Somehow a suggestion has gotten out there that I should run a game of Paranoia for my D&D group.  I think it would work well, provided I can get them all to show up at the same place at the same time and be interested in playing.

I've played Parnaoia maybe three times in my life and never run it, but what I've played has stuck with me.  It's that ( Read more... )

After years of pooh-poohing such activities, I have become a video game addict.  I'm spending far too much time playing various iterations of Final Fantasy.  I'm about halfway through FF IX, and have just recently started my adventures in the 8-bit world of the original.

Help!

A few days sick in bed, a few days stuck at work, a lovely time with a lovely person, but no time, or at least no inclination to make time, to blog ( Read more... )

Saturday was a waste of time.  After a mere five hours in bed (D&D session went late, but was fun), I got up and came into work at 8:00.  Of course to come into work at eight, I have to get up at seven and then drive for half an hour.   We were doing some network transitioning.  I brought a few gaming books in case I had a time when the network was ( Read more... )

In the interest of having more to do at home when I am utterly exhausted and don't feel like going out, I'm thinking of getting a game console.  The main reason I haven't gotten one until now is I'm not that interested in playing most of the games.  I haven't had a console since my Atari 2600, and that was (good lord) twenty years ago.

What I'd ( Read more... )

Feeling somewhat refreshed after a trip to see some friends (and their cute babies), Our Hero returns to work only to discover that someone who was coming down to meet him during the day will now be arriving after his usual time for departing.  Therefore, he sits, waiting, not knowing if this contact will come at all.

The final package has arrived ( Read more... )

I really need to upload some kind of picture to this.

I also need to play around with settings to get a better aesthetic look.

In addition, it would help if I actually had something to say.

I'm at work now, and I don't like posting from work.  It somehow seems wrong.  On the other hand, I'm generally too tired to do it at home, which is why I have ( Read more... )

I like to relax and sit around on weekends.   I have, in the past, mostly used this time to read.   Recently, though, I got a set of rabbit ears for my television.  Prior to this, the TV had been just an adjunct to the DVD & VHS players.  Now, I can watch TV with something approaching decent reception and about eight channels (although one is in ( Read more... )

I have discovered that I've now gotten to the point where I can't write a single complete sentence of fiction without severely doubting what I'm saying.  Since the best way to improve something is by practice, I've resolved to start updating this Livejournal periodically in order to practice writing.  With no theme or focus, I can write about ( Read more... )