For (several) gods’ sake, The Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne by Brian Staveley.

1. All the brutality leveled at main characters from Game of Thrones with little to none of the rape
2. A very tangible and antagonistic pantheon, each god of which has its own very fascinating clerical practices
3. Magic users that operate…

For (several) gods’ sake, The Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne by Brian Staveley.

1. All the brutality leveled at main…

As always, this was a very informative read, full of well referenced information. The details of that information were variously new to me, or expressed with a playful and approachable rhetoric I would not likely have come up with myself.

That said, the takeaway here I’m most grateful for today is the phrase “Winnie…

*clink*

I’ve seen both the home made stuff that burner’down mentioned out in the world, AND a number of breweries here in Asheville already pumping out their Oktoberfest best, which is just pumpkin spice for lushes. I’m betting any minute now.

Meanwhile, at the local caffeine trap house my wife operates (shout out to…

I’m looking at New Zealand for myself, but that’s got as much to do with my professional focus and dependence on the English language as it does the perks of the place. Had I known I’d live to see the day where I had to worry America would put a pink triangle on my (very fucking bisexual) wife and blithely dismiss the…