaming pile of them for tabletop RPGs, a few of them are even worth a listen, but very very few for...

Presenting Warren’s General Theory of Wargaming Management! This should be pretty self-explanatory.  For project management, restaurants, and life in general you generally have to balance between good, fast, and cheap.  McDonald’s burgers are cheap and fast, but they ain’t good.  The local high-end restaurant makes a good and fast...

JJ Abrams un-raped my childhood. Spoiler free alert: What follows are the thoughts of a middle-aged man reflecting life, film, and family more than they are thoughts on the new installment of the Star Wars franchise. Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a movie.  It’s a very good movie.  JJ...

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Have some eye-candy in the form of a couple of seasonal shots from the archive.     Painted these guys a good decade ago.  These are just a couple of the very few figures that managed to survive the Second Great Sell-Off.  These are so old I can’t even remember who made...

Just when you think you’ve got it all under control…one of your dealers stops by to, you know, just to say, “Hey man, got some good stuff here.  Whattaya into man?” In this case my dealer would be old Gavin Syme over at 15mm.co.uk, which is fast becoming by...

Is it too early for a New Year’s Resolution? While deep in the throes of last post’s naval gazing, my subconscious maundering was given a second kick in the short pants by Oldben1.  Over on a thread he started on the Lead Adventure Forums he asked for ideas on...