Welcome!

Welcome to my website! My name is Jim Shepich (@epicshepich). I'm currently a Master's student at Johns Hopkins University studying Data Science and a Master Diviner at Ravenwood School of Magical Arts studying Storm Magic. I'm an avid hobbyist, and some of my interests include: math and science, computer programming, tabletop and video games, martial arts (especially jujutsu), cartoons/anime, reading (mostly sci-fi and fantasy), music, and DIY. I created this website to share some of the projects I'm working on and some of the things I've learned.

Some notable projects I'm working on:

• This website
• Finding a job
• Epics & Emprises - a tabletop roleplaying system inspired by 3.5e D&D, 5e D&D, and JRPGs, with a focus on martial arts and a hard magic system
• Design & Dissection - a podcast co-hosted by Houston Webb about the design and philosophy of games, specifically TTRPGs (like E&E)

Some useful things I've learned:

• Black widows and quicksand can both be found in Michigan and are not as deadly as you are led to believe.
• If you're compiling a LaTeX document and the compilation stops midway, type "R" into the console and hit Enter.
• A good way to prevent ear infections is to sleep with your ear in the hole of a neck pillow because it allows your ear canal to remain cool and dry.
• You can just put the copyright symbol at the bottom of your website without having a legal copyright.
• You don't tug on superman's cape, you don't spit into the wind, you don't pull the mask off that old lone ranger, and you don't mess around with Jim.