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War-gaming Nostalgia
I recently bought a bulk lot of old hex-based war-games, primarily games with magazines like Strategy & Tactics and The Wargamer (I'm selling the extras on Trade Me BTW It came with a pile of folders containing photocopies of old computer game manuals, war-gaming catalogues and piles of paper containing the previous owner's own game designs, ( Read more... ) -
Musing on the Oracle
This morning's random ride-to-work play list had a sort of theme. It started with 3 Doors Down's Running Out Of DaysAnd all these little things in life they all create this haze
There’s too many things to get done, and I’m running out of days
There was Sir Bob's We Are The World, which I didn't even realize was on my phone. My anthem came up, New ( Read more... ) -
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This article ('It Evolved Into Birds' on MotherBoard by Claire Evans) asked several cyber-punk writers "What happened to cyber-punk ( Read more... ) -
Sister of Night
In the heat of the night
In the heat of the day...
The Sister's Dominion had just begun playing in my ears, when, like an apparition from long gone nights evoked by that song, she appeared in front of my morning-addled senses ( Read more... ) -
DreamWatch : Kissing & Training
Last night, I think primarily because of the heat, I slept poorly, and thus remembered my dream
The scene was the kitchen area of a camp-site, like Brookfields, during something like Hydra or Chimera, and people had gathered for breakfast ( Read more... ) -
Staring Into Space With A Vacant Expression
Been wandering around today as if I have a concussion, finding it hard to think straight, to remember thing to get things done. I've been not very observant, being surprised by things I should have seen earlier, etc. and my head has felt woolly and on the verge of illness. I've pushed on through it, getting a new hoover for half price at Farmers, ( Read more... ) -
Back to the Egg
As most of you will know I hit fifty last Friday. This led to a bit of retrospective thinking about my life, which in turn led me to asking my other if she had any photos of me as a baby as it would be nice to see them. They arrived today, and I decided to scan them so my other could have the originals back, and then I thought there might be some ( Read more... ) -
Fifty Years On
Last Friday I turned fifty.
The previous night, I had attended Thursday Night Curry, starting in the Fork & Brewer with adrexia, Joel, Jacob, & Martin. seraphs_folly joined us at Dawaat, along with others regular TNC-ers.
I'd taken my birth day off of work, after seraphs_folly expressed surprise that I hadn't already arranged to. I had intended just to go to work as normal and ( Read more... ) -
Para-sailing in Paradise
Yesterday turned into the least boring** day I have spent here so far ( Read more... )
