Don't be boring.

I'm not saying it's a profound life philosophy or anything, but it's axiomatic to me. Don't be boring. We only get a short time to be sentient. Wasting it is an affront. So don't be boring.

The flip side, I think, is that I'm easily bored.

Man, where to begin ( Read more... )

I don't know that I've got a full historicized how-do-ye-do that explains American fascism. Is it enough to know that Lindbergh and Ford liked Hitler? That we had our own brownshirts in the days before World War II? That we herded Japanese-Americans into concentration camps during the war ( Read more... )

Got more to say about fascism and America and history and the Tea Party movement and the shutdown, but that's not what I'm thinking about at the moment. A large chunk of my processing power is given over to the TV show "Agents of SHIELD ( Read more... )

I spend a surprising amount of time worrying about fascism ( Read more... )

The thing about running ~3 games/year is that players want to see some advancement, and it's not all going to come as a result of what happens at the table.( More thoughts on that Star Wars game. )

The crucial thing to know about my Star Wars game is that I run it for my improv buddies Scott, Steve, and Mark. It's a specific thing the four of us do together. Scott and Steve have been best friends for, oh, 20+ years now. Steve has an extensive geek background. Scott doesn't -- he was never interested in roleplaying until about 5 years ago, ( Read more... )

LJ isn't great for communicating with my friends anymore, and I'm not looking for a quiet space to express my views. But it's still handy for lists.

I ran a Star Wars RPG session last week. T( That should tell you whether you care about the rest of my entry. )

It's not quite 2 years since I had my decrepit old cat Calvin put to sleep. At the time, I made a quick list of Things I Remember About Calvin, which I promptly set down somewhere and forgot. I found it this morning. This time, I'm going to put it on the internet so that even if I forget, someone else might stumble across it 20 years from now ( Read more... )

Dammit, I want to talk to someone about my thesis. You're elected ( Read more... )