Vengeance Abounds
I’m not sure what prompted this theme other than I kept seeing the heroes I follow in books, comic, games, and tv being motivated in some form by vengeance. From what I can tell, at least initially, the whole of …
Tag: Books
Questioning the Norm
I was listening to a podcast earlier today and heard the concept of ‘questioning the norm’ thrown out, and it struck me as something interesting to consider for my ramble today. While I’m not necessarily ‘questioning the norm,’ I am …
Memories Remastered
I suppose today’s ramble is about memory again…in as much as a couple of days ago, my theme was amnesia. Today I actually look back at how I presented things when I first started writing about how much I enjoyed …
Amnesia
The common theme running through today’s ramble is losing your memories. In the past, I’ve covered The Rook where the whole premise is that the main character had her memories wiped. And in the comic I just read, we also …
Endings and Beginnings
With all the crap that went on today at work, I’m still a happy camper. I finished off a book that, even though I ended up not liking too much, was still a decent read. AND…tomorrow starts the Spring Training …
The Rook Chapter 15 – The Americans Are Coming
It’s nice to see Myfanwy starting to come to terms with her life as an officer of the Checquy and in this chapter she even seems to start feeling comfortable in her own skin. I suppose that happens when you …
The Rook Chapter 14 – Bishop Grantchester
Another chapter and another letter from her previous self…this time Myfanwy is checking out her immediate predecessor on the Court, Bishop Conrad Grantchester. He was a Rook before Myfanwy’s ascension and she’s hinted at his lack of discretion and taste …
Setting Up Success
Well, I didn’t get around to my web chronicle yesterday so I’ve pushed that back until today. Grantchester just had to wait as the certification we’ve been doing at work ran into a broken host server. Things look like they’re …
A Flood, More Powers, and a Bishop
On the 14th day of Blaugust I take a further look at the frescos in Wakfu, particularly one that looks at the flood caused by Ogrest. I also continue my web chronicle of The Rook but before that, I highlight …
Looking Back at Previous Blaugusts
With the level of activity going on in my workplace so far this month I thought it might be useful to get an idea of how things worked out during previous Blaugusts and you know what I found. August seems …