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Internet's Hank
Internet's Hank
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This is something I overheard a California expat say about her new digs in the Lone Star State. Hailing as I do from the frozen north where look askance at anything spicier than sharp cheddar I figure I’m unqualified to judge. On this Taco Tuesday, the holiest of the holy days of the Taco Week, […]
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Internet's Hank
Internet's Hank
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A hush falls over the crowd. The sweating and blooded survivors await judgement. Yes my friends, another Ricochet Dork Contest has drawn to a close. It’s time to tally up the victorious, the dead, and the dead sexy. Maybe not that last one. Regardless! Threads degrade over time; comments receive less likes the further in […]
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Archibald Campbell
Archibald Campbell
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The PIT is 23, and finally finished college this year. A year late, but that’s not so bad, right?  On the plus side, the PIT graduated. On the minus side, ‘ol PITsy went to a not so good–but also expensive–school with a less than sterling reputation, and was injudicious in choosing a major. (Did you […]
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Beer and Loathing in Minocqua

Matt Balzer, Imperialist Claw
Matt Balzer, Imperialist Claw
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It’s been a while since I’ve written a post in this style because “leftists at craft breweries” is not exactly a shocking new development, and I’m generally able to shrug these things off. When it’s all you see, you sort of get used to it.

That said, @dnewlander brought this one to my attention a couple of days ago, and this one did hit me hard. If I had to guess why, it’s because I actually know this place and therefore it hits closer to home for me. And so like a song that won’t get out of your head, I’m writing a post. If it doesn’t get it out of my head I can at least share the misery.

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Matt Balzer, Imperialist Claw
Matt Balzer, Imperialist Claw
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It may have been forced to take a year off due to the Commie Crud, but Germanfest in Milwaukee is back and hopefully at least as good as ever! And due to popular demand, by which I mean @katiekoppelman, the Ricochet Meetup that goes along with it is coming back too. I would explain what […]
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Matt Balzer, Imperialist Claw
Matt Balzer, Imperialist Claw
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There was only one PIT and that was PIT 22, which specified that not commenting in the PIT was the process of a rational mind. @arehant was crazy and didn’t have to comment. All he had to do was stop; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have […]
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Internet's Hank
Internet's Hank
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You’ve done it now; you’ve wandered into international waters. You just had to ignore common sense, common decency, and even the sailor’s superstition that these are cursed shores. And what do you find? Behold the PIT. Like our very own libertarian billionaire’s model island state nestled away in the howling back country of the Member […]
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Internet's Hank
Internet's Hank
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If the USA and the USSR let loose with the ICBMs, what would the world look like after? While I’ve read plenty of post apocalyptic literature, the game ATOM RPG constitutes the first serious study of what life might be like in the burned remnants of the old Soviet Union. (And if you were hoping […]
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Notes on the Cosmere

Internet's Hank
Internet's Hank
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Way back when I put up a post reviewing this novella. Get to reuse the image.

Brandon Sanderson has been writing fantasy series that are distantly connected with one another. Each series is set on its own world, with its own system of magic, that works according to its own rules. And yet each world is connected in a totality named the Cosmere. The underlying novels and series stand on their own, but you see the occasional character show up in more than one world. There are hints at a meta plot spanning the different books. In this post, I’m speculating about that meta plot.

I’ll endeavor to avoid spoilers for the individual books in question. Oh, and I’ll be confining my sources to the fiction. I could go scouring the internet for things he’s let slip in his podcast or hints from his creative writing courses. Too much bother.

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On Crises, and the Wasting Thereof

Matt Balzer, Imperialist Claw
Matt Balzer, Imperialist Claw
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First, I will admit that I have, perhaps, not been paying as much attention to the coronavirus (or as I like to call it, the ‘Rona) as maybe I should.  But crass as it may be, it also seems that there are opportunities here.

I’ve been thinking about the quote by Rahm Emanuel, “never let a crisis go to waste.” When it came out, it was much maligned by conservatives, and rightly so, for many reasons, foremost of which, as seen most recently with Nancy Pelosi, is that it isn’t a great look to be seen to attempt to advance political goals when in the midst of said crisis.

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Internet's Hank
Internet's Hank
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Ladies and Gentlemen! Boys and Girls! Sit back for another edition of Ricochet Silent Radio! Once again it’s time to check back in with the knuckle-dusters of the intelligence community, the six-shooter samurais that protect our way of life, Whiskey Sam Dagger Hate! Turn your mind to that flashing rhinestone of the desert, Las Vegas, […]
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What Have I Got in My Pocket?

Matt Balzer, Imperialist Claw
Matt Balzer, Imperialist Claw
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This isn’t the actual question I’m looking for an answer to today, but it is where it starts. Friday morning, I found something on Twitter that had me thinking all day and has generated more than its fair share of discussion, so I’ve decided it needs a post of its own. The line was “I don’t always carry all the groceries on one arm, but when I do, my keys are in the wrong pocket.”

Now, this was quite frankly shocking to me. I mean, who changes up the location of where their keys are? The items I carry every day go into the same locations every day. Apparently this is not universal behavior, so one does when faced with such a problem, I decided to take it to Ricochet.

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Arahant
Arahant
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It’s that season some of you love to hate: Pumpkin Spice Season. Some people seem to have definite opinions of what should and should not be infused/contaminated with pumpkin spice, so let us go to the extremes of the national conversation. Pumpkin spice BBQ sauce: yea or nay? Preview Open
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Arahant
Arahant
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We have some very bright people on Ricochet. We have some people who are experts in their field, or who can bring new insights into the most abstruse of topics. Then there’s the rest of us. As I am perusing the current first page of the Member Feed, in the twenty-five visible conversations, there are […]
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Quote of the Day: How to Get Killed

Arahant
Arahant
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…One night a wild young cowboy came in,
Wild as the West Texas wind.
Dashing and daring, a drink he was sharing
With wicked Felina, the girl that I loved.

So in anger I challenged his right for the love of this maiden.
Down went his hand for the gun that he wore.
My challenge was answered in less than a heart-beat;
The handsome young stranger lay dead on the floor.

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