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Tag: Follow Friday
July 11, 2014
Follow Friday: Manly Guys Doing Manly Things
On the links page of this blog, I list a number of webcomics that I follow regularly. Manly Guys Doing Manly Things is one of my favourites, but it doesn’t update very often. Based on the title, you’d imagine it was written/drawn by a hyper macho dude. Surprisingly, it’s authored by a lady, Kelly Turnbull aka Coelasquid. She says thinks that men should be allowed to be manly. And she references all sorts of video games characters from series I love like Dragon Age, Pokemon, Final Fantasy and pokes fun a typical tropes. I shared the link to her comic because of[…continue reading]
June 20, 2014
Follow Friday: My Warhammer 40k Sub-blog
I was a little reluctant to post this at all: First, because I’m always reluctant to put non-running posts on this is mostly a running blog. And secondly, I’m a little ashamed of my interest in this other hobby because it’s so nerdy. Well, anyways, as I mentioned in this post, I’ve become quite interested in the Warhammer 40k Hobby again. It’s a tabletop game where you collect models, build and paint them, then play them against other models. The gameplay is an offspring of old-school Dungeons & Dragons involving dice, tables and measuring tapes. I started around age 12, took[…continue reading]
December 13, 2013
Follow Friday: The Plant-Based Scientist
Last week’s Follow Friday post was the humourous musings of Mark Remy. This week is something completely different: A scientific-ish blog about health and nutrition from an expert-in-training. Nadiya K’s “The Plant-Based Scientist” is one of my favourite reads, and I strongly recommend you subscribe! Nadiya used to maintain a blog called “Milk and Honey on the Run“. She’s currently working on her Ph.D. and has made a lifestyle change to be plant-based, so milk and honey are no longer appropriate… The biggest things I appreciate about Nadiya’s blog is that she’s brutally honest about the science of nutrition. I[…continue reading]
