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Good dreams, old friend.
Well, it came too soon. A few days ago our dear dog Lionel developed a real problem with his hip, on the left side. And went rapidly down from there. We've been basically carrying him in and out, the last couple of days.
It's the hardest decision you have to make, but it's one you have to make ( Read more... ) -
A good weekend, for bad reasons.
My dear friend David Bartling passed away, not long ago. He was my instructor for Oceanography, in high school. It's... very hard to describe how profound an effect he had on me. And the hundreds of other students he taught over the years ( Read more... ) -
OK, this made me laugh.
There comes a time in every Guild Wars 2 adventurer's life when her progression begins to go through certain, well, changes. These changes begin when an adventurer reaches level 5, and they get even more pronounced when she hits level 11. It might feel confusing and embarrassing; suddenly, you've got red exclamation marks on your hero panel and ( Read more... ) -
Rock of Ages...
... rocked. That' all I'm coherent enough to say. Also, I <3 bfly for a delightfully existential history of the elements of rock conversation on the stagger home from that 3+ beer movie.
I have more to say about that, but... later. Since it's 1:30am. Or more. And my folks are coming by in... less than 8 hours. :p -
A modern Descent...
... as in, a new take on the old 6-axis Descent game. There's a kickstarter for Retrovirus, which already has a playable demo, and is looking really good... but it's not getting nearly the love (aka funding) it needs. So... if you loved Descent 1 & 2, take a look at the vids on the Retrovirus kickstarter page, and check the updates page, where ( Read more... ) -
Went and saw Prometheus.
No spoilers.
I thought it was bad. I really did. So much potential, many clever ideas... horribly implimented. It could have been awesome, but all that potential was just pissed away. None of these 'highly trained professionals' acted realistically, and I never really cared about any of them ( Read more... ) -
Meme of writing seven.
Shamelessy stolen from the delightful marthawells.
The rules:
1. Go to page 77 (or 7th) of your current ms
2. Go to line 7
3. Copy down the next 7 lines - sentences or paragraphs - and post them as they’re written. No cheating.
This is from my most recent WiP - The Black. Page 77 is the start of a new chapter, and 7 lines down exactly cuts out the first ( Read more... ) -
Oh yeah!
I really meant to do this yesterday, but I'll do it today instead...
Happy (now belated) birthday to me! :> Beltane's come and gone, and with it the anniversary of my natalism.
It was a pretty normal day, which isn't a bad thing at all. bfly made an awesome rummy cake, and got us tickets to Def Leppard, which is awesome!
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Movie time.
Wow. So. Guys. Wow. So... listen...
I just got back from seeing The Cabin in the Woods.
It's like... Joss Whedon & Co. made a horror film.
Seriously.
Just exactly like that.
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Beer chillin', and games.
So I spent a few hours over at mongo42's place, building a beer chiller. It's very cool, so to speak. Took 100f water and turned it into 47f. Sometime soon we'll do a better test w/ the water under pressure, so it flows faster, but still... pretty darn awesome. It'll make hot summertime events more chillin ( Read more... )