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The Hard Ride

Keep in mind, this is all subject to change, depending upon the Pandemic and other factors. That said… My Lovely Bride™ and I might just make it to a Renaissance Faire this year! Sure, a lot of things have to fall into place to make it happen. For example, my heart surgery has to have […]

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Well, so much for that…

I guess I should have expected this, actually. What with the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the globe right now, and our Governor here in Oregon (Kate Brown) being one to act on the side of extreme caution, I pretty much expected our RenFaire season in Oregon to quickly get cancelled. Well, it finally happened. All large […]

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Well, this is inconvenient

Earlier this week I had a specialized CAT-Scan, in order to get the last bits of information needed prior to my upcoming heart surgery. The surgeon wanted to know if I have any arterial plaque built up, so he can clean it out while he’s in sewing closed the defect in my heart. Basically, he’ll […]

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Ravenloft, For Real

My birthday was just a couple of days ago, so I’d like to request a Birthday Wish of the Renaissance Faire community: Can we get a Renaissance Faire in late October, with a Gothic/Horror themed weekend around Halloween, please? Now, I get it. It might be difficult to get a RenFaire arranged that time of […]

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Too Big To Fail – Pixels & Dice #137

It’s a simple question: Is “Magic: The Gathering” too big, to entrenched in the CCG market, to fail? Also, we talk about a local Renaissance Faire coming this weekend. Theme Music – “Pinball Spring”, by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com), licensed under the Creative Commons “Attribution 3.0” license. See more trash like this at Scormey.com https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/scormey.com/podcast/PnD137.mp3Podcast: Play in new […]

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Fairely Good News!

Let’s just get this out of the way now: Canterbury Renaissance Faire runs this coming weekend (7-20 & 7-21), as well as next weekend (7-27 & 7-28), just outside of Silverton, OR. If you’re in the area, you really need to drop by this event, it is one of the best Renaissance Faires in the […]