Today was the 20th of January, and that can mean only one thing. Well, it could probably mean a whole lot of things, especially if you subscribe to the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, but in this particular timespline, with its waveform collapsed by myself as the observer, it means only one thing:

We have one week until Rabbit Hole ( Read more... )

Fiasco is a role-playing game of capers gone horribly wrong. The mechanics are built around incompetence, betrayal, and just plain bad luck, with a largely inevitable outcome in which most if not all the characters come to bad ends for what they have done. The ruleset is very basic, and is "skinned" easily with various settings that bring a ( Read more... )

I'm fixing a hole where the Claus gets in ( Read more... )

A mix of new and nostalgic from the late summer. A couple of surprising disappointments this time.

( THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN: * * )

India is raw and hot and foul outside. Inside is only slightly better, but at least there's shade ( Read more... )

When I was a kid, Halloween was the Big Score. Bigger even than Christmas, really. Out all night, come back with a bag of hard-earned loot. Good honest ransack ( Read more... )

Nobody on the road ( Read more... )

There's a lot more end of the world in this batch, but on reviewing further I think the dominant theme was the urge to revisit some films I've seen when I was much younger. Dangerous, I know, right? A lot of movies do not age well.

( PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE: * * * )

Lots of Great Success in this batch (and lots of end of the world) tempered by two rather unfortunate failures in picking fare for Liana.

( GENTLEMEN BRONCOS: * * * * * )

Chuck, my animal handler, looked grim. "We have a problem ( Read more... )