For as long as anyone can remember, The Watcher has been a part of Sonoma County.  Not an entity within the County, a part of it.  Kindred sometimes claim to have known someone who met him, but there has been an extreme shortage of verifiable firsthand accounts.

It is said that he was there for the founding of the Missions.   He was there when the ( Read more... )

When Storytelling any game, the greatest fear any DM has is when the players jump the tracks.  Make a move that is completely unpredictable and bypasses or sidesteps hours of prepared dungeon in order to head off in a completely new and unforeseen direction ( Read more... )

Went to the County today with some paperwork, hoping to work for my food stamps and General Assist.  Results were less than hoped, but could have been worse ( Read more... )

I thoroughly enjoyed this one.  I had heard from a couple of friends that it was not very good, and I just cannot see what the problem was.  THe writing was excellent, the acting was exceptional, the fight sequences were exciting and War Machine exceeded all of my expectations.

Sam Jackson was, as always, playing Sam Jackson.  And, as always, he ( Read more... )

I'm not sure why this bugs me, but maybe writing about it will help me figure it out ( Read more... )

So two weeks I have been off of drinking, and I'm not feeling any particular urge or desire to get slammed.  I didn't have a great time at the Ale Works on Tuesday, but I don't believe that was because I was sober.  I think I just was not feeling terribly social that night ( Read more... )

Last night was excellent.  I had a great time.  The people were amazing, the singing was fun, my mom had a great time... all was right with the world ( Read more... )

So here is the deal with my mom ( Read more... )

Last night, while at karaoke, I got a call from Jim ( Read more... )

Can someone PLEASE tell me why DVDs come with an extra cardboard case, out of which you have to slide the ACTUAL DVD case?  The two are absolutely identical in all ways, front and back, except that one is paperboard and the other is plastic.


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