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The month began with the return of Homestar Runner and writing the board about the Unity Proposal. Along the way, discussion forums were added only because the plugin seemed neat. One big thing i may not have mentioned is that I had to change the permalink structure to get the forums to work. If you link to a specfic post here, that link will no longer work.

I made a huge gaff in an analogy about the ICoC and the Worldwide Church of God that sparked a look at the history of the WCG. Turns out that there are some similarities quite striking. More still needs to be done on that.

We also all learned how to expand Ivory(R) soap. Yep, this has been a good month.

Dev/Irregulars
The captain has been writing all the articles, but I managed to add one in July about Tesla Motors. They have made an electric car that runs lithium/ion batteries. You know, the batteries used to power a laptop. Check the link to see for yourself.

Sycarion Diversions
Work on Lenga progresses, to the detriment of the rest of the portal. The rules are completed, now the sections that deal with buying equipment and the spellbook are being created. Still, two posts escaped, one on the Kirmenians, the other about Everyday Magic. Everyday magic is pretty much what it says, pieces of magic that are a part of typical life. One of the examples given stretches that last little bit of spice a bit longer, another purifies a handful of water. Details on the link.

Come September, the rules for Lenga should be complete.

My Family
The website has been redone. At this point, it holds pictures of the fam, but will soon feature more day to day life stuff of my family. My wife wrote a poem for the site that is not published, yet.

Prairie Comber
The Power to the People serial started strong, but chapter 6 and 7 stalled on my computer. Damascus, a story about the redemption of a cruel man, has been lost to all time. I no longer have a copy of it. Other Outer Banks stories, like Fistful of Diamonds, should appear soon. Recent poetry should also appear.

The Advocate
Only the article about Phonemes appeared. The big news is that primary training for my son is now handled through Boys Town. We are also participating in a study led by the world renowned staff at the clinic. In many senses of the word, our son is getting some of the best care in the world.

Articles about Goldenhar’s Syndrome may not appear after all. Our son’s case appears to be mild by comparison. Our pediatrician said we were his first Goldenhar’s, now he has two. We have offered to speak to the family, but nothing has happened yet.

Busy, yes, but still working on things. A couple weeks ago, I had a personal retreat to write for several hours. Most of that work will benefit Sycarion more than here.

Plans for the future still include posting all my early writing and poetry on Prairiecomber. Finishing Lenga, of course, as well as finishing various semithoughts not appearing on this site. The investigation into the hermenutic history of the ICoC lead nowhere. The result of the research was that outside of Kip’s writings and sermons, there was no heremenutic. Our own writings about understanding the Bible boiled down to finding the command to obey or promise to claim. The only exception, in a sense, was Shining Like Stars by Douglas Jacoby. Otherwise, the future of the portal is not really known. I’ll write about something, I’m certain.

See you around!