Tuesday, October 22, 2019

Walking Corpses

“So we all go,” She tells herself. “Even the richest and most powerful are only meat for cheshires in the end. We are all nothing but walking corpses and to forget this is folly. Meditate in the nature of corpses and you will see this.”

Emiko, Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi

Friday, October 11, 2019

Several Pages of Shacks, Sheds, and Shanties for your Viewing Pleasure

Model Railroad Forums has made several more pages of their members Shacks,Sheds, and Shanties. Most of them seem to be created using wood and quite a few of seem to be scratch built.

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Riverworld, Volume Two, Epilogue

“Technological Note:

Potassium nitrate is prepared on Riverworld by feeding a certain type of earthworm human excrement. The end product of this diet is crystallized potassium nitrate, which, when mixed with charcoal and sulfur, makes black gunpowder.”

Riverworld, Philip Jose Farmer

Thursday, October 3, 2019

Miniature Steampunk Train


This short clip features a very awesome Steampunk themed model train layout. I especially liked the cargo that its flat cars are carrying.

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

The Fabulous Riverboat Forward

“For the unholy trinity Bobs: Bloch, Heinlein, and Traurig~
may I meet them on the banks of the River,
where we’ll board the fabulous Riverboat”

The Fabulous Riverboat, Philip Jose Farmer