Would you play Russian roulette if the prize were big enough?

From Lindybeige. There’s a whole playlist of these questions – the Q217 series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzh7AuEBkEmt2yl_PNJOPuKc4uEVnoDB Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige Buy the music – the music played at the end of my videos is now available here: https://lindybeige.bandcamp.com/track/the-mandeville-march Buy tat (merch): https://www.bonfire.com/results/Lindybeige/ More videos here: All Lindybeige: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzh7AuEBkEmMWChgPPOQqjhkkPq_eP1X Lindybeige: a channel of archaeology, ancient and medieval…

The last time I was in a real fight

From Lindybeige. There’s a whole playlist of these questions – the Q217 series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzh7AuEBkEmt2yl_PNJOPuKc4uEVnoDB Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige Buy the music – the music played at the end of my videos is now available here: https://lindybeige.bandcamp.com/track/the-mandeville-march Buy tat (merch): https://www.bonfire.com/results/Lindybeige/ More videos here: All Lindybeige: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzh7AuEBkEmMWChgPPOQqjhkkPq_eP1X Lindybeige: a channel of archaeology, ancient and medieval…

My wife was a lesbian once – should I worry?

From Lindybeige. There’s a whole playlist of these questions – the Q217 series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzh7AuEBkEmt2yl_PNJOPuKc4uEVnoDB Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige Buy the music – the music played at the end of my videos is now available here: https://lindybeige.bandcamp.com/track/the-mandeville-march Buy tat (merch): https://www.bonfire.com/results/Lindybeige/ More videos here: All Lindybeige: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzh7AuEBkEmMWChgPPOQqjhkkPq_eP1X Lindybeige: a channel of archaeology, ancient and medieval…

You can rescue ONE thing from a house fire…

From Lindybeige. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige Buy the music – the music played at the end of my videos is now available here: https://lindybeige.bandcamp.com/track/the-mandeville-march Buy tat (merch): https://www.bonfire.com/results/Lindybeige/ More videos here: All Lindybeige: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzh7AuEBkEmMWChgPPOQqjhkkPq_eP1X Lindybeige: a channel of archaeology, ancient and medieval warfare, rants, swing dance, travelogues, evolution, and whatever else occurs to me…

Would you marry someone with no legs?

From Lindybeige. There’s a whole playlist of these questions – the Q217 series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzh7AuEBkEmt2yl_PNJOPuKc4uEVnoDB Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige Buy the music – the music played at the end of my videos is now available here: https://lindybeige.bandcamp.com/track/the-mandeville-march Buy tat (merch): https://www.bonfire.com/results/Lindybeige/ More videos here: All Lindybeige: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzh7AuEBkEmMWChgPPOQqjhkkPq_eP1X Lindybeige: a channel of archaeology, ancient and medieval…

What do a man’s friends say about him?

From Lindybeige. There’s a whole playlist of these questions – the Q217 series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzh7AuEBkEmt2yl_PNJOPuKc4uEVnoDB Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige Buy the music – the music played at the end of my videos is now available here: https://lindybeige.bandcamp.com/track/the-mandeville-march Buy tat (merch): https://www.bonfire.com/results/Lindybeige/ More videos here: All Lindybeige: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzh7AuEBkEmMWChgPPOQqjhkkPq_eP1X Lindybeige: a channel of archaeology, ancient and medieval…

If, by Rudyard Kipling

From Lindybeige. A poem with an excellent popularity-to-title-length ratio. The timeless classic. A father talks to his son about how to be a good man. If any son ever lived up to all the virtues described, he would certainly be impressive. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige Buy the music – the music played at the…

Trying strange foods

From Lindybeige. Q38: This one covers politeness, hospitality, openness to new ideas, habit, day-seizing, and of course food. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige Buy the music – the music played at the end of my videos is now available here: https://lindybeige.bandcamp.com/track/the-mandeville-march Buy tat (merch): https://www.bonfire.com/results/Lindybeige/ More videos here: All Lindybeige: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzh7AuEBkEmMWChgPPOQqjhkkPq_eP1X Lindybeige: a channel of…

If you could be brilliant at just one thing…

From Lindybeige. Q36: What would I succeed in if I could succeed in just one thing, and how much should a person sacrifice to succeed? To think that there are 217 of these! This project is bigger than I had initially imagined. I have just done a batch of six, and they took quite a…

My Best Dreams and My Worst Nightmares

From Lindybeige. Q34 from the Book of Questions. One thing I don’t like about this video is that it is all very I-I-me-me-my – I don’t say much about dreams that is applicable to all, and instead concentrate very much on my own personal experiences. I doubt that there was much I could have done…

My greatest accomplishment

From Lindybeige. The book of questions continues. This question requires me to blow my own trumpet for a bit. I’m sorry, but there was no way around this. I notice that I do not list anything academic here – the things I was made to do for my own good. It only occurred to me…

Who deserves to be given money?

From Lindybeige. Q30 of 217: This one presents a moral dilemma – should one choose a large amount of money for oneself, or a much larger amount for many strangers? Will I succumb to greed? My answer may not be perfectly serious, but i hope that i raise some interesting points. Support me on Patreon:…

Tales from the Writers’ Room – Conscious Robots. Part three: The Glare of the Cameras.

From Lindybeige. The third and final episode of the drama. The crime is committed, and comes to court. This is improvised drama, played out using techniques taken from a writers’ room and a role-play gaming table. Setting up the characters and situation: https://youtu.be/k6FZ5qRIiEA Episode one of the story: https://youtu.be/JOsL5f-SfrE Episode two: https://youtu.be/djELFzv_YJw This approach to…

Tales from the Writers’ Room – Conscious Robots. Part two: The Gift Horse.

From Lindybeige. Episode two of this improvised role-play drama set in 2052 at the Ministry of Robotic Affairs, London. Setting up the characters and situation: https://youtu.be/wzoWoiKDXzk Episode one of the story: https://youtu.be/JOsL5f-SfrE Episode three: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZUVSO89_Qg The style of role-play draws heavily from ‘DramaSystem’ published by Pelgrane Press, and sold under the name ‘Hillfolk’. Find it…

Hyphens Matter!

From Lindybeige. The function of punctuation is to make the meaning of a sentence clear. Ideally, the reader should, thanks to the punctuation, be able to glean the correct intended meaning from a sentence in a single reading, and never have to look back over a sentence to make sense of it. Support me on…

Serifs Matter!

From Lindybeige. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige Buy the music – the music played at the end of my videos is now available here: https://lindybeige.bandcamp.com/track/the-mandeville-march Buy tat (merch): https://www.bonfire.com/results/Lindybeige/ More videos here: All Lindybeige: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzh7AuEBkEmMWChgPPOQqjhkkPq_eP1X Lindybeige: a channel of archaeology, ancient and medieval warfare, rants, swing dance, travelogues, evolution, and whatever else occurs to me…

My new computer has arrived

From Lindybeige. Ian Mapleson, one of my viewers, has done an extraordinary thing: he has sent me a new computer. As a way of thanking him, I have made this video. Includes a critique of a company slogan. Buy the music – the music played at the end of my videos is now available here:…

Message for Henry Cavill

From Lindybeige. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Lindybeige Buy the music – the music played at the end of my videos is now available here: https://lindybeige.bandcamp.com/track/the-mandeville-march Buy tat (merch): https://www.bonfire.com/results/Lindybeige/ More videos here: All Lindybeige: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzzh7AuEBkEmMWChgPPOQqjhkkPq_eP1X Lindybeige: a channel of archaeology, ancient and medieval warfare, rants, swing dance, travelogues, evolution, and whatever else occurs to me…