tlhIngan Hol vIHaDtaH qaStaHvIS wej DIS. = I have studied Klingon for three years. Since I'm going to write a longer post on my study of Klingon in five days, I'm not going to say much here. vaghleS jIghItlh = In five days I will write.
Let's start with a disclaimer: This blog post, like my last two, is based on personal reminiscences. I'm telling my little stories while my aging and cracking memories still have enough integrity that I can pretend there's an element of truth to them. Here I'm going to focus on my participation in the New-York-City-area table-top role-playing fan…
About a week ago, someone e-mailed me with a question related to my old writing in the pages of the APAs. I'll get into that query (and answer the question "What the heck is an APA?") in the follow-up post to this one. Let's first look at the chain of thought the query inspired. I have three…