Purported piece of the true cross stolen from Boston-area cathedral. Authors and gamemasters throughout Boston area go "hmmmmm.... how would I use that in a plotline...."

Game game game! Yay! These are just notes, mostly for my own purposes. They will contain spoilers for Expedition to Castle Ravenloft (as heavily rewritten by me). My players can feel free to comment and correct any errors I make!

( SPOILERS FOR RAVENLOFT )

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Big family-oriented music festival with lots of great acts and stuff to do! On the commuter rail!

Tickets go on sale tomorrow, anyone want to come with?

(For Sept. 11 and 12, forgot to put the date!)

There's a job opening where I work, at the National Consumer Law Center, if anyone is interested ( Read more... )

I know. I don't post often. But this is fairly disturbing to me, and wasn't fully evident upon reading the first article I read about the new Arizona immigration bill that is about to be signed into law ( Read more... )

I have been waiting for something awesome to come along for some time. It seems overdue. This is not a huge awesome thing, limited as it is to five issues of comic and possibly a movie later this year. However, it is undoubtedly an awesome thing ( Read more... )

Hello all! Having little time to run games lately (kid, job, etc.) I have decided to try running something online. Please drop me a line if you are interested in playing or have further questions ( Read more... )

Anu3bis found this video the other day. It is from the Obamas' Music/Spoken Word night at the White House. Really incredible! Go watch now!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNFf7nMIGnEFor those who want more background info before watching random videos, this is a performance by Lin-Manual Miranda, a Tony-award winner and very talented guy. It ( Read more... )

I actually got my first choice in early sign-up for Intercon!  Not bad considering there were a total of _four_ female + neutral spaces in the game.  I am going to be in Diamond Geezers, based loosely on British heist movies such as Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels.  For my second round, I think I'm going for the Western game on Friday ( Read more... )

But here is just one.  They have an office book club (with lots of people!) and their next book is one I have been wanting to read:  Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi.  It is a graphic novel about a girl growing up in Iran.  I must see if my library can get it :)