Event  (#3360)
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Title:         One Square Mile of Hell
System:        Diceless
Type:           (4)
Desc:
The island hopping campaign begins with Operation Galvanic to project the US military across the Pacific to the shores of the Japanese home islands. Citizens who were transformed into ( Read more... )

So I took the week off, with the plan of completing my gutter project on the front of the house, to get some fence posts reset in the ground and start work on repainting the garage (which the paint has been peeling off of for years now).  Last week the forecast called for cool, dry weather, perfect for working outside.  Instead, we have  ( Read more... )

While J. and the older boys went to the Rainforest Cafe' for a combined cub scout/girl scout event, I watched the little guy and had a friend of mine over to work on the Jeep.  So while Bright Eyes ran around outside, my pal and I replaced the battery cabling with wire of proper gauge and terminations.  6 volt batteries require thicker cable than ( Read more... )

I did what I what is my custom to do, watch the newest Start Trek film on opening day.  That opening day has crept back from 12:01 AM Friday morning to late Thursday night is rather appreciated, especially as I grow older and have work the next day.  I bought a luxury seat at the Emagine and smiled the entire way through the loudest movie of the ( Read more... )

So, J. gave herself and her mom a Mothers Day present of going up to the trailer to open it up for the season.  The problem was, that The Boy had a choir competition on Saturday, so I got to go with him to watch him and his elementary school choir compete other choirs from Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Kentucky at Cedar Pointe ( Read more... )

Well, I can certainly understand the appeal of driving one's enemy before you and reveling in the lamentations of their women, but I am no warrior barbarian and prefer the peace and quiet of a suburban life ( Read more... )

I have to say that I enjoyed my trip.  The plane was about as small as I have ever flown on (not the smallest, but pretty small nonetheless) and was obviously intended for commuters as it was packed with people on laptops and using smartphones, while wearing shirts or jackets with corporate logos.  The flight was on time both times and despite the ( Read more... )

For more than a decadeI have quietly grumbled at the lack of a veterans community at the Big Blue U, for students and staff.  In fact I wondered if military service counted against my career prospects and often found myself dispelling the myths that I expected people under my supervision to follow orders as if they were in uniform as well.  In the ( Read more... )

Last weekend was one with me around the house and two or three of the boys in my care, with J. either off to the Greektown Casino with her friend Sh. (it was a benefit for one of the animal rescue groups that Sh. works with) on Saturday, which resulted in her coming back is more money than she started with - it was successful (too bad Powerball did ( Read more... )

Our Big Race was last Friday.  Where blocks of pinewood were carved into vehicles of flight and fancy, axles of nails and wheels of plastic meet an wooden inclined ramp to see whose design is fastest ( Read more... )