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Next gaming system
I had a truly wonderful weekend. papercuppie's party was about 10 times as awesome as expected, and expectations were high. The Birthday girl was a leeeetle too incapacitated to join in on D&D the next day, but everyone else, including one hungover DM, showed up eventually and much fun was had with introducing something I'd been planning since just after ( Read more... ) -
Money
Apparently, there's a big to-do about autograph/photo fees right now, because Patrick Stewart has decided to charge $200 for signed photos at Dragon*Con ( Read more... ) -
fireworks, real and philosophical
I've been meaning to post about this weekend's fireworks show and the politics-related thoughts they inspired. Don't worry, the politics are under the cut ( Read more... ) -
Three sentence book review
Juggler of Worlds, by Larry Niven and Edward Lerner:
Sci-fi that continues the revisit of Niven's "Known Space" series begun in Fleet of Worlds. The main character is a paranoid schizophrenic from the 1960's short stories who ties the newer and older tales of Known Space together nicely. Creative retcons of many of the original stories fill in ( Read more... ) -
To the guy behind me at the red light...
You know, sometimes it doesn't pay to have faith in basic human decency.
( Rant on bikes vs. cars and selfcenteredness ) -
Three-sentence book review, and movie fun.
Peter Hamilton. The Naked God, part three of the Night's Dawn trilogy ( Read more... ) -
Sunny disposition
So, sitting in an office in Sunny, beautiful Vermont this afternoon has been somewhat boring. I'm waiting until I can actually start the work I'm here to do...
So I took a personality test uniquely suited to my recent weekend hobby.
I Am A: True Neutral Human Wizard/Sorcerer (3rd/2nd Level)
Ability Scores:
Strength-13
Dexterity-12
Constitution- ( Read more... ) -
Interesting times
I had a bit of fun yesterday, in DC for a conference on data centers. I really enjoy walking in most cities from public transit to destination - it's the 30-45 minutes that public transit adds over driving at times that has me driving in instead ( Read more... ) -
Keep it locked up inside, don't talk about it...
Ye flipping Gods, who ordered their April with an extra side of winter? 44 degrees? Come. On. Already ( Read more... )