Continuing my scholarship of all things science writing and pony related, I have to report a chapter in the book Falling for Science (MIT Press). This is a collection of short accounts by scientists and engineers describing a particular toy, or random object, from their childhood, and how it led them, in a Cutie Mark Crusader fashion, to their special talent. Among the tales of Lego bricks, gear wheels, and home computers,

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Will any attendees be hosting convention games based on the My Little Pony: Tails of Equestria game by River Horse? I’d love to play in a game where the player characters attempt to locate the cave where the magic of the Fire of Friendship incinerated the dangerous windigos and then the ponies came together to establish Equestria, as described in the episode “Hearth's Warming Eve”. That special cave is similar to Plymouth Rock, Valley Forge, and Independence Hall all rolled into one for United

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