Besides being incredibly busy at work, the big news is that my wife and I are expecting our first child. The baby is due December 1st according to the doctor, and December 5th according to my mom . . . something about a full moon ( Read more... )

As everyone who showed up at the last Requiem in Jazz knows, we are no longer LARPing on the alternate Saturdays. To thoe who did come and wanted to continue running short games, we have nothing planned for tomorrow. However, people are welcome to stop by my place around 8pm to either hang out or do something ( Read more... )

I am going to actually write a full review of the new Harry potter novel soon, but I would like to take a moment to berate the segment of fans who feel hurt, betrayed, and are upset over the death of an important character. Some fans are so upset that they are calling counseling centers according to a report on CNN and others are frantically trying ( Read more... )

With the 6th book, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, coming out this Saturday, I've been re reading the other books, well actually listening to them on audio tape. In addition, I have been tooling around on the web seeing what people are expecting for this next book, and there is this large debate going on about who the Half Blood Prince is. ( Read more... )

We left Orlando around 6pm that evening. I wanted to leave before the sun was down because I did not have a route planned to New Orleans. I knew that I had to take the Florida Turnpike to I-75 and then head north until I reached I-10, but I wanted the sun to still be up when we reached the interchange since it is sometimes easy to miss signs when ( Read more... )

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Now that I have returned from vacation, and have had a few days to settle down and be completely stressed out at work, I will give you a summary of my vacation, well at least the first part ( Read more... )

It actually begins tomorrow morning when my wife and I will get into the car and start the 20 hour drive to Orlando. I know a lot of people who dislike long car rides, but when Cathy and I went down to Florida for our honeymoon it was actually very enjoyable. Not only does a car ride allow us uninterrupted time to talk, we have also rented a number ( Read more... )

So you have become disenchanted with your endless characters bent on world domination and mass genocide and the death of God’s themselves. Has it come to the point that the game master knows all of your tricks and all the silly science that you use to create your weapons of death or your mass clouds of genetically engineered flesh eating dandelion ( Read more... )

As I was reading my Pet Peeve #13 post, i realized that some of what I said could be taken the wrong way. I spent a lot of time complaining about how parents use after school programs as substitutes for parenting, this does not mean that I think kids should not be a part of after school activities such as sports, clubs, and organized hobbies. I ( Read more... )