As in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu which was fought in 1954 and gave notice to the French that their imperialist aspirations were dead. In fact, they were buried in the mud, blood, and artillery shells of the conflict. For a story which I have been writing, I have been reading this and that about Dien Bien Phu when I wasn't trying to re-read the ( Read more... )

The first week of vacation was spent getting ready for the second week of vacation--which is to say getting ready for Pennsic 43. I did other things, like all the dishes, most of the laundry, bathroom cleaning, etc. You know, mundane stuff ( Read more... )

I'll post about it later.

the long wait. It's 3:00 PM. 2 hours. Seems like such a short amount of time. Applying Blowney's Theory of Boring Relativity, the time waiting to leave has an effect on perceived length. The shorter the time, the longer it seems. I have no idea of the affect of gravity--it probably just sucks ( Read more... )

..foul, filty, Philadelaphia. Yes, the heat and humidity is upon us. Let us hope it won't be at Pennsic ( Read more... )

...ready for Pennsic. This weekend at practice I tried ( Read more... )

For Pennsic, at least I think I'm doing that ( Read more... )

I had a four day weekend. Thursday morning was spent at a Cub Scout/Webelos day camp talking about the Middle Ages. This was a good thing ( Read more... )

I spent part of the weekend working on a plan for next weekend. I will be attending the war camp (aka "Meleepallooza") in New Jersey, where much, I hope will be accomplished. I hope ( Read more... )

I like dogs. This weekend was full of dogs. This last Saturday at "War Camp" I got to meet "Corbin The Destructor," a 6 month old pup who pretty much loves everyone and wants to meet them. Yesterday, Sunday, I got to see "Wendel," your basic doofus Swissy dog and his nose. Wendel is just one of the boys, when you really look at it ( Read more... )