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Another winter's tale is done...
Okay, technically it started less than a week ago but since Christmas is really the only worthwhile part of winter I declare winter to be over and replaced by the Miserable Rainy Boring Season. (Why yes, I would be less bitter if it were snowing right now. However did you guess ( Read more... ) -
That awkward moment...
...when you see that your favorite podcast has a new episode up, but it's on a subject that you literally can't hear about without retching. :\ -
A question for my small corner of the Interbutts
Do any of you guys have experience with night terrors and how to deal with them? This is something I've never had a problem with before in my life and then suddenly I've had two in the past month. In addition to being generally unpleasant it's really freaking my other half out and his sleep schedule is precarious enough without me waking up ( Read more... ) -
IT'S OVER!
I'm lying on my bed sans pants (after a stretch of the greyest, most depressing weather that's lasted for most of this year it got really nice but really hot on Tuesday) in a post-finals haze and not remembering a single thing about Lord Byron or late 19th-century novels. I'm not even sure I remember how to spell "Dracula" after writing it so many ( Read more... ) -
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Tonight's culinary experiment: risotto with shiitake mushrooms, clam meat and Red Leicester cheese. Actually, in retrospect it was more like a paella considering the ingredients, but presumably the inclusion of cheese makes it risotto instead. I really liked it, especially the clams which gave the whole thing a really nice texture. Unfortunately ( Read more... ) -
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This afternoon my V:TM campaign finally got into the really heavy-duty Gothic novel territory I've been aiming for since the start of the game. I had it all carefully planned out. My players would show up at the creepy manor house, be stopped by the groundskeeper and then be shown into the lady of the house for her to tell them her evil masterplan ( Read more... ) -
Kindred: The Embraced: A Highly Biased and Partial Review by acrossthelake
So after discussing it briefly with milkcracker I’ve been inspired to do a long review/rant about the short-lived TV show Kindred: The Embraced. If the name isn’t a dead giveaway it was based off of White Wolf’s Vampire: The Masquerade, which I know that much of my friends list is not familiar with,but when has this stopped me in the past? I will endeavor to ( Read more... ) -
A Conversation I Heard on My Way to School Today
Girl Walking Behind Me #1: People are saying you get a lot of work in Week 8. Do you have a lot to do?
Girl Walking Behind Me #2: Not really. I just have to read Petrarch's sonnets on courtly love.
G#1: Wait, what?
G#2: Courtly love.
G#1: Like the woman?
G#2: Women, men... you know, knights devoted to women and--
G#1: Ohhhh! I thought you said ( Read more... )
