My 2015 posts were centered around the theme of Fiery Manifestos, but I extended that to also include some manifesto-ish songs, poems, and codes of life. Here's what each post was about:
- A is for the Anarchist Manifesto (personal sovereignity or bust)
- B is for Ben Franklin's Virtues (doing good with a healthy smirk)
- C is for Closer to the Heart (prog rock classic)
- D is for Dorian Gray (and his one-page rambling intro)
- E is for e e cummings (for you and me and not for mostpeople)
- F is for the Futurist Manifesto (polyphonic tides of revolution)
- G is for G'Kar (Babylon 5's resident prophetic voice)
- H is for Hacktivism (and the Hands-On Imperative)
- I is for Independence (the Philadelphia Freedom variety)
- J is for Jerry Maguire (remember Dicky Fox)
- K is for Kipling ("If" needs a counterbalance)
- L is for Luke (possibly the only Jedi worthy of the name)
- M is for Man of La Mancha (and some cracks in the mirror)
- N is for the Novel (which D. H. Lawrence tried to blow up)
- O is for OZ (but not L. Frank Baum's)
- P is for Pressure (Mercury Agonistes)
- Q is for the Qesheth Connection (Kermit and Kabbalah)
- R is for Russell's 10 Commandments (Bertrand's micro manifesto)
- S is for the Surrealist Manifesto (dada dada dada dada)
- T is for Taliesin (Frank Lloyd Wright's fellowship assets)
- U is for Unitarian Universalism (five smooth stones)
- V is for Visionary Physics (with predictions for the year 2115)
- W is for the Wilburys (even if you're old and gray)
- Apologies, but X, Y, and Z were just summarized & not crafted into full posts.
For April 2013, my theme was "An A to Z of Masters of the Imagination that You Oughtta Know About." In other words, on each day I profiled a person whose brains were just overflowing with weirdness and creativity. Here's a list of the posts:
- Intro post: "Here come the weirdos!"
- A is for Andre Breton (father of surrealism)
- B is for the Bobs (Ross and Haney)
- C is for Charles Cameron (Glass Bead Game maestro)
- D is for Donald Knuth (philosophical comp-sci prof)
- E is for Emmanuel Radnitsky (Man Ray, to his friends)
- F is for Florence Farr (mystical playwright)
- G is for George Carlin (but without the 7 dirty words)
- H is for Harlan Ellison (grand master of sci-fi)
- I is for Ithell Colquhoun (surrealist artist & magician)
- J is for Jacob Kurtzberg (comic visionary Jack Kirby)
- K is for Kenneth Grant (eclectic & shadowy magician)
- L is for Lorq and Lobey (really their author, Samuel Delany)
- M is for M. A. R. Barker (game designer & worldbuilder)
- N is for Narpet (Rush drummer/lyricist Neil Peart)
- O is for Octavia Butler (sci-fi author & religion founder)
- P is for Phyllis Seckler (teacher of true will)
- Q is for "Quien Mas?" (whom did I leave out?)
- R is for Rimbaud (dreamily evocative French poet)
- S is for Somtow Sucharitkul (author & dozens of other things)
- T is for Tyagi and Catherine (match made in a magic circle)
- U is for Unknown (anonymous 17th century manifestos)
- V is for Vienna (Slow down, you crazy child)
- W is for Walt (Oh Whitman, my Whitman!)
- X is for Xenophanes? (not really; Xena's got nothin today)
- Y is for Yates, Dame Frances (historian of lost mysteries)
- Z is for Zindell, David (author of my favorite sci-fi novel)
My theme for the 2012 challenge was "An A-Z of Symbols, Glyphs, and Sigils... To Enrich Your Games and Lives!" The general idea was to discuss one specific SIGN or SYMBOL per day, with examples of how it can spur ideas for making one's games more enjoyable. The posts sometimes veered off into esoteric and philosophical places, but I tried always to keep my feet on the gaming table, too. :-)
- Intro post: "Ready, Set, Alphabetize!"
- A is for Antimony (creating alchemical magic items)
- B is for Ben Casey (TV tropes for fun and profit)
- C is for Chiron (galloping between the worlds)
- D is for Double Dagger (like a thief in the night)
- E is for Ecology (dipping a toe into transhuman waters)
- F is for the Ficus Gesture (hand gestures for everyone)
- G is for Gremorly (my 3rd favorite bearded cartoon wizard)
- H is for the Helm of Awe (Viking tattoos and voodoo)
- I is for IDIC (highly illogical)
- J is for the Jolly Roger (our pirates are different)
- K is for Khabs Am Pekht (Victorian initiation rituals)
- L is for the Lion's Paw (sooper seecret handshakes)
- M is for Moon Letters (shine on me)
- N is for Networks (who hates who hates who?)
- O is for Oui Dire or On Dit (subtle rumor delivery)
- P is for Plot Snake (a monomyth for rom coms)
- Q is for Quincunx (oddball juxtapositions)
- R is for Rota Fortunae (ride the painted pony...)
- S is for Shibboleth (shhhhhhhh!)
- T is for Treasure (coins as spurs to role playing)
- U is for Unkin (glyphs as dimensional gateways)
- V is for Digamma Inversum (follies of Claudius)
- W is for Weary (Waldo took a break that day)
- X is for Saltire (why are swooshes so evocative?)
- Y is for Yat (the white swan of Cyrillic)
- Z is for Zenyatta Mondata (Sting and the Singularity)
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