A WORLD WITHOUT TRAINS episode 1

This is a little side project of mine. (I know. I have dozens of side projects.) This will be a short 6 or 13 episode anime. The Title is something you’ll figure out part of in the 3rd episode but there is much more to this whole story. Believe me, these two chunks are just a taste of the story.

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A WORLD WITHOUT TRAINS episode 3

That was the last night I ever slept well. I didn’t have a single dream or nightmare. It was just black.

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Yumi: Idea for The Second Try.

Okay, so I have an abundance of Osage Orange growing all around where I live, by the groves. I have bamboo nearby, but nothing near 6 cm. Both of those will take forever to dry out. I might go take some of those down but I still want to make a bow in the mean [...]

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Yumi: First Try Failed!

So I pulled the steamed wood off the frame used to steam it yesterday. I tested it’s flex to make sure it was dry enough to hold the shape and >Crack!< . It took me a few seconds to figure out why. One, the wood had dried out too much. Two, it snapped where I [...]

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My Current Reading Material

“Chinese Philosophy” – compiled by Wing-Tsit Chan“Anthology of Chinese Literature” – compiled by Cyril Birch “A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters” – by Kenneth G. Henshall “Holy Blood, Holy Grail” – by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, & Henry Lincoln

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Why I Choose to Make My Own d20 Based Game

Why I Choose to Make My Own d20 Based Game In truth, to say this is a d20 Based Game is almost a lie. It’s like saying Sonic was an RPG. Let me just keep this post short. D&D, AD&D, & 2nd Edition were too rigid. 3.0 was a vast improvement. 3.5 even better. Warhammer [...]

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Osage Monkeys?!?

‘Osage Orange’. I’d never heard of it in my life.

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Why did I Choose a Yumi?

I have been wondering that lately. I chose probably the hardest bow to make. It has seven layers of lamination (Bamboo, wood, boo, wood, boo with the sides of boo.) Why?!? I’ve never made a damn bow in my life. Why this one to start out with? Truthfully, I didn’t know what I was getting [...]

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