How Diplomacy Between Humanity and Cretaceous Saurians Involved Exactly The Right Challenge (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) A major point to be considered in any discussion of the Harkun and their presence in the greater Dallas, Texas area is that no other nonhuman demographic has the same relationship with the majority modern-human population. The residents of the Denisovian Embassy, aside from football games, tend to…
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St. Remedius Radio: “We Call Ourselves…’The Audiophiles’!”
Dallas’s Greatest Musical Protest And Its St. Remedius Connection (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Every year on the first Friday of April Gregorian, a very special tradition runs at the Matilda Theater just north of downtown Dallas, Texas. At 7:00 that evening, the Matilda opens not to the general public, but to a select group of journalists, mostly music critics, all specially invited. No itinerary…
St. Remedius Medical College: “What Lurks Beneath the Bluebonnets”
(Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Lupinus texensis. Bluebonnet. The Texas state flower. After the last chance of freeze throughout the state, usually around the middle of March, millions of bluebonnets sprout in otherwise barren or at least nutrient-depleted locales, bloom, drop seeds, and then die, all before the middle of spring. Most humans in the Dallas area look at bluebonnet patches as scenic locales for…
St. Remedius Radio: “The Battle Never Ends”
An Ode To The Incoming Freshman Class of St. Remedius Medical College (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) One group affected by the disappearance of St. Remedius Medical College that receives little recognition was the new blood. In some cases, literally. When it came to Texas colleges and universities, nothing beat St. Remedius for earned cool credit. The University of North Texas earned its reputation as…
St. Remedius Radio: “When the Spaceman Hits The Fan”
Trace Fossils of Previous Travelers In Unexpected Forms (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) When understanding Earth’s past, attempting to understand and grasp the sheer amount of time that encapsulates the term “Earth history” is essential. Most paleoarchaeology and xenoarcheology students have problems wrapping their minds about how multiple advanced civilizations thrived on Earth in the Cretaceous Period with literally millions of years between them. Grasping…
St. Remedius Medical College: “Heart of Stone, Brain of Stone, Kidneys of Stone”
Gemstones Aren’t Always Just Gemstones (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) While popularly and justly derided when promoted by the “Sorta Shannara” set, the powers of gemstones and crystals and their use took up a significant amount of space in the St. Remedius Medical College library, and with good reason. Besides the Gem Witches, any number of thaumaturgical orders and disciplines harvested gems for their mystic…
St. Remedius Medical College: “Where The Elite Meet To Retreat From Meaty Tweets”
There’s More To Dallas Cuisine Than Food Trucks (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) As the saying goes, an army runs on its stomach, and the collected students, faculty, contractors, and staff of St. Remedius Medical College qualified as an army, in perseverance if not in weaponry. The convoy of food trucks outside the campus gates were just part of the efforts to keep everyone happy…
St. Remedius Medical College: “Leaning In Plain Sight”
The Real Backstory (As Opposed To Several Fake Ones) on Dallas’s Reunion Tower (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) “Is it a spaceship?” That question comes up regularly involving that most distinctive of Dallas skyline landmarks, Reunion Tower. For the greater part of a half-century, North Texas’s most distinctive phallic symbol hunkers over the Trinity River, giving tourists and residents alike light shows from its main…
St. Remedius Radio: “The Cult of the Cane Toad”
Worship, Do Not Worship: The Toad Cares Not (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Contrary to popular perception, the city of Dallas, Texas has always maintained a deep respect for religions of all kinds…so long as they paid proper tribute to the one true god of the Dallasites. This extended to the most unlikely places, such as the sheer number of indigenous vampires as likely to…
St. Remedius Radio: “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”
St. Remedius Field Agents And Their Playlists (Who was St. Remedius? And why is a medical college named after him?) Museums weren’t the only organizations that hired dedicated wanderers to explore during the summer and prepare specimens in the winter. Inspired by the famed fossil hunter Roland T. Bird, St. Remedius Medical College offered stipends for its own explorers, not just to check on rumored phenomena but to act as advance scouts for…