Interesting weekend here at Chez Cross. Grace and I spent Saturday down in the Bay Area at Kubla Con. I ran two TOON games as part of Dorkstock West (the John Kovalic/Dork Tower celebratory minicon within a con) and both went very well. I also played in a session of the Dork Tower board game … Continue reading An Armada Of Armadillos →

The weekend approacheth and I need to put the finishing touches on my KublaCon Dork TOON games tonight after work. For those of you that attend said con, Grace and I will arrive about 8:00-9:00 AM on Saturday and depart about midnight Saturday. Please feel free to stop by the games and say hello. I'm … Continue reading I Said I Wouldn’t Break Your Heart. I Never Said I Wouldn’t Steamroller It Flat. →

Saw "Shrek 2" tonight with My Sweet Little Curried Shrimp of Love. Very funny flick and Puss in Boots pretty much steals the show. Stole this from iamnikchick... LAST LONG CAR RIDE: Understanding that "long car ride" means "more than 3 hours long" to a Californian, I'd say the trip to GenCon SoCal in December … Continue reading Powered By Love And Caffiene →

As usual, alot less got done this weekend than we planned. On the other hand, we still managed to do a bunch of stuff. I even cooked up a few finger sized baby zuchinnis for dinner. Didn't do as much in the garden as I would have liked, but did get things fertilized and tied … Continue reading Put The Blame On VTR →

Oh yeah, time once more for this... READING: The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game WATCHING: Animal Face Off (Anaconda VS Jaguar) DRINKING: Green Tea EATING: Cream of Wheat LISTENING: Acid Eaters by The Ramones PLAYING: Runescape CONTEMPLATING: Buying a digital camcorder

Ok, now THIS, http://www.mutablerealms.com/ looks like the kind of online multiplayer RPG that just might steal players away from tabletop roleplaying. I'm looking forward to checking it out later this year oor early in '05. EDIT FROM THE FUTURE (2014): Well, that was a bust. Mutable Realms folded in 2005.

Well, friends and neighbors, Grace and I finally bought a DVD player today. Yeah, I know we are behind the wave on this one, but owning a DVD player was not all that high a priority. I mean, we have DISH network, so movies are readily available. However, the fact that you can also play … Continue reading Crouching Chicken, Hidden Wombat →

Oh yeah...the title of the post below this one is taken from the fact that I bought a young coconut from a guy selling them ready to drink from. The meat of the coconut, when it is a young one, is very puddinglike and very easy to scrape off the shell. (which I did, with … Continue reading Swabajukama →

Well, my little porkchops, let's see what Uncle Doc did today. I got up early and drove up to my moms house. She gave me some plants and a couple of pieces of garden equipment. I gave her a Mothers Day card and twenty bucks. (because I no longer give actual gifts to family members) … Continue reading A Great Day For Coconut Snot →

Holy Hamsters, what a busy weekend lies ahead for the Good Doctor and his Sweet Little Red Winged Blackbird Of Love! Starting tonight, we are off to buy a new washing machine to replace the one that died this week. Then, tomorrow, we have... The Whole Earth Festival at the U.C. Davis campus A trip … Continue reading Put De Lime In De Coconut →

A personal opinion: I CAN HARDLY WAIT FOR THE FINAL FUCKING EPISODE OF "FRIENDS" TO BE OVER AND DONE WITH!!! Jesus H Christ on a bagel, this nonstop fucking hype about the end of a lameass sitcom that was never good enough to stand in the shadow of, oh, let's say "MASH" or "CHEERS", is … Continue reading Crazy Talk In The Wild Moonlight →

Well shit, our washing machine died last night. Not a really big surprise (it had been coughing up blood for a year), but a pain in the ass anyway. I guess my Sweet Little Chili Crab With Rice Of Love and I will have to go washer shopping this week. Watched the first half of … Continue reading Robot Sex →

WHEW!!!! Taking a break from the 90 degree heat and... staking tomatos, beans, zuchinni and cucumbers pulling weeds replanting small garlic plants harvesting and laying out large garlic bulbs to cure cutting French tarragon and setting it up to dry watering it all! (Soaker hoses GOOD, sprinklers BAD) laying out more mulch mixing compost into … Continue reading It Wasn’t Just The Hot Babes, It Was The Dancing Pig Too! →

Today wasn't quite as busy as I had figured it would be. Bought a bale of straw to use in mulching the veggies bed, then didn't actually mulch until 3:00 PM. Grace and I took Roscoe to Launderdog and now he's a sweet smelling dude. Didn't go bike shopping cos I was tired from being … Continue reading Gimme A Hot Woman And A Cold Beer →