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Assorted Doc Thoughts About Stuff On What Has Turned Out To Be A Very Lazy Day
The Origins Awards: YAWN! Does anybody really give a fuck about them anymore? Certainly not any of the Game Industry folks I know. Of course, most of them no longer give a rats ass about GAMA, so their feelings about the awards are to be expected.
Superman Returns: I think I’ve figured out why I’m not interested in seeing this movie…I was never all that impressed by the original Chris Reeve version and the sequels. Thought Reeve was great as Supes, but was terribly dissapointed in the rest of the flick. IMO, from Hackman as Luthor to Kidder as Lane to the whole Krypton as a Crystal Palace thing to the inclusion of the enormously overrated Marlon Bando, it was just brimming with suckage. The second movie was a touch better (mostly because I got to see it for free) and I only saw the third flick because I was offered sexual favors IN ADVANCE. I didn’t see the fourth flick until it played on tv…and I was drunk when I saw it. Therefore, the new Superman flick has gone to my “see it on DVD” list.
Bonobos: Ok, so Grace and I were watching a show about animal politics and they had a bit about how bonobos (AKA Pygmy Chimps) solve all conflicts with sex…male/female…male/male…female/female…young/old…threesomes…group sex…you name it. Now, this was stuff I already knew, but then they showed two of them screwing FACE TO FACE in the good old heretofore exclusively human missionary position. They are the only other mammals on earth besides us that do that. I was amazed by that fact. Of course, the idea of using sex to solve all conflicts is actually a pretty attractive concept and seems to work damned well, so maybe the bonobos are more advanced than we are.
Summer Squash & Green Beans: As I anticipated, my squash plants are producing very well indeed. Not as fast or as voluminous as the up and coming zuchinnis, but enough so that our freezer is rapidly filling with ziplock bags of frozen squash. The green beans (some of which are purple…at least until you cook ’em) are also doing well. Soon, however, it will be time to terrorize the neighbors with gifts of squash:) Unless I just decide to rip up the plants and plant something else in their place. Oh, and my winter (Acorn) squash are producing well, tho they are not ripe yet. When they are ready to pick, they will last for months with no freezing, so I may not give any away.
Lazy Day: As I mentioned above, today is a pretty lazy day, which is kinda unusual for me, but this is that time of the year when there isn’t a whole helluva lot to do in the garden. Yeah, I could do some household chores, but Grace swayed me with her “Fuck the chores, we’ll do ’em tomorrow” logic. So, instead, I slept in until 9…lounged around awhile while eating brekky and drinking my beloved morning tea (we loves it, my precious…it makes us able to think and wake up)…smooched My Sweet Little Shredded Pork Taco Of Cuteness…lounged around some more…went out and laid in the sun for about a half an hour at noon (good for my psoriasis)…watered garden beds X34-A and Beta47Charlie…came in and watched Sky High with Grace and now I’m blogging. Soon will come the dinner eating and then the walking.
Faery’s Tale: This is a new game coming from fireflygames and folks, it totally rocks! It’s all about the faery folk, both good and bad…AND it’s a great RPG for kids (and that means young kids) (and GIRL kids) and families. I played in a playtest session at Conquest Sac and it was fun and alot of laughs. It will premiere at GenCon. Go read all about it at the fireflygames LJ and the website
Dinner: Mongo no want cook tonight…Mongo ask wife what we eat, then go get…Mongo buy a couple of beers for after dinner
More bloggage later…
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