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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 1h

www.phdeed.com/articles/william-new… I was reading Kenneth Kitchell's excellent _The Other Middle Ages_, and came across a passage in Latin by William of Newburgh describing what sounds like a zombie in Berwik, Northumberland, on the Scottish border. I […]

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 1h

The shortest Latin reading EVER (which may be hyperbole) - Erasmus of Rotterdam, _De Copia_, chapter 28, "Variandi ratio per Hyperbolen" . . .

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 2h

OK, guys, they're called "survival instincts" . . . Maybe don't follow the 6'5" predator around . . .

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 17h

Saw my deer friends briefly this afternoon, but didn't get any pictures. Likewise, saw a bunch of ospreys, blue herons, and possibly a gray heron, but not many good pics. But I got a few pictures I liked today, anyway . . .

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

"You may be a king Or a little street sweeper, But sooner or later, You ALL dance with the Reaper!" Going to Adult Trick-or-Treating tonight!

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

I'm writing again. I'm finally working on a project I shelved a long time ago, and changed the planned format from a series of short stories to a novel. I'm do excited to be back at it . . . I think it is going to be awesome!

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Today's extremely short Latin reading is from Erasmus of Rotterdam, _De Copia_, chapter 26, "Variandi ratio per Relativorum rationem"

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Went back out again at dusk to try to see my friends - as you can see, I found them. I'm pretty sure I now count at least 8 distinct individuals. Also, one of them kept sneezing, and it was adorable.

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

No deer so far this morning, but I have seen some Great Egrets!

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Today's extremely short light Latin reading is chapter 25 ("Variandi ratio per Comparativa") in Erasmus of Rotterdam's _De Copia_ . . .

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Today's light Latin reading is Erasmus of Rotterdam, _De Copia_, chapter 24, "Variandi ratio per Aequipollentiam" - this is fun! Aequipollentia is really a sort of litotes, which is always fun!

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

I love seeing the leaves begin to change like this . . .

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Saw a friend again today - the younger male, not the eight-point elder fellow. He seemed very curious about me . . .

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Over the last few days, I've been observing the deer who live in Squantum Woods near the Garden of Flags. I have identified at least 7 distinct individuals - and older male, a younger male, a juvenile male, a large female, two younger female, and a very young […] [Original post on dice.camp]

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Today's light Latin reading is Erasmus of Rotterdam, _De Copia_, chapter 23, "Variandi ratio per Synevdochen" . . .

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Getting set up last night for my regular 5E "Into the Borderlands" campaign session at the Fuller Creative Learning Center in East Providence. The PCs were preparing another assault on the Lonely Tower and those pesky kobolds!

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

Found some friends this morning on my constitutional . . .

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

I guess it was a long day at school . .. Aidan is OUT!

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

#ShireCon So, this past weekend was my favorite gaming convention these days, ShireCon. I literally look forward to it all year. This year was so much easier than last year (when I was recovering from surgery 2 weeks earlier), and in fact, having not seen many […] [Original post on dice.camp]

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Today's extremely short bit of Latin reading is Erasmus of Rotterdam, _De Copia_, chapter 21, "Variandi ratio per Metalepsin"

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Goshen Pizza on the way home from ShireCon!

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

One year later - back at Kent Falls! And this year, we went all the way to the top!

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

I love ShireCon! These are very much My People!

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

I actually won a raffle! Got a bundle of WHPA stuff and other assorted weirdness in a raffle at ShireCon 2026! #ShireCon #WHPA

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

All set up for Nebin Pendlebrook's Perilous Pantry at ShireCon 2026! #ShireCon

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Today's light Latin reading is Erasmus of Rotterdam, _De Copia_, chapter 19, "Variandi ratio per Catachresin"

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Playing Dick Wizards with its author, Wolf Manzella . . .

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

#ShireCon #OSEAdvancedFantasy Coming up with terrible plans to infiltrate the walled compound of a tax collector!

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Reuniting with old friends at ShireCon - sone of them are fictional characters! I played Jhaanduil last year at ShireCon, and I got him again this year (and he leveled up!)

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Just because it is the first day of ShireCon 2026, that is no excuse not to do my Latin reading! Today's reading is Erasmus of Rotterdam, _De Copia_, chapter 18, "Variandi ratio per Allegoriam" . . .

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

All right, all right, I'm awake . . . Mmmmm, coffee . . . Oak and Spruce in Lee, MA . . .

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Today's light Latin reading - Erasmus of Rotterdam, _De Copia_, ch. 17, "Metaphora reciproca"

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

“It’s 125 miles to ShireCon, we got a full tank of gas, a bag of dice, it’s dark... and we’re wearing sunglasses." "Hit it!" (Cue "She Caught the Katy")

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

So . . . West Warwick Public Library in Rhode Island just published an anthology of system-neutral TTRPG modules by local authors, including yours truly! I'm pretty thrilled! Wicked Good Adventures: Big Adventures from the Smallest State - West Warwick Public […] [Original post on dice.camp]

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

Today's light Latin reading is from Erasmus of Rotterdam, _De Copia_, with 7 different subsection . . .

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Today's light Latin reading is Erasmus of Rotterdam, _De Copia_, chapter 15, "Variandi ratio per Periphrasin," "Etymologia," "Notatione," and "Finitione" . . .

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Tonight's session of DCC RPG Dark Tower - the PCs made it to the Dark Tower of Set and had to deal with a lightning-flinging statue of Set . . .

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Light Latin reading for today is Erasmus of Rotterdam, _De Copia_, chapter 14 - "Variandi ratio per Antonomasiam" . . .

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Colin Anders Brodd @colinandersbrodd.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

I do love getting letters and postcards in Latin! This one came from Rotterdam, home of the great classical scholar Erasmus!

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