Ohio has just been called for Obama, and Pennsylvania was about half an hour ago. Barring an u8nexpected upset in a state that no one expected to support McCain, it's now become mathematically impossible for McCain to win the election.

I'm too happily stunned for words. More later, but now I'm off to watch the polls.

I guess the point of this meme is to come up with something for each question beginning with the first letter of your last name. Not terribly inventive, but I have two minutes and was vaguely interested ( Read more... )

[1] Who was your FIRST prom date?
I only went to one, my senior prom, with little__one. It was lovely ( Read more... )

Just so anyone who might have been trying to reach me the past few days is aware (and I know that chaeri and little__one have sent me texts or voicemails I've not gotten this weekend), I managed to drop my cell phone in a puddle on Friday; seems there's a hole in a pocket I never use just large enough for a cell phone to slip through, and I absentmindedly put my ( Read more... )

In just a few hours, pghkitten, guendolen_sama and I are are leaving Pittsburgh for Otakon, where we will spend the weekend consuming vast quantities of media primarily in a language we don't understand. We'll return Sunday may or may not be back for Sunday gaming, depending on what time we leave the con. If you need to contact us, we can be reached by cell phone ( Read more... )

The title is a result of having just seen the trailer for the next Harry Potter movie, and it looks awesome. Between that, Iron Man, Dark Knight, and the various others still in theatres, it's been a good movie season. But the title is also apropos for life in general ( Read more... )

Well, after a number of crises that will be detailed here as time allows, we're roughly 19 hours away from closing on the house. In practical terms, this means I'm going to be a bit tough to reach over the next week as we sort out our possessions, utilities, and so forth. Ideally, we'll have a functioning computer and internet access at the new ( Read more... )

This week, I have experienced a huge surfeit of lampreys. And it's likely to get bigger ( Read more... )

My five questions from virtualdragon:

1) Are you still using your home-brewed version of AD&D 2nd Ed. for your campaigns or have you moved on to 3/3.5 and will you move on to 4th edition?I long ago abandoned 2.0 rules for 3.5...hell you were there for that. I really only retained the elements of 2.0 in college that weren't covered in 3.0 (like psionics for Al- ( Read more... )

My copies of the 4E D&D books just arrived, appropriately enough right after my interview is no longer a distraction. Review of the system is pending. mrteapot, did you get yours yet?

In related news...happy birthday, mrteapot! What do you want to do to celebrate? At the very least, your Kennywood ticket is on me ( Read more... )