Moe Lane's Blog, page 108
December 29, 2024
RIP, Jimmy Carter.
James Earl Carter was President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He will be remembered here for his part in decriminalizing and fostering the private brewing of beer and wine in the United States. It may very well be his finest domestic achievement as President, and it was definitely a solid boon for the Republic.
I am not joking. Unless you have experienced it for yourself, it is difficult to comprehend just how bad American domestic beer got after Prohibition wiped out all the local breweries. I have spent my adult life watching craft beer get ever better in this country, and it all stems from the restored ability of Americans to actually learn how to brew properly. So, say whatever else you might like about the man, but in this at least President Carter did his duty.
My prayers and condolences to his family and loved ones.
There is a Fourth Thing, mind you*.
This is absolutely correct.
It is real, but they’re calling it “Naval Diplomacy” now. Somebody probably complained. There’s always that one person, you know? …Don’t be that one person. That is the wisdom I have to offer you. You know that guy? Don’t be that guy.
Moe Lane
*You know what it is… Yup. The Roman Empire.
#commissionearned
Patreon Microfiction: Sole Survivor.
Patreon!They did not overlook the Sole Survivor. They weren’t thwarted, either: They could have broken through that barricade in less than a moment. Almost less than a thought.
Just to be clear on that.
December 28, 2024
‘No Sleep Till Brooklyn.’
No Sleep Till Brooklyn, Beastie Boys
#commissionearned
Book of the Week: The Fellowship of the Ring.
It’s time. In the new year, I start with The Fellowship of the Ring, go through the entire trilogy, read The Hobbit, read the Silmarillion, and then find The Unfinished Tales, The Book of Lost Tales, and whatever other books I’ve got floating around here.
No reason. No plan. Just for the sake of doing it.
#commissionearned
Tweet of the Day, You’ll Pay For The Whole Seat… edition.
…but you’ll only need the edge*.
You see how simple men are? This shit entertaining as hell pic.twitter.com/CA6B80d5tQ
— non aesthetic things (@PicturesFoIder) December 28, 2024
Via @alexthechick.
*This is not sarcasm.
12/28/2024 Snippet, NEVER RETURN.
Academia!
Patreon!Gallagher peered over the proffered sheet. “Ah. Yes. Mid-twentieth century ballad, at least by the Old American definition of ‘ballad.’ Note how the text features a spoken-word introduction, followed by verses meant to be sung. That suggests a transitional work between the old and new lyric traditions that arose in the last two centuries of the First Republic…”
“Freeman,” I interrupted, and he grinned at me.
“Sorry, Sun. Academic itches must be scratched. Anyway, yes, it looks like it’s a folk song — no idea of the tune, mind you — of some poor unfortunate, trapped forever on the… oh, of course. It’s a song about the Antiquity! That must be why our Mr. Shane had collected it. A very old song, too. It must have been made at least a century before the dawn of the First Age of Magic.” He handed me the paper. “I don’t suppose you can glean more, with psychometry or suchlike?”
“It doesn’t work that way,” I absently responded, really reading the text now. All scholars in the Second Republic may learn Old American from books, but actually encountering the language as it was spoken can sometimes be a challenge. “Would this Charlie in the song really have been forced to ride on their trains for an eternity?” I asked Gallagher. “Surely somebody else would have given him a nickel to get off.”
Movie of the Week: KLAUS.
Which is only on Netflix. Apparently, KLAUS is one of the great Christmas movies, and would have blazed across the sky like a second animated sun if it weren’t for the minor detail that it came out in November of 2019. Instead, people watched it… and then promptly forgot about it, because 2019-2021 pretty much turned into this creative black hole that sucked up all the positive cinematic buzz in the room.
Still, it’s supposed to be great.
December 27, 2024
Got the new Fermi Resolution maps back.
Decided on 2250 (First Age), 2535 (Second Age), and 2807 (Third Age) AD, respectively. I’m going to write up little details of how magic is different in each era, and the 2250 map will definitely be associated with the adventure I’m throwing together as a stretch goal for the Fermi Resolution Worldbook Backerkit. I’m going to be working on the teaser page and whatnot all next week, by the way. Including a video! That should be fun.
