Dear fellow Seattle beings ( Read more... )

Hey folks; I've gone through my reading list and trimmed it a bit after realizing I don't even recognize some of the names anymore. Nothing personal, no dislike involved-- just if we never talk or comment, or if I don't remember who you are, wasn't reading you consistently anymore, etc. I'm not posting much lately and intend to eventually correct ( Read more... )

Ridiculous amounts of garlic sound really good. So does combining chicken, coconut milk, Thai curry, cilantro and peanuts, but I'm not sure they go together; the garlic might overwhelm the other flavors.

Despite PAX, I still do not appear to have swine flu-- I'm not feeling sick at all, though orange juice also sounds really nice. Yay!

Running a minigame at PAX was lots of fun and deserves a longer mention, because I still feel vaguely fond and proud of all my players, but man am I tired. I meant to go back today just to bop around, enjoy the show and hang out, but ended up too lethargic and achy after sleeping in and having real hot food to want to walk there in the cold rain. ( Read more... )

Sadness. :( David Eddings is dead, and I didn't even realize his wife (and writing partner, it sounds like) died in 2007.

A very sweet obituary.

There are certainly flaws in Eddings' work, but right now is not the time to discuss them. I met the Belgariad when I was just the right age to meet it, and I loved it.

Oops! I forgot to update that I arrived safely home from Italy-- possibly because the total transit time was over 24 hours if you count waiting and sleeping in airports, and then I hit the ground running the next day going out and doing errands so my grandmother could rest and we'd still have groceries for the week ( Read more... )

I am zipping up my remarkably small bags right now and going to Italy. I meant to say more about this, but it's happening right now and there is no time. I have no idea yet if I'll update from there. I have just dropped off my dogs at the vet for boarding and only final packing stress prevents me from still going BAAAWWWW. Ciao!

Thank you very much to everyone who has already come over to give their thoughts on roleplaying (the non-sexual kind), and thank you for passing the link around! We've gotten a lot of response, and it's really helped us put our thoughts together to better understand a larger sampling than our immediate friends ( Read more... )

If you consider yourself a roleplayer, have any interest in becoming one, or have a reason you do not want to roleplay, I'd appreciate it if you could click the link below and answer a few questions! tekenduis is taking a survey to better understand what gets roleplayers interested in playing-- and what keeps other people from doing it. It's not even very ( Read more... )

Doodled Dorothy Dunnett fan art instead of going to bed at bedtime. I HAVE PROBLEMS (let me show you them ( Read more... )