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Striking cold iron

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Sibley College of the Cornell University was featured in Cassier's Magazine, December 1891. This photo of the Blacksmith Shop appeared on page 110. This is a cropped version of the image available at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sibley_College_-_Blacksmith_Shop_-_Cassier%27s_1891-12.png, public domain.

Things don’t always go as planned, and in this case (even with a domain name purchased and a fair amount of intention) we don’t always get the online name we might want. It’s an old story; I wanted to call my very first blog Parenthetical Aside (lol. so young. so naive.) but of course that was, like, everyone’s first pick for a blog name, even back in the early early 2000s.

So I’ve edited the announcement to reflect that. We are now going with [*New Blog Name To Be Determined], which is a lovely placeholder.

The name I had intended to use (the midnight cartographer) is now apparently a new series of middle-grade fantasy books, and that’s on top of a pre-existing YouTube channel, a “cinematic alternative rock” artist on Bandcamp, and the other series of middle-grade fantasy books that was self published a couple of years ago. The space is getting a little crowded. So far I’m only out around $15 for the domain name registration, which I’ll just not renew at this point, and we’ll go for an easy re-brand.

When? And with a new blog, does that mean no more updates to the venerable RocketBomber? I guess we will see…