Poor Harrison had been a poorly car for a while. The nasty loud clatter at low revs was always a little worrying. The way the car shook between 65 and 70mph was a little disconcerting as well. I think though, that after the handbrake went weird, and the rear tyres seemed bald, and given that we needed a new brake light, and the fact that one of the ( Read more... )

Ytterbium is the 70th element on the periodic table. This was the 70th Eastercon. Hence the name.

I usually find Eastercons a bit of a mixed bag. This was no exception.

Something that I do find is a problem is that Eastercon is a little stuck in its ways. While the science track is good and the event is very well organised and run, new media seems to ( Read more... )

The National Student Gaming and Role-playing Championships is an annual event hosted by student role playing societies. Much like The Eurovision song Contest, the winners each year host the following year.

This year it was in Glasgow. Kind of a trek, but we do have a car. This makes life a lot easier.

We also had a bomb. More on that later.

So we ( Read more... )

 After several years, I finally managed to get something resembling a Spirit of the Century campaign started.

Session 1 - I had a museum robbery as part one of a daring adventure.
Session 2 - One of the players couldn't make it. Found a free adventure that could be pressed into a prequel adventure.
Session 3 - Player still busy so I threw together a ( Read more... )

As a hardcore Trekkie, there's obviously one show that I'm looking forward to every week. That show, of course, is The Orville. And Discovery. Yeah. That too ( Read more... )

It was time to say goodbye to Brussels, but not before visiting the "Beer and Chocolate District", in order to buy some beer. And some chocolate.

So we arrived at Brussels Midi with far too much time remaining, but I wanted to be sure to catch the train and not have to rush. Also wanted a little more time to visit the supermarket for some cheaper ( Read more... )

Final day;
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It's
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Visited Antwerp to see some friends. And Bruce Dickinson.

David and Natasja are a lovely couple, both artists.
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We missed the Christmas Markets for various reasons. But we like trips to Belgium ( Read more... )