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Enough with the turkey, Yuletide beckons
I just got finished watching a 13 episode TV series via the magic of Netflix Instant Streaming, so it seems entirely appropriate to do a bit of a catch-up before diving into the new episodes:
Thanksgiving dinner was great, as provided by The Chicago Firehouse. gracefuleigh and I hadn't been before, and our trip in reaffirmed my desire to go back when they ( Read more... ) -
Celebrity (not) spotting!
So apparently, I was entirely oblivious to everything during my last trip to Hot Doug's....
like Anthony Bourdain showing up and Chicagoist catching
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Campaign Nostalgia #3
The Game: Mage: The Ascension
The Players: pxr5, fengshui, ectophylla, zsquirrelboy, vimnelius, plus Mr. C.
The In Nomine game eventually started going south, so sometime in the middle of Spring Quarter that year I decided I would call it quits and then quietly start up a new Mage game with a slightly different player roster. One disastrous e-mail later (which I never heard a peep from the ( Read more... ) -
One line updates
Orlando was less fun my second time through, but still enjoyable. Would have been more so if not for the head cold I got on my second day there.
The dry heat of Las Vegas the week after was an excellent remedy, though. It was my first trip to Sin City and I only scratched the surface; I'd love to go back with
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Dear Nintendo
Hey Reggie -
For the Nth time, your Friend Code system is retarded. Know what my XBox Live friend code is? My phone number, so my friends can call me and tell me to get the hell online. Next time around, along with HD support, let's go for something that wasn't designed for 12 year olds (or at least, a way to opt out of the To Catch A Predator ( Read more... ) -
Technoporn
Here's the thing about Peter F. Hamilton - take any one aspect of his overall body of work (weighting the Commonwealth Saga ahead of the Night's Dawn stuff because I consider the latter to just be an earlier draft of the former) and there's probably someone in SF who can do it better. Any number of military SF writers do better space battles. ( Read more... ) -
Opening day!
It may be 42 degrees and miserable as hell here in the Windy City, but there is no cloud layer so thick it can obscure the Turning Of The Seasons Yes, there was a game last night. And some in Tokyo last week. But as far as I'm concerned, a new season of The Great American Pasttime begins today! 163 games and everyone is tied for first.
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I realize that it's not historically unusual, but still....6 inches of snow today? Six?
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Up for air
Yes, I haven't posted in a very long time (8 weeks, according to my LJ front page). No good reason or excuse, except for the same miserable Chicago weather that has crushed the spirits of many. I don't normally feel it as acutely as this year, but I've been feeling somewhat unmotivated and lackluster (really, not a bit of luster to be found) for ( Read more... )