I see parties in my campaigns often too easily overcoming encounters that are designed for their level. My theory on why this happens has two parts. Part one is the experience level of the Players in my games. If D&D were a paying job, most of my Players would be distinguished and highly paid professionals. In part, I'm talking about the ( Read more... )

I just got out of a meeting in which I presented the concept for my re-write of our company's current product pricing application. The attendees included the Director of Sales for National and Industrial Accounts, the Vice President of Sales for Construction Products, and a company Senior Vice President. My boss's boss, the CIO was also there. ( Read more... )

Last night, I watched a comedy about a dystopian future, called Idiocracy. The plot is that a completely average guy goes into hibernation freeze in current times, and awakens 500 years in the future, where he discovers, much to his chagrin, that he is the smartest person on the planet. The solemnly narrated documentary-style beginning, ( Read more... )

In my house, we love our contest shows. The four main ones we've been watching have recently concluded. I just felt like writing my opinions of each result. If this doesn't interest you, you can stop reading now, because I'm not going to write about anything else in this particular post ( Read more... )

Sarah says her favorite room in the house is the kitchen. Last night, I realized my favorite room in the house is not technically in the house, it's right outside the back door. I like the back porch the best because (in no order whatsoever ( Read more... )

On Friday, I had a podiatrist appointment for this foot that's been hurting for a couple of months. The diagnosis: my left pinky toe is broken at the base. The break lines were very hard to see, but when he pointed them out, I could tell then. He gave me a cortisone injection in the joint, and in the space between that toe and the next one over ( Read more... )

Friday night, we watched Unstoppable on DVD. Denzel's involvement can make almost any movie better, and it was pretty exciting watching them trying to get that train of hazardous chemicals stopped. It was one of those movies that is in a catch-22 for me, though: the end is predictable, which is a ding, but if it turned out any other way, that ( Read more... )

I Am A: Lawful Neutral Human Cleric (7th Level)

Ability Scores:

Strength-14

Dexterity-15

Constitution-15

Intelligence-15

Wisdom-17

Charisma-13

Alignment:
Lawful Neutral A lawful neutral character acts as law, tradition, or a personal code directs him. Order and organization are paramount to him. He may believe in personal order and live by a code or ( Read more... )

Yes, the subject is in quotation marks for a reason. I had a productive day off yesterday, albeit with some fun stuff sprinkled in. This is a partial list of what I did:

- Cleaned my bathroom sink.
- Washed my car and vacuumed it.
- Got a haircut.
- Personally visited my tenants to get the very, very late rent. (I didn't get it, but she swears ( Read more... )

This last weekend was a good one, productive and fun. First, a bit of good news: I got a bonus check on Friday. Now, the economy being what it is, still in the early stages of what I truly hope is a recovery, I certainly did not expect the company would pay out bonuses. But, I did get one, and the amount was not insignificant - it was ( Read more... )