So, there are now just twenty-five (25) days till Pacificon - I like the number 25, it's a hopeful number.  The game is now nearly written, and by the end of this week will be completely written (character stories and stats) - that leaves plenty of time for edits, re-writes and props ( Read more... )

It is with true joy that I announce that we have crossed a threshold people - we are under the 30 day mark till con.  In point of fact, we three days under the 30 day mark.

There are now only 27 days till con.

Let's take a moment and let that soak in....mmmmmm, it's like the first bite of that tasty treat you've been waiting on huh.

I'm feeling my ( Read more... )

Since we are just a rough month away from Pacificon 2012 it is now a good time to post the Team Volare' House rules regarding Casa Volare' at the con.

THE CASA VOLARE’ HOUSE RULES

1. The only people that can attend the after-party at Casa Volare’ are full Team Volare’ members, honorary members and anyone else cleared by one of us [ECM, El Camino, or ( Read more... )

I'm currently in the process of writing a LARP for the upcoming con (it's going just fine, thanks), sometimes when I'm getting hung-up on a plot-point or other aspect of the LARP I step back and noodle around with something else that is gaming related but not what I'm working on at the time.  This typically helps me re-focus and turn back to the ( Read more... )

So.

There are now OFFICIALLY just thirty (30) days till Pacificon Game Expo.

That means just one month till COOOONNNNNNN!!!!!!! *shakes fist in the air with authority*

Time to take stock and review the list:
- Game: not completely written but still on track (My half of the characters will be done by next week.)
- Cheese: don't know if it is secure or ( Read more... )

It was pointed out to me today by ECM that there are now only thirty-five (35) days till the Pacificon Game Expo 2012.  This may seem strange but for some reason I had thought that it was further out.  I mean I knew that it was coming (I have an internal clock for those kind of things), but suddenly it hit me - 35 days.

That's just one month and ( Read more... )

I recently watched a movie - The City of Life and Death, made in 2009 by Chinese director Lu Chuan, this film depicts the Battle of Nanjing in 1937 and the aftermath - see the Rape of Nanking.  It is told through the eyes of both the Chinese and Japanese soldiers and civilians ( Read more... )

 
Healthcare settings are often amalgamations of emotions - high frequency emotions; and it is a bit of a learned trick to navigate all this energy successfully.  I’ve mentioned before that my department was recently relocated off the main campus, so now when I have a meeting on the main hospital campus I have to walk a couple hundred yards.  I don’ ( Read more... )

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So here's the thing, at my last job my commute was ten minutes long if I took the freeway and fifteen minutes long if I took the backroads/scenic route.  I believe there is a saying about not "...appreciating what you have until it's gone."  I understand that concept a bit more now.  At my new location I have too commute, it's just a fact about the ( Read more... )