Tag Archive | History
Sunday Treat: Terry Jones Pythons the Middle Ages
Tweet of the Day: Harry Potter and the Monastery of Mystery: A Big Al Story ——– I haven’t done one of these in ages, so I decided to fill a pleasant Sunday morning with a video from none other than Terry Jones. the first in a series produced by the BBC that tackles the […]
Sunday Treat: Who Were the Vikings?
Tweet of the Day: Why do you need to know that? ——- Part 1 of another excellent BBC documentary. Too bad that some of the comments in the youtube page are so ignorant and racist, but it seems that the lure of the Viking attracts many:
TV Tropes Monday: Scotireland
Tweet of the Day: Writing Excuses 8.10: Brainstorming With Howard ——- This trope resides in the corner of “I don’t know,” and “I don’t care.” The specifics of the trope can be boiled down to ignorance by the the person invoking them. Confusing Scotland with Ireland seems pretty stupid to someone familiar with the history […]
Sunday Treat: A History of Video Games with Richard Garriott
Tweet of the Day: EA Employee Chastises Company Over SimCity in Public Letter ——- This time around we have an extended interview with Richard Garriot, better known as Lord British (of the Origins/Ultima games franchise). This is an extended pitch for his new project on Kickstarter, but it also gives us a fascinating glimpse at […]
Space for Rent: The Fiction of the White Interpreter
Tweet of the Day: Oscar loves a white savior ——- Reading the article I linked to above (the Tweet of the Day) got me thinking that a) this is a writing blog and b) that not all tropes are good. That means that I should, once in awhile, write post related to writing in general. […]
Wizards’ World War (s.3)- Dispatch 5: Assesstment
Tweet of the Day: Pour on the Conflict ——– ——– Seasons 1 & 2 – Season 3 Premiere – Dispatch 4 – 6 ——– City of Paris, France,13 February, 10:05 hrs +1 GMT The Mercedes-Benz raced through the streets of the city, flanked by police in motorcycles. In the back seat, the head of the […]
Wizards’ World War (s.3) – Dispatch 3: Conclave
Tweet of the Day: Do Dogs See Ghosts? ——- Season 1 & 2 – Season 3 Premiere – Dispatch 2 – Dispatch 4 ——- ——- Murray Castle, Loch Meall a’ Mhadaigh, Highland Council Area, Country of Alba, 6 February, 08:47 hrs GMT The cold wind whipped me about face the moment I stepped out of […]
World Building Wednesdays: Sex and Culture
Tweet of the Day: A Reaction to Klein’s Pyramid of Literary Quality ——– Marriage, Courtship, Reproduction, Sexual Roles, Sexual Identity, Religion, Law, Economy. All of those things are touch by or related in some way or another to sex. And I am not talking about sex as titillation for the reader (or writer) but as […]
Space for Rent: Cultural Lens – Biographical Criticism
Tweet of the Day: Editing Tips For Your Draft ——– This is the “classical” school of literary criticism still taught in most classrooms today. We are taught to see the work through the lens of the author’s “life and times” i.e. a historical approach to literature. It is as standard a model of literary analysis […]
