Think your #TTRPG PC background is too far fetched? Here is Harukichi Shimoi: a Japanese poet, Asahi soft drink entrepreneur, Karate teacher, and member of the WW1 Italian “Arditi” special shock troop whose choice weapons were daggers and grenades, and whose motto was “We either win or we all die!”

Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) was great fun! It somehow includes a lot of elements from the (rather mediocre if you ask me) 1984 original, but completely and pretty brilliantly re-contextualizes them with a different overarching premise. Plus: a cathartic mass-killing scene for our current times.

OK, this is the day, I’m finally watching The Beastmaster! And…. holy shit, WTF, I have SO MANY EMOTIONS. And NOT ALL OF THEM POSITIVE.

Then again, it makes sense given this was made by the “Phantasm” guy.

Yet again some nice mornings from last week, still with the same good boy.

Take a nap. You’ve earned it.

A few other mornings in Deer Lake Park, BC. Always with the good boy.

A few mornings over Deer Lake Park, BC. With the good boy, of course.

One of the things I miss from France is the ubiquity of the various ice-cream desserts, especially my favourite, the Peach Melba. So I’ve come up with a quick-and-dirty way to make them myself, with home-made raspberry coulis and whipped cream!

The city in the clouds is always in the distance, never reached. But there’s a good boy here.

“Haunted Hotel” started as a sort-of-vaguely-entertaining animated series, but I grew to like it more as the writers found their stride a few episodes in. By the time you get to that great season finale, it’s funny and spooky and strangely touching. Abaddon of course steals the show.