The Trail to Philmont started in January with three-times-a-week workouts at our local college. We exercised in a variety of temperatures, from a low in the 20s (maybe high teens) to a high in the low 40s. We ran the[…]
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Author: Ken Newquist
Top of the Pile: X-Men Resurgence
The X-Men are back. After years of being sidelined in the Marvel comic book universe, the X-Men have returned to their rightful prominence. Heralded by the twin six-issue series House of X and Powers of X, the X-Pantheon is back with a[…]
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The Trail to Philmont
My son and I are headed to the Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico in six months. Once there we will spend 12 days backpacking with other scouts from NeutronLad’s troop. In total, three adults and six scouts are[…]
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Blogworthy: Smart Star Wars Soldiers, Witcher Timeline, Pulp Magazine Archive, Stem Cell Robots, Ice Safety for Giant Monsters
The Mandalorian Is the Only Smart Soldier in the Star Wars Galaxy – The Angry Staff Officer at Wired.com explains how everyone’s new favorite bounty hunter and his ally, the former Rebel Alliance drop trooper Cara Dune are the first on-screen[…]
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Blogworthy: A New Star Wars Reckoning, Four-Day Week, Supernova, Risk, Y2K Redux
10 Intriguing Star Wars Details We Learned From The Rise of Skywalker’s Visual Dictionary – There are a lot of interesting tidbits in here, but the strangest one is the decision by Lucasfilm to drop the Before/After Battle of Yavin[…]
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Fitness Playlist: Geek Rebuild
After I broke my ankle in 2017, I spent weeks in a cast, followed by months in a boot. During that time, the tendons in my right foot stiffened, the muscles atrophied, and the nerves screamed. Eventually, I got the[…]
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Game Day: Weather in RPGs
As we head into the heart of winter, weather becomes a much bigger concern for Game Day. Bad snow stormed scuttled many a Game Day over the years, though thankfully now we can call back to Roll20 if necessary. Just[…]
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What surprised me about the New Mutants trailer
A new trailer for Fox’s The New Mutants dropped this week, giving us glimpses of all of its major characters and a little more insight into its horror-movie-in-an-asylum premise. What surprised me most about this trailer wasn’t the horror premise: I knew[…]
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Under the Geek Tree 2019
Board games and role-playing games vied for dominance under the Geek Tree this year with the arrival of Roll for the Galaxy, Pandemic Legacy: Season 1, and Vault of Dragons as well as the RPG books Eberron: Rising from the Last War and Alien: The Role-playing Game.[…]
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#BrokenAnkleSaga: Two Years Later
Two years ago, I broke my right ankle slipping on snow-covered ice. I didn’t just break it though; I had a trimalleolar fracture plus dislocation. In laymen’s terms, I broke my ankle real good. I was in a cast for six weeks and[…]
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