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Passing of one of my idols
A fraternity brother of mine, Norm Spain passed away last Thursday at the age of 95. I met Norm when I was an undergrad and I always saw him as the epitome of a gentleman in my Fraternity. He was a true gentleman, a kind man, a good brother, a great family man, and I will miss him greatly ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Planning My Financial Future
I started a job at age 18 and will be eligible to retire at 48 with 65% of my salary, adding 2.2% per year thereafter. I will likely wait until my daughter is in college which will give me over 70% with an increase of 3% per year. I also have an IRA as does my wife. she will be eligible for SS at some point, but we will not plan ont hat being ( Read more... ) -
The RPG I write for
This is an update on the campaign that I write for:
During the first year of the Fellowship of the White Star campaign, the campaign staff had a tons of fun and we hope you did too!
It turns out we had 23 modules. 12 A's, 8 B's, 2 Intros and 1 D. The last two modules for 1905 are A112 Turf War and B107 Silent Night. They should be available soon.
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The way kids think...
So I went over to the neighbors house the other day. He is also a good friend of mine and my son goes over to since he likes playing with my friends step-son. My buddy is painting some little lead (ok so they aren't lead anymore, I still call them lead, dela with it) soldiers for "flames of war".
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2008 ENnie awards
Hola,
Thenodrin Presents, LLC (the company I write for) has been nominated for a 2008 ENnie under the category Fans' Choice: Best Publisher.
If you have time, please go vote for your favorites! (We hope that's us, but even if it isn't, please go show your support for the fan based awards!)
The voting link is:
http://www.ennieawards.com/voting.html
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Gay Rights
Why is that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?" -Ernest Gaines
We would like to know who really believes in gay rights on livejournal. There is no bribe of a miracle or anything like that. If you truly believe in gay rights, then repost this and title the post as "Gay Rights." If you don't believe ( Read more... ) -
Political test
Wow, it was right.
http://www.okcupid.com/tests/1391298482069756899/Politics
Your Score: Libertarian
You scored 65% Personal Liberty and 71% Economic Liberty!
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Letters to the Editor...
This past fall I decided to start writing letters to the Editor of the local paper (The Columbus Dispatch) when things I read perturbed me. I did this for three reasons.
One, it helps me vent on things that annoy me. Not anything that I dwell on, just things that I read that I think to myself, "Oh my lord, what are they thinking".
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Thenodrin Presents, LLC., Fellowship of the White Star
Well, the game some friends and I wrote seems to be doing well. We are at 111 copies sold with modules being played at 6 conventions/game days so far and 9 more scheduled. We have 9 modules and seem to be on track to release about one per month.
For those who don't know, it is a d20 based role-playing horror game set in semi-historic earth, 1905- ( Read more... ) -
Lessons through a child's eyes
Funny story at the bottom, next paragraph is just setup.
Ok, so my kids went to bible school this week. My wife and I consider ourselves christians, but we don't go to church or actively discuss religion. We are completely cool with whatever religion or not anyone wants to be. But our cousin, who watches our kids 2 days a week was going to her ( Read more... )