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You’ve probably noticed that in the Raven of Iskandar series that I exclusively use metric units (centimeter, meter, kilometer). For someone who was raised with the English system of units (inch, foot, mile), it’s not difficult to do the translation, but difficult to remember to do the translation. Sometimes, while editing, I’ll find numerous referencesContinue reading “Size Matters”

Early this morning I had to scrap frost off my windshield, so I figured that it’s time for a picture of this rose which I took yesterday.

This cartoon is from the currently suspended (for several years) strip ‘User Friendly’. It was about the workers in a Canadian Internet provider. It ran from 1997 to 2010, the last year and a half of that run was intermittent. Due to the age, some of the jokes are quite dated. However! This strip givesContinue reading “Boxers or Briefs?”

I put a new profile picture up on Facebook. However, it is very pixely. If that’s the way an iPhone takes a picture, then I don’t want one. ;-). The photo was sent to me via messenger, so that might have goofed up the resolution. I’ll have to talk to the photographer. I really didn’tContinue reading “New Raven Picture”

Sometimes when you make the expedient choice, it turns out pretty good. For example, in Doctor Who, the psychic paper was created because they wanted to advance the action quicker. In the old series, the Doctor was particularly persuasive but this resulted in a long section of dialogue that was frequently boring. My example: InContinue reading “Trivia from Raven: Mirabelle”