A couple of weeks back, I learned with some sadness that my regular Monday night RPG session was coming to an end, due to both GM work schedules and the encroaching profitability of Magic: The Gathering tournaments. However, within the last 72 hours, I have managed to find myself invited two join TWO different intermittent […]
So, did anyone else notice the brouhaha over that article over at gizmodo about one woman’s experience dating a Magic: The Gathering champion, which some folks claimed read kind of mean? The essential thesis was that the guy probably ought to have mentioned his MTG affiliation in his online dating profile, given that he’s so […]
I was recently introduced to the concept of “”blogging as a spiritual practice.”” Not “”spiritual”” in the sense of either my youthful experience (angels, not thinking too hard about god, veiled right-wing propaganda) or “”celebrity”” spirituality as effectively satirized in the form of David St. Hubbins or Terry & Laurie Bohner on film, but “”spiritual”” […]
Being the devoted music fan that she is, Amanda Marcotte put this piece up about the 20th anniversary of the release of Nevermind coming up next month. That record, nor any of Nirvana’s output ever really resonated with me the way it did with a lot of my peers, especially those a few years younger […]
Tonight, we pour a flagon of mead out in honor of Plinq, the elven hunter, who died valiantly under the maul of the bewitched dwarven king he was trying to save. His arrows were true, and his wilderness tracking skills peerless, and his heart trusting. Sometimes too trusting, but that was just part of his […]
…but that’s not really going to stop me. I’m not geographically where I’d like to be this week, and that truly sucks. In the end, I shall manage, but so far, the universe appears to be holding a grudge, assuming that it could acutally do such things. Lots of little (and not so little) annoyances […]
Because that’s what I did the other night, rode into the sunset, and frankly, the glare got in my eyes, and I almost ran over a couple of joggers. Some tunes, now, from Pandora, because I didn’t have anything else handy. Good mix, anyway: “The Mesopotamians” – TMBG “Retreat from the Sun” – That Dog […]
Seen here, artfully posed with some of the crap lying around my hotel room: This, my friends, is a Lanikai LU22CGC Concert Ukulele. As it happened, I had taken a drive over to Guitar Center this evening to amuse myself after work, and after playing a bunch of guitars and basses I had no intention […]
This is the tenth entry of this particular feature, which is longer than any sort of project I’ve tried to maintain save the random ten (which doesn’t really require all that much effort). With this piece, I’ve talked about 40 records, which barely cracks the contents of the box. If I want to keep going, […]
