Monthly Archives: July 2009

D&D Words that will be on the GRE

This photo was taken by SaikoFish. If you’re studying for the Graduate Required Exam (the GRE) here in the USA and worrying about how you will ever remember the definitions to all these words, don’t fret. Because actually, if you’ve played Dungeons & Dragons, you probably know more than you’d think. Words like quaff, axiomatic, …

July 28, 2009 – 9:03 am | By Keith | Posted in Gaming, Pen and Paper RPGs | Tagged , , , , | Comments (3)

Meta Monday 2: Enlarging the Here and Now

Photo by Olivier Bareau “I don’t accept the judgement that in using images and metaphors of other worlds, space travel, the future, imagined technologies, societies, or beings, science fiction escapes from having human relevance to our lives…

July 27, 2009 – 1:58 pm | By Keith | Posted in Meta Monday | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (1)

Fiction Friday 1: Abby Short for Abigail

photo by Sarah Mae. The following is a short excerpt from Keith R. Potempa’s literary fiction novel-in-progress Goby and the Shrimp.

July 22, 2009 – 2:37 pm | By Keith | Posted in Fiction Friday, Goby and the Shrimp, Original Fiction | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)