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Reboot to the head
WARNING: This is a VERY long essay/diatribe/waste of electrons about modern superhero comics. If such things do not interest you, I advise staying away.
If you’ve been living under a rock - or, more likely, living a well-adjusted life that doesn’t involve spending a significant chunk of each day reading about superhero comics on the internet - you ( Read more... ) -
Back again
So what did you guys do during the Third (I think) Great LJ DDOS Outage of 2011?
I saw some movies (Captain America and Hanna, both good), read a lot of comics, posted some stuff on PODcom, failed to donate platelets (the needle went in funny), edited a bunch of manuscripts and page proofs, wrote some flash fiction, got annoyed at myself for ( Read more... ) -
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This week marks 15 years since emrhyck moved to Australia from the USA.
Little did she realise that a decade and a half later, she'd be getting married to me. And nor, back in 1996, did I realise that I'd be getting married to an awesome American girl full of life and fire and brains and sass in 2011.
You rock, baby. Melbourne is the better for you being ( Read more... ) -
Drink drink drink, drink until you're drunk
Yeah, look, I know it's been like 4-5 days since the last post, but come on, that thing was epic.
Still, I need to post more regularly, even if I don't get back to my daily habits. The trick is coming up with things to say.
Fortunately, a solution presents itself - ripping off the ideas of others! neonfaerie wrote a post yesterday about her favourite bars in ( Read more... ) -
He throws his mighty shield
Recently I've been re-reading Ed Brubaker's run on Captain America, from his kick-off with the 'Winter Soldier' storyline through the death of Steve Rogers up to his return in Captain America Reborn. So let's talk for a bit about how good these comics are. Because seriously, guys, these are fucking great comics, and I know how surprising it is to ( Read more... ) -
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The home internet, she is no working. -
The social network network
Google Plus!
I have it!
I'm on it!
I'm unsure what the point of it is!
I mean, okay, I know what the point of it is - it's Facebook but not by Facebook. And that would be a laudable goal for a social media network site in, say, 2005. But right now, it just seems like another set of contacts to track, another place to check on what people are doing, ( Read more... ) -
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Because this is my low-stress weekend off, I've taken a bit of spare time (okay, about 4-5 hours) catching up on something I've meant to do for ages - updating the Obsidian Portal page and wiki for my Exile Empire campaign.
If you're interested in the game, go have a look - lots of new wiki pages for campaign elements and NPCs, along with art, and ( Read more... ) -
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Have just risen from a 10-hour sleep, and am now looking forward to a three-day weekend of doing pretty much fuck all. No work, no gaming, no writing (well, maybe a little writing) - just socialising, resting and playing Halo ODST until my eye sockets wither.
I think this will help a lot with cutting my stress levels, or whatever they are. And ( Read more... ) -
Exile Empire - The Word on the Street
So, having whinged about being stressed and overtired and getting no time to relax, I spent Sunday running D&D for the gang and thus relaxing. And I'm glad I did. If only I could play D&D every day. Which I pretty much did in my very early 20s, come to think of it. Oh, the memories.
Anyway, we got together for a session of investigation, planning ( Read more... )