5 new phrases for RPG characters to use.

1. By the beard of Gygax!
2. Great Grabowski's ghost!
3. He's as mad as Monte Cook!
4. Rein-Hagen's • it's horrible!
5. The power of Steve Jackson compels you!

Howard Phillips Lovecraft, may today be filled with eldritch signs, mysterious dreams, cats from Saturn, and lurking creatures in the darkness of the world. Let's all take a moment to enjoy man's insignificance to the greater cosmos around him today in honor of Mr. Lovecraft.

Good news everybody, we can live safe now that the dreaded freshwater dolphin may be extinct. No longer must mankind fear it's playful nature and carefree lifestyle ( Read more... )

Finally I'm out of my old place, if not entirely into my new apartment, with a number of things still boxed around.

A shout out of thanks to the folks who helped me move.

Something I ran across in Scans Daily involved Jetpack Hitler (link is large and has many non-Jetpack Hitler related things). We get the immortal line "Well, Jetpack Hitler. Reality has finally jumped the shark."

I can honestly say that was one of the most amusing things I've seen recently. Matched only by the following:
"What's your superpower ( Read more... )

People really need to get a better set of terms to define characters they like and don't like beyond Mary Sue. The term has become so broad as to be nigh-meaningless. Anything that can apply to Amanda Heart the young girl who comes to Hogwarts and captures Harry and Draco's hearts so that they have a threesome, Elminster, Aerith, River, and James ( Read more... )

Brighter lights will put me in my place ( Read more... )

The fuzz!

Goddamn it.

Today has been great, horrible, and sobering so far. Who knows what the rest of it will bring?