Wish I had more to say…life’s been interesting, in a mentally and physically taxing sort of way, but not a lot going on worth blogging about. I’ll spare you my misery surrounding economic uncertainty, national politics, timing not lining up the way I want it to, and occasional buyer’s remorse.

Rather than doing that, I’m going to share a couple of interesting things I found floating around the internet that have given me a little bit of respite from the general unpleasantness of life in meatspace:

♦- Late last week, I got my copy of Unexploded Cow from the successful Kickstarter from Cheapass Games. which I discovered thanks to work friend/closet gamer, and threw a few bucks at back in the fall. It’s a nice package, and looks like it’ll be a fun addition to the gaming cabinet.

♦- Speaking of games, just today, via Mikey Mason, I learned that the legendary “beer and pretzels RPG” Kobolds Ate My Baby is coming back into print, in a deluxe color edition, thanks to another Kickstarter effort from Ninth Level Games. I’ve never actually played this one, though it’s legendary in the gaming community, thanks to it’s irreverence, it tendency to inspire related art, and it’s rarity (original low-tech printings can go for hundreds of bucks online). I couldn’t back this one fast enough.

♦- Last year at Balticon, I heard a song. A song that stuck with me for months and months. However, until this week, one could not find a recorded version. That song? Foodcore anthem “Beetz in my Salad” by SJ Tucker and BigBadGina. Go listen, you’ll be glad you did. And while you’re poking around, check out Sooj’s other stuff – it’s very, very good, if you like folkie/celtic/”mythpunk” stuff. Heck, just go buy Mischief – it’s that good.

♦- And finally, I found this, a mash-up of NIN’s “Head Like A Hole” and Carly Rae Whatshername’s “Call Me Maybe”. It’s damned near perfectly executed.

So, those are some things. I also snagged the latest TMBG, but I haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet. I’m sure it’ll also be very good.

Hopefully the rest of those other things mentioned in the first paragraph will get better as well. I’m taking a couple of days off to hopefully decompress and get some things done one can’t do when they’re spending so much time getting to and from things.