LOL newspapers are dying. Yes, I know, this has been covered in depth over and over ad nauseum etc. But Jesus Christ, the Sacramento Bee is breaking my heart ( Read more... )

Some things that are starting to define my week:

My scheduling feels weird. Ever since Conan told me to stay home on Fridays, I've been constantly ambushed by the fact that I have one less day in the week to get my shit done. Don't get me wrong, I sort of appreciate the fact that I get to hang around in my bathrobe and go "DAAARRRR" on what would ( Read more... )

Fremont, California. A city determined to be the Unplanning Capital of the World. A place where ugly fucking condominiums that no one wants to buy can be summoned immediately like a fucking two mana point interrupt, and hobby shops are bulldozed after years long court battles for no discernible purpose. Where everything is aesthetically atrocious ( Read more... )

This is totally one of those "I'm kind of mad so I'm going to piss in the wind" kind of posts. But I thought I'd put some information out there, just in case anyone runs into our wonderful California brand of crazy fucking Ronald Reagan messianic Republican.

Item 1: Contrary to what armies of mouthbreathers are saying on the radio and the internet ( Read more... )

4:36 pm: *idly checks e-mail ( Read more... )

GIS for "willful ignorance":


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GIS for "vagrants a-poppin'":


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GIS for "crazy old man dancers":


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GIS for "your productivity fails its reflex save and is slain":


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One of the coolest people in the Bay Area died today.

Jacques Littlefield was a private collector of historic tanks, which he kept on his ranch in the North Bay. He was an occasional visitor to Scenario Game and Hobby back in the Days of Yore, and once organized a private tour for the shop regulars (I am forever bitter that I was working that ( Read more... )