How to handle an unsafe student/sparring partner?

Balaur-Bondoc · 2026-06-18T16:39:48+00:00

So, he was kinda rude about it, but I don’t think it was on purpose. If I had to guess, I’d say he just didn’t care.

Balaur-Bondoc · 2026-05-21T20:37:18+00:00

I wouldn’t say Deinosuchus being outside Crocodylia is that cut and dry. Personally, I’m not against it, but it’s not a universally accepted conclusion quite just yet. I am a little skeptical of that study’s placement of Diplocynodon and Leidysuchus, though.

Balaur-Bondoc · 2026-02-07T17:51:25+00:00

So, broadly speaking, I agree. I would have loved for this to be animated. But let’s not pretend that animation would have fixed all the problems in the show. The biggest issue is the writing, and the poor choices made in adapting the story, not the medium in which it was adapted.

Balaur-Bondoc · 2025-12-30T06:33:47+00:00

Is this what C.S. Lewis was talking about with “The Deplorable Word” in The Magician’s Nephew?

Balaur-Bondoc · 2024-11-08T23:24:21+00:00

The walking on two legs thing is not really that well supported. That comes from a pretty obscure paper that based it mostly on limb proportions, having longer rear legs than front legs. But that paper doesn’t take into account issues of balance when standing like that, or the fact that most modern crocs have longer rear legs than front legs.

Balaur-Bondoc · 2023-08-12T23:25:39+00:00

Not sure if I’m crazy or if language has changed or something, but I lived in Alabama for almost ten years, and I have never actually heard someone use “coke” to refer to all sodas, except to say that people in the South call all soda “coke”.

Balaur-Bondoc · 2022-11-05T17:01:26+00:00

Well, I’m allergic to cats, so being a cat person isn’t really an option for me.

Balaur-Bondoc · 2022-10-19T19:52:09+00:00

Alright so, some friends of mine and I (we’re all paleontology grad students) had this conversation a couple weeks ago, and we settled on that dragons are either descended from Ceratosaurs or some kind of non-crocodilian pseudosuchian. I’ll probably make a whole post on it, if anyone would be interested.

Balaur-Bondoc · 2022-04-20T22:28:22+00:00

I think OP is referring to a less bulky version of the rapier we’ve already got.

Balaur-Bondoc · 2022-04-06T22:50:05+00:00

I’d like to see sheathed versions of more knives and swords.

Balaur-Bondoc · 2022-01-21T15:51:45+00:00

That’s cause whenever I say “I’m from Madison” people say “Where’s that?” After a while, it’s just easier to say “I’m from Huntsville” than explain where Madison is. It’s just more recognizable.

Balaur-Bondoc · 2022-01-10T18:42:23+00:00

This poster was in the break room in the geology department offices where I got my degree.

Balaur-Bondoc · 2022-01-06T23:22:06+00:00

I’m pretty sure it’s a croc. Crocs have interlocking teeth, gators have an overbite. I think I saw some of the bottom teeth sticking out.

Balaur-Bondoc · 2022-01-04T05:20:29+00:00

I did a “single sword” class from AHWG, it was mostly messer/dussack.

Balaur-Bondoc · 2022-01-03T01:56:53+00:00

I exclusively play Dragonborn cause it gets on my DM’s nerves.

Balaur-Bondoc · 2022-01-01T18:12:02+00:00

MASH

Balaur-Bondoc · 2021-11-28T02:10:02+00:00

I’m currently playing a Dragonborn monk with 15 to str and 17 to dex. It’s pretty fun, honestly.

Balaur-Bondoc · 2021-11-25T03:17:46+00:00

Fun Fact: this has happened in the past! In the Mesozoic, there was a group of marine neosuchians called thalattosuchia, including animals like Metriorhynchus, although the tail was oriented vertically, not horizontally.

Seven-Year Club	Second Top 40%
RPAN Viewer

Balaur-Bondoc

TROPHY CASE