Joseph Eckert

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Relaxing

Miscellania: Europa Universalis V Confirmed! (First Impressions) Something different this week! The folks at Paradox Development Studios were nice enough to give me a review copy of the upcoming Europa Universalis V (releasing Nov. 4) ahead of release so that I …

Hey, I can talk about EU5 now.

It's good! It is very complex, it is complex by the standards of a Paradox game. But it also embraces a historical vision that sees a wider range of actors than just states - both people within states and people outside of them.
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Misery Loop-- A Critique of Cronos: The New Dawn

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Cat with a dark silhouette

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Prepping for Halloween

Upside down cat showing his tummy

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Shameless

The Traveler by Joseph Eckert, coming June 9th, 2026 - preorder from any major bookseller

Coming June 9th, 2026!

Grumpy cat approved

Cat in the sun

#caturday - looking comfy in the sun

Young cat playing in a box filled paper

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Throw way back to 2012, to the days of kittenhood. Of course even as an adult, boxes and paper are the best

Cat laying face buried in a blanket

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Yes, face down was an apt feeling this week

Sun coming up under the clouds in Tokyo, Japan

#Japan #Tokyo

Sunrise over Tokyo

Black and white of a cat looking intently at the floor

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Catloaf alerted to an invading slice of reflected sunlight creeping across the floor without his authorization

Guest cat for #caturday. Gracie, still a kitten. Love those white paws

Cat asleep in the sun

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Asleep in the sun

Cat about to fall off a couch

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We warned him he was going to fall of the couch, but rather than listen, he tried to swipe the camera

Cat asleep on me at my desk

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Using me. Still, if one must be used, this is among the best ways.

Black and white praying mantis

Spotted in central Washington—I didn’t even know these guys were out that direction

A camera and lens combo I don’t have anymore but still sometimes miss: Nikon D800E with the Nikon 35mm f/1.4. That photo was at f/1.4 and the kitty had pushed up right to the minimum focus distance :)

Cat getting up close to a 35mm f/1.4 lens

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A throwback, almost thirteen years ago now, kitty being curious about the camera

All right, I finished The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by @sgj.bsky.social .

Definitely my jam. A brutal but compelling mix of historical and modern day horror with a series of twists to the vampire mythos; twists that drive straight through to the ending.

Read it! Or listen to it like I did!

Black and white of a cat with fur on the ottoman before him

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Yes, kitty, I did say you’re still shedding too much

Brother cats asleep together on my lap

Hard to believe this photo was taken over twelve years ago. The brothers, when they weren’t fighting, liked sleeping wrapped around one another (usually on us)

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Sunlight shining through a large maple leaf

Just a particularly delightful summer leaf in the sun

Two cats - brothers - sitting on the windowsill

Throwback for #caturday.

Brothers. Guard cats. Watching you from the window.

Seattle from the air with Mt Rainier in the distance

#Seattle with Mt Rainier in the distance

A boat named Polaris in black and white

Polaris

Cat on a toy banana

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Sometimes you just need to rest your head on a stuffed banana

Awesome! I always appreciate your reading recommendations

Japanese lantern-style light in a rainstorm

Japan - almost six years ago now, but a quiet moment in the rain that I still remember

A small tree growing from the stump of a larger tree

Life renewed