by Ira | Nov 8, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Tonight’s fine distinction IS… “Flail” versus “Mace” versus “Morning Star.” Weapons! Let’s get into it. A flail has a chain with something to swing at the end of it. Most famously, we think of a spiked ball. APPARENTLY, however, in real history, it was usually just...
by Ira | Nov 6, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Boy howdy I am tired. A familiar refrain, I know. It wasn’t a zero day today, but it was close. Went to bed so late last night getting up early to write wasn’t on the table, and then work was busy enough that it cut into the evening time, though to be honest I don’t...
by Ira | Nov 6, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
You know…I think Arsenic and Old Lace might have had an outsized influence on my life. I saw it for the first time, I think, on stage at my high school, the very first semester of my freshman year. I distinctly remember falling out of my chair I was laughing so hard....
by Ira | Nov 4, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
So…the time change is hard, lol. You’d think having an “extra” hour to sleep in the morning would be dope, right? Except that my bio-clock has been so hard set, I wake up exactly when I used to, which is now an hour early. So, I’m actually getting one hour LESS sleep...
by Ira | Nov 3, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
Tonight’s fine distinction is between “Squash” and “Racquetball.” Squash is a sport played with two or four players in a completely enclosed space where you hit a small, firm ball with a narrow racket. Racquetball is a sport played with two or four players in a...
by Ira | Nov 2, 2025 | Challenge, Journal
The time change is upon us. Testament to my internal clock, because I woke up this morning at PRECISELY 5:45 (ye olde 6:45 just a day ago). Couldn’t really get back to sleep either, sigh. So I didn’t enjoy the extra hour. But, that’s okay. Sleeping till the new 6:45...
