Time for an Upgrade

As it turns out, I use a lot of pictures. Not exactly something I ever expected to say considering I bank so heavily on my love of the written word over visuals, but apparently my blind insistence on using lots of images to liven up my Fire Emblem posts has apparently caught up with me. …

Fort MacArthur heats up in 2018

If the heat yesterday wasn't bad enough for you, how about this? California heat wave. Open field war reenactments. Heavy wool historically accurate Civil War uniforms. Fun, fun, fun. Luckily I wasn't one of the poor saps that had to stand around outside for hours in a heavy outfit. Instead I just got to go …

A Warm, Lazy Night

After spending most of the afternoon melting into a puddle of goo on the couch, struggling to come up with something to write about in the heat-laden haze post-Gladeo meeting, I think I've finally just decided to give up for the night. I really have nothing to talk about right now, and my brain is …

Old Fort MacArthur Days: A day of fun, sun and guns for the whole family

Who are these beauties you see above the title here? Why, that's me and my little sister Alyson, dressed in 1940's era attire. Both of us outside, at that. What could possibly bring us outside the comfort of our home on such a wonderful afternoon? Plenty of things, actually. It was a really nice afternoon. …