Have a need for an English name that is 16th century accurate, or just a bit anachronistic? This is the table for you. I found these names over here, if you are looking for a bit of context and historical interest to go along with the list. Common First Names These names are ordered by …
I bought this cassette of James Bond Film Themes hoping to find a mix of some of my favourite movie themes and associated pop songs. What I found was an instrumental synth project credited almost entirely to Ed Starink. His credits include arranging, programming and playing the music on this ‘disc’. This is, of course, …
Many of my 8-tracks are like this one: collections of country music. I cannot blame whoever assembled this collection for that, I love collections and compilations, its like someone made a playlist for you 45 years ago. If I am buying single cassettes or records, I usually lean towards compilations. This 8-track also has another …
I’m not much of a country music person. I did not grow up with it, my father being more into the blues, the town itself largely dominated by the single classic rock / modern popular music radio station that I have found in every small town I have ever lived in. But, since I have …
I have a thing for old audio formats. I understand why the time of magnetic tape has passed, and I do not mourn that, but that does not mean there are not interesting things and oddities that can be found at your local thrift store. I have acquired a small collection of compact cassettes, and …
I like disco. I like it quite a bit. But my thoughts have not really evolved in the past few days, when I last talked about a disco album, so I do not have a whole lot to say in the front half of the essay. I like it, a lot, and I have been …
A quick way to generate realistic names for NPCs from Canada or the USA. It was for a game where the USA had invaded Canada, and the player characters formed some sort of resistance in Northern Ontario. These are the most popular given names for births between around 1985 and 1993, which captured the age …
Islandland (not a permanent title) is a homebrew setting and campaign for Savage Worlds. A group of friends and I developed the basics of it after a long day of jokingly proposing more serious ideas and seriously proposing more outrageous ideas. What we came up with was still pretty goofy, though. The setting itself, like …