Entry tags:
Papers & Paychecks, Philosophy and Theology, Languages
Papers & Paychecks has been printed and some copies have already been circulated. I know have 14 boxes of books in my loungeroom. PDFs have been sent to all those who backed the Kickstarter, and a copy of the game is available on drivethrurpg.com for a mere $10. Work on the Cow-Orkers supplement has kicked up a notch as result with work on The Palace of the Electrum Princess and So, You Want It Darker?, which is Papers & Paychecks in North Korea. Adding more to this, ran a session of Eclipse Phase on Sunday which included lots of confusing morph swapping. Oh, plus on the basis of a simple Facebook post it seems that I have volunteered myself to organise a RuneQuest Down Under Con next year.
Also on Sunday attended St Michael's where the guest address by Rev Paul Stephens on Christian faith and political implications had a strong social justice message albeit with a noblesse oblige. I couldn't help but notice the running analogy of sheep and goats from the readings in Ezekiel 34:10-16,20-24 and Matthew 25:31-46. Afterwards attended their Introduction to Philosophy session convened by Dr Peter Kingsbury on A Just Land; and on that noted I have also stepped down as convenor of The Philosophy Forum. I admit the two events are not entirely unrelated.
For many months now I have simply plodded along with my main languages of choice on Duolingo; Esperanto, French, German, and Spanish. But this has been mostly daily revision, having completed the respective skill trees many months ago (indeed last year). Whilst I have done some lessons in Russian and Mandarin (via Memrise), both of which I find quite difficult, I haven't completed any of the Duolingo skill trees. I have most recently however decided to target Italian and Portuguese, both of which I have a little bit of experience with. I should have both skill trees done by the end of the year.
Also on Sunday attended St Michael's where the guest address by Rev Paul Stephens on Christian faith and political implications had a strong social justice message albeit with a noblesse oblige. I couldn't help but notice the running analogy of sheep and goats from the readings in Ezekiel 34:10-16,20-24 and Matthew 25:31-46. Afterwards attended their Introduction to Philosophy session convened by Dr Peter Kingsbury on A Just Land; and on that noted I have also stepped down as convenor of The Philosophy Forum. I admit the two events are not entirely unrelated.
For many months now I have simply plodded along with my main languages of choice on Duolingo; Esperanto, French, German, and Spanish. But this has been mostly daily revision, having completed the respective skill trees many months ago (indeed last year). Whilst I have done some lessons in Russian and Mandarin (via Memrise), both of which I find quite difficult, I haven't completed any of the Duolingo skill trees. I have most recently however decided to target Italian and Portuguese, both of which I have a little bit of experience with. I should have both skill trees done by the end of the year.