This time last year I started watching Star Trek: Discovery.

I think I quit after about eight episodes in, but I'm not entirely sure why. Maybe I grew tired of it?

Anyway, tonight I resumed where I left off and I'm really glad I did! I'm enjoying being back in the story again.

Poor Apone.


Anyway, as Rossell pointed out elsewhere, the creator of Postman Pat just died:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-l ... e-45666642

That's a shame; Postman Pat was a cornerstone of my childhood.

Just realised I had two 3s, so 6 is now 7. ¬_¬

That's great. This weekend's reading will be Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family.

Read it here.

Volgarr the Viking

Right, next stop on the tour could be... 1. More Cannibalism! 2. Ancient Noble Family Castles With Dark Secrets in the Cellar! 3. Old Family Houses With Dark Secrets in the Cellar! 4. Secret Nyarlathotep Cults! 5. They Put Me In An Asylum! 6. Cats: the Ultimate Life-Form! 7. Cursed English Noble Fam...

Well, for you, Sly, I will carry on! I shall begin preparing a list...

Well that was unexpected. Hello and welcome to The Gamer's Arms? I don't think anyone reading this story in 1924 would have been concerned about the use of the N-word as the name of a cat, no. People at the time were concerned about some of the views HPL expressed about other people groups, though, ...

Well, that's true. I guess I'm lucky in that my wife makes my cakes for me. ¬_¬

You made your own cake? ¬_¬

Happy Birthday, Paul!

I think that does make it magnitudes worse and not amusing. Why is it magnitudes worse to be racist toward non-whites, but okay or even funny to be racist to whites? Reminds me of my brother-in-law; we used to play board games every hour of every day over the Christmas holidays. During these sessio...

Thanks for your response, Sly. I think you hit the nail on the head with most of my questions. Personally, I think what's really going on at Exham Priory is that behind/beneath all the worship that's taken place on the site over the many centuries, whichever god has been worshipped at the time has ...

This was, I believe, my second HPL story. It scared the crap out of me when I was 21! This time through I looked up Wikipedia at least a dozen times to research all the references to various historical characters, places and objects that are mentioned in the tale. There seems to be a lot of the sam...

This article, linked below that one, is both less depressing and more interesting:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_au ... n-virginia