"To take your chance in the thick of a rush, with firing all about, Is nothing so bad when you've cover to 'and, an' leave an' likin' to shout; But to stand an' be still to the Birken'ead drill is a damn tough bullet to chew," - Rudyard Kipling, "Soldier an' Sailor Too"

It's been nearly a decade since I wrote anything at "Places to Go, People to Be", but I think I'd like to get back to RPG blogging. So, I'm going to do the Character a Day Challenge for January to get back into the groove. 1/2

"It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between." - C. S. Lewis

Solzhenitsyn's description of Soviet government was a warning, not a business strategy but you seem to make the lie the pillar of American business. 2/2

Went to the Piedmont Division of the NMRA's monthly meeting. This month we had a swap meet so I grapped two things for my layout. I especially thrilled with Hellsgate Bridge kit from the old Aurora Postage Stamp trains line. The line from 1967 to 1973. The bridge was introduced in 1968 for $2.

Today I started #GarbAugust book 2, The Glass Inferno, continuing my theme of the books behind Irwin Allen's 70s theatrical disaster movies.

Stayed up a bit past my bedtime to finish my first book of #GarbAugust: The Tower by Richard Martin Stern. A good large cast novel. It was engaging and handled the inevitable downer at the end in a concise and not too graphic style. Three stars, would recommend but won't read again.

Yesterday when I posted about #GarbAugust I said we had bingo but didn't post the card. Here is this year's GarBingo! 1/4

All but one of my four. The mostly white girl in 3 pics is Chai. The Siamese in two is Chamomile. The cow kitty is Angus McFife XIV and the black kitty is Sable.

TIL that the IJN Yamato produced a mushroom cloud when it exploded as it sunk. www.pbs.org/wgbh/nov...

Yesterday coming home from the office I took the long way, driving along the Georgia Road of CSX's Atlanta Terminal Subdivision in hopes of seeing some rail action. I saw something good enough to stop and take photos. 1/3

I feel very called out.

Current view from my office.

Kid crush -- go..

#ttrpg A one-product-a-day challenge. Choose 20 table top rpg products that have stayed with you or influenced you. One product per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 20

#ttrpg A one-product-a-day challenge. Choose 20 table top rpg products that have stayed with you or influenced you. One product per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 19

#ttrpg A one-product-a-day challenge. Choose 20 table top rpg products that have stayed with you or influenced you. One product per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 18

#ttrpg A one-product-a-day challenge. Choose 20 table top rpg products that have stayed with you or influenced you. One product per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 17

#ttrpg A one-product-a-day challenge. Choose 20 table top rpg products that have stayed with you or influenced you. One product per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 16

#ttrpg A one-product-a-day challenge. Choose 20 table top rpg products that have stayed with you or influenced you. One product per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 15

#ttrpg A one-product-a-day challenge. Choose 20 table top rpg products that have stayed with you or influenced you. One product per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 14

#ttrpg A one-product-a-day challenge. Choose 20 table top rpg products that have stayed with you or influenced you. One product per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 13

#ttrpg A one-product-a-day challenge. Choose 20 table top rpg products that have stayed with you or influenced you. One product per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 12

#ttrpg A one-product-a-day challenge. Choose 20 table top rpg products that have stayed with you or influenced you. One product per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 11

#ttrpg A one-product-a-day challenge. Choose 20 table top rpg products that have stayed with you or influenced you. One product per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 10