Author: terran
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East Bound and Down | Gap Trip | Rushmore
I sometimes wonder whether or not it’s during an election year when an American’s patriotism is really tried—Bicker here, bicker there—ad hominem here, and a few there. Debate after debate falls from the candidates onto the people and forces me to wonder who really upholds the truths of the Constitution and, in a more critical…
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East Bound and Down | Gap Trip | Grand Tetons
Having visited now two of the most handsome parks in the United States in the most excellent weather, we were feeling very well about ourselves and our trip. However, rarely do things ever go entirely right… and perhaps more rarely is weather ever continually perfect. These truths visited us on our trek to the Grand…
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East Bound and Down | Gap Trip | Yellowstone
Yellowstone is a popular park. This was clear from the moment we neared the place, to our free camping spot’s busyness, to the traffic in the park itself – but, given it’s the greatest sights and wonders of Earth humans are drawn to, it was totally conceivable. The world is vast, but so few places…
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East Bound and Down | Gap Trip | Glacier
About a year back, my brother and I decided that we should take time off of home education to go and see the world. Initially, our plan was Europe: lovely Scotland and Ireland, but soon realized after the lamentable events of the attempted assassination on former President Trump’s life, that there were enough twisted and…
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Second Day at Gen-Con – 2024
Today didn’t differ much from yesterday except for two key highlights. I’ll review those now. 1. Christianity & Gaming Panel: This panel had two agendas: to defend the relationship between Christianity and gaming, and to teach the audience how to evangelize via fellowship and admirable action in gaming. Granted, the object of defense was role-playing…
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First Day At Gen-Con 2024
Gen-Con is the single largest (card and/or board) gaming convention in America. Conventions like Essin, in Europe, beat it to a pulp in how many people attend, but when I first strolled into this massive convention center, I was blown away. Carts, pop-up stands, and places to play littered the warehouse like graves on an…
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Lights in Paris Go Out
“Be not deceived: God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” – Galatians 6:7 Right before the lights in Paris went out, men dressed as women and sick pedophiles mocked and jeered the Last Supper painting. Unnatural, unwell people cheered, and others groaned. In fact, it seems all…
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A Scene I Liked From Lord of the Rings
Just over the top of the hill, they came on the patch of fir-wood. Leaving the road they went into the deep resin-scented darkness of the trees, and gathered dead sticks and cones to make a fire. Soon they had a merry crackle of flame at the foot of a large fir-tree and they sat…
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Check, Check, Mic Check!
“This is not a drill, or maybe it is. A Joke or Two: Ok, now back to the regularly scheduled program.