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Goddamnit, DC reboot, you are not making me happy.
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Exile Empire - The Siege of Zantashk I
Has it really been nearly three months since our last Exile Empire D&D session? Good grief, it has. I blame myself and all the blogging I've been doing eating up my precious Sundays. Well, that and players not being able to make it.
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The Herald Sun story on our cat Graeme has made its way to Hong Kong and Brazil, he's gained 200 new Facebook fans in three days and Whiskas are sending us a hamper of food and cat treats.
I don't understand this world any more.
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The cat that walked through social media
Never before have I found myself in a situation where my pet is more popular, famous and media-savvy than I am.
Let me explain.
I think I've mentioned Graeme Riley, Ace of Cats here before, our adorable, lap-sitting, chocolate-eating, cardigan-raping moggy. He's something of a local celebrity because of his habit of hanging around the train station, ( Read more... ) -
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Another great comment on Orson Scott Card and HomophobicHamletRevisionismGate, this time from Let's Be Friends Again:
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No moron-o
Orson Scott Card, in his relentless dedication to proving to everyone that enjoyed Ender's Game that they should have read something else back in high school, has written a new novella, Hamlet's Father, which commits two head-shaking sins:- It rewrites Hamlet in plain language, because evocative Shakespearean prose is bad for some reason
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Who?
So I've finally started watching the new series of Doctor Who. No, not new in the Matt Smith sense; new in the overall sense. I haven't watched any Who since the no-longer-mentioned Paul McGann made-for-TV movie, so I'm starting fresh with the Christopher Eccleston run.
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Controlled plummeting for great justice
So as a change of pace from my usual Saturday-afternoon-activities of reading and playing video games, today I threw myself face-first off a five-storey building while wearing a Batman T-shirt. That was kinda cool. The whole thing was run by Rap Jumping, and our friends JK and L. asked me to join in after one of their party had to bow out. With N. ( Read more... ) -
Education is a trap
So last year I did enough freelance writing work to rack up extra taxes, and as a result had to pay off a $500 debt over the year.
This year I did more freelancing, and had a pay rise as well, so the resulting total was enough to kick me up several brackets for checking my HECS debt.
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I finished Supergods, and will probably write a proper review in the next week or two. Some good things, some iffy things, but on the whole a worthwhile read. Even with the Oxford commas and poorly typeset apostrophes.
Yes, I notice those things in books I read. It's annoying but I can't turn it off.
Anyway, the main effect of the book has been to ( Read more... )