I’ve constructed my own home climbing wall. Here I document my plans, processes, and problems.

A few frequently asked questions and my tentative and preliminary responses to them. I also try to give an approximate lower bound on how frequently the questions were asked.

We are the Friends of the Civilization, and we call him Elua. Elua shelters us.

The intransitive use of to warn – when no recipient of the warning is specified – apparently sounds odd to some native speakers in some contexts (e.g., Pullum and Zimmer). This document is a compilation of various scraps of data on the issue – focusing on current usage, recent history, and potential differences between British and American English – for anyone who is interested in this sort of thing.