Welcome, Living Thing, to Thorin N. Tatge's Splendiferous Life-Giving Website!

This website is old, but so are trees. Sometimes a cobbled thing is what you crave.

Places to go, people to meet:

Some friends of mine...

Charlie Vermin: Oddball Game Imaginator
The guy is working on more advanced stuff nowadays, but here are one beautiful beastie's early contributions to the strange world of RPG Maker games that aren't really RPGs.

Laramie Sasseville: Dreamspell
A friend whose site includes beautiful fantasy-themed art in various media as well as filk songs, unique vanity bookmarks, and the Discordian Coloring Book. She's also available for hire as a graphic designer.

Foxfeather Zenkova: Multitalented Artist
I met Fox through her husband, Roman, a.k.a. Mbala. She's a master of many crafts, an animal rescuer, and a conservationist and educator. The two of them have a hobby farm and a wonderful house full of fascinating animals.

And allow me to present Mbala's highly acclaimed* webcomic, Horse, Horse, Another Horse, and the Zebra.

* I may be the only reader, but I've never heard anyone speak poorly of it.

Rich Brown: Some So-Called Music
Rich Brown is a space exploration enthusiast and a filk music devotee. This page features, among other things, the lyrics to his witty and well-structured parody songs about science, science fiction, horror, and social issues.

Thorn Valley: A Secret of NIMH fansite
This website devoted to The Secret of NIMH and the book on which its based is an exception trove of creativity. It's run by a friend of mine who plays Timothy Brisby on NIMHmuck--a programmer who goes by the handle of Simon.
Kahnhome
My mother's website devoted to her extended family.
Fabulous Clem



Clicking on me is a PG-13 act!





Hey! Check out the interactive novel I wrote: What Is Best? I'm selling it on CreateSpace! What Is Best?

Is it Storytime? If so, this oddball collection of fiction may hit the spot!

Stories
On the other hand, sometimes it's poetry that best amuses both hemispheres of our brains.
Poetry

Filk is the music of science fiction fandom.  I have written many things under the auspice of being filk songs. Some are parodies and some are original tunes! Here they are for my reference and yours.

Filking
Perhaps it's speedily written, creative short plays that intrigue you! Check out my scripts for Carleton College's former cold-reading theater group, Chelsea 11:17! Chelsea
I remain a low-key aficionado of the semianl unscripted game show Survivor, but at one point, I was a full-blown fan. I even created content for a little while! Here are my articles on Season 5, Survivor: Thailand, which I wrote for the defunct fansite survivorfire.com. Survivor: Thailand
Are you, by any chance, a fan of the classic action/puzzle game Lode Runner? You are? Then my levels, designed for Sierra's brilliant remake of the game, will rock your world! Lode Runner
Are you an artiste? Then your senses will perhaps be offended by my portfolio of Crayola Marker Art!
Marker Art
Do you believe in the healing power of the mandala? If so, you give it more credence than I do! Nevertheless, here are a couple I made.
Interested in a stranger's opinions on webcomics? Here's a list of the ones I read--with ratings, because I like numbers!
If you've spent as much time MUCKing about as I have, you may relate to this homage to text-based roleplaying!
Though it be somewhat dated, the socially conscious may wish to take a look at Light Rail, Heavy Concerns: a college web project about the development of Minneapolis's Hiawatha Line. Hiawatha Line
Games are an important part of my life. How about yours? If you're interested in checking out my various inventions and variants, this is the place to look.
Games and variants
Even if you have the bad habit of screwing your head on upside-down in the morning, you can still ensure some legibility through the judicious use of ambigrams.
Ambigrams
The time has come!  Make your choice!!!!!
A random quoll



Last sort of updated: 10/10/24
E-mail me: thorin.tatge@pobox.com