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Quote of the moment Vol.2

“We have had no good comic operas of late, because the real world has been more comic than any possible opera.” – Illustrated London News, Jan. 17, 1931 G. K. Chesterton

Highlighted Quotes That Caught my Attention At The Moment

"I am the last monarch of the old world. As Emperor, it is my duty to protect my peoples from their politicians" -Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria-Hungary

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In Which the Civ 5 mod Vox Populi has balance issues...

Good morning, my friend, dear reader of this post! Wish you a happy Friday, and an excellent weekend that is to come next! How are you? How have you been across the week? As for me, I am okay, overall. The weather on my end has been more consistent, as the days have been relatively hot over a number of them. Not ideal, I hope for more rain to cone at some point!  I, for some reason, decided to take the dust off Civ 6, and play it a bit. I trust this is due my Civ 5 current fatigue. Is it my favorite civ? Absolutely. But that said, as I already saw what I wanted on the vanilla, I did mention this time and again, I have since shifted towards mods such as the big Vox Populi one. That gave this entry a rich afterlife with me, specially as Civ 6 fail to sit well overall.  Alas, this mod is not a silver bullet to revitalize a game that I have play more than enough at this point. I am happy to still try it, but this particular mod has a huge issue concerning wars, which is borderline...

In Which We Wrap Up 2023, and glimpse at 2024

In Which we have the Garden of Hopes and the bag of Joy

In Which I recap some of 2023... A harsh year

In Which Anxiety cannot wash away my love for Christmas... But still Anxiety came to the attack.

In which we have a happy Christmas eve, and the legacy of Catherine II

In Which I write about Catherine's Hero's Journey...

In Which I dream with a Wintery Christmas

In Which I celebrate Mr. Knightingale, and count my blessings...

In Which I confront my troublemaker brain.

In Which I finish the audiobook, and plans for Christmas, and etc...

In Which the Audiobook gets good

In Which we have two books, and other talks

In Which dear friend Charles reads the Parnassian Poem, and some plans for the carefree days of Christmas Time

In Which I say Happy December... A small lament and plans for my Victoria 3 gameplay