The Bunker (2001) – The survivors of a German unit in WWII take refuge in a skeleton-crewed bunker, which has an opening at the other end to mysterious tunnels… The problem is that this is a British production. Like, very very British. The “Germans” don’t just speak with an English accent, they say things like…
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The first Shumate ushabti!
Today I finally fulfilled a goal I’ve had for a couple of decades: I’ve got my very own Egyptian ushabti. (Nickel for scale.) An “ushabti” (or “shawabti”) was a funerary figure placed in tombs to serve the deceased in the afterlife. It’s long been thought that the original custom was to kill the servants of…
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post
Two available in my Etsy shop… …and the rest from me sketchbook. (Missed a day because my computer refused to boot up on Monday.)
Movies Seen Recently: Heaven and Earth, Come and Find Me, Ator the Fighting Eagle
Heaven and Earth (aka Ten to Chi to) (1990) – I’ve been listening to this soundtrack for almost thirty years; I finally watched the movie. It’s beautifully shot, with massive 15th-century Japanese armies contending with each other (shot in Canada because there aren’t that many wide open spaces left in Japan). The story… well, it’s…
At last, something to pry from my cold, dead hands.
Three years after I joined the NRA, I finally own a gun. It’s a Rock Island Armory M200, one of the handguns that the mighty Brad Torgersen brought when he took me to the range a week ago. My hands are small and (ahem) delicate, so .38 Special was about the biggest round I felt…
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post.
A day late because my desktop computer died yesterday morning (apparently it couldn’t handle the Windows update that it took it upon itself to install overnight).
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post
One up for sale in my Etsy store… …and the rest from my sketchbook:
Brave New Seuss
(I posted this to social media yesterday, and I’m so darned proud of it that I’m putting it here for posterity.) You may have heard that six of Dr. Seuss’ books are no longer going to be published because they “portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong” and are no longer being published…
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post
Two for sale in my Etsy shop… …and the rest from my sketchbook:
Dungeons and Dragons: Only a Game?
Here’s a little gem from my files. I think I picked this up around 1990; there’s no date on the pamphlet, but internal evidence points to it being authored in 1982 or 1983. It’s a concatenation of cherry-picked quotes, out-of-context evidence, and just plain wrongness. (This pamphlet is still the only place I’ve ever heard…