Apparently, it's been a very long time since I've done a proper "State of the Empire" update. Let me explain why in one word: Chaos. It has been absolutely crazy around here in the past year or so. Upheaval in just about every direction you look. I've changed apartments, changed jobs (more on that in a minute), and had a lot of things to adapt to in my personal life. So, while suffering the slings and arrows of "real life", the idealistic realm of Durosia has kind of suffered a bit. Sure I've thrown out some token posts on Toob Talk and The Searcher Journal. Of course I've tried to keep up with things over at How to Crush Without Being Crushed. I've even managed to squeeze some posts out here (and over in the old blog archive). But none of that has come together quite as I'd hoped (yet). Mostly, things have been changing … Continue reading →