Jerry Stratton's Blog, page 12

Illinois Nazis and Lincoln’s Democrats

An anecdote about other people’s money and other people’s time that I’ve had sitting around for a while.

On a Cult of Gygax

The extent and even existence of a “Cult of Gygax” is greatly exaggerated, to the point where even things that directly contradict the theory are interpreted as supporting it. The cult of Gygax is a self-perpetuating myth.

The Parable of the Soldered RAM

The trade-off between reliability and user-serviceable parts is one of the great choices of today’s computer market.

Are you authorized?—A Poem

A poem for the road for the holidays in the year of our Lord 2023.

The Destruction of Title IX

If you put the government in charge of a desert, in fifty years you’ll have a shortage of sand. If you put the government in charge of protecting women, in fifty years you’ll have government-sponsored violence against women.

A one-hundred-percent rule for traffic laws

Laws should be set at the point at which we are willing and able to jail 100% of offenders. We should not make laws we are unwilling to enforce, nor where we encourage lawbreaking.

Eddie Doucette’s Potato Bread

This is an amazing bread for breakfast or sandwiches, easily made in a bread machine. It’s a great choice for National Sandwich Day this Friday.

Salted, roasted, pumpkin seeds

As we continue our quest to use all of Jack’s body parts, it is time to progress to his innards. Here is a simple, delicious use for your Hallowe’en pumpkin’s seeds. Jack’s got guts, I’ll say that for him!

Wondrous Weapons of Ancient Days

This 1982 Judges Guild product is a haphazard wall of weapons, but also a glimpse at some of the great gonzo culture of old-school gaming.

Lazlo Hollyfeld on the electric car

The problems with electric cars are insurmountable without completely new battery technology that no one who wants to mandate battery-powered cars is looking for. Almost as if the real purpose of electric cars is not transportation, but anti-transportation.