...as sung by Tom Waits To All My Friends Of A Non-Religious Leaning: Happy Undead Jesus Day! To All My Friends Of Various Religious Faiths: Happy Whatever Day! All you religious folks need to standardize yer holidays, so as to make things easier on us heathens. Today at Chez Cross there will be relaxing, house … Continue reading The Sad Ballad Of Junior Muskrat And The Mean Weasels
Author: Doc Cross
I'm Doc. I live in Sacramento, California with my wife, Grace, and two dogs named Yoyo and Duke. I've been blogging for 22 years. I'm a TTRPG gamer, a gardener, dog lover, cook, and unrepentant scalawag. I write things that I think people might enjoy reading, especially if they are roleplayers or just strange. I hope you enjoy reading my stuff.
The Horticultural Whore Sees Red
...and green This morning, one of the local garden centers has 4 inch pots of veggie plants on sale: two for $1.29. This is a good deal, so I went to check it out. I found that by "veggies" they meant about a dozen varieties of tomato, 5 varieties of pepper and 1 variety of … Continue reading The Horticultural Whore Sees Red
Creamy Lizard Pudding
...is it made from creamy lizards or is it creamy pudding for lizards? A bit of quick meme stuff Finish The Sentence Meme... 1. I've come to realize that...animals are superior to people. 2. I listen to...more things than people suspect. 3. I talk...a lot. 4. I love...Grace, The Girls, My Family, My Friends. 5. … Continue reading Creamy Lizard Pudding
Caution: Contents May Cause Brain Melting
...or itchy feet Ok, kids, Uncle Doc has a couple of questions for all the Roleplaying Gamers out there. Yes, that includes you folks involved in the industry side of the hobby, cos yer still gaming geeks. Question 1: If you are a PLAYER of table top RPGs, why? What do you get from it? … Continue reading Caution: Contents May Cause Brain Melting
Particle Man VS The Electric Birdhouse
...ok, so I was listening to "Flood" Stuff...on a roll, with mustard & relish 1: Grace is doling a bit better...less coughing, more sleeping. 2: I have a pulled muscle or pinched nerve in my neck. It hurts and pisses me off. 3. Winker's yeast infection in her ears seems to be under control, but … Continue reading Particle Man VS The Electric Birdhouse
Doc Tempest And The Monster On The Moon
...from the September, 1999 issue A Short Note To All Public Figures Dear Rich & Powerful Men & Women, Please read the following several times, take it to heart, then go on with your lives. THERE IS NO SEX OF ANY KIND WORTH THOUSANDS, OR EVEN HUNDREDS, OF DOLLARS A POP! None! Nobody's genitalia or … Continue reading Doc Tempest And The Monster On The Moon
Fried Sea Monkey Salad
...yum yum Well, Grace got a call from her doctor and it would seem that the chest X-rays they took the other night indicate that she has pnumonia. She stayed home from work today, but will be back at work tomorrow. She is on antibiotics and is resting as much as possible. Also, I'm keeping … Continue reading Fried Sea Monkey Salad
Chapter 143: In Which Our Hero, Newly Knighted, Seeks The Counsel Of Wizards And Eats A Peach Tart
...mmmm, good tart The High School Meme 1. Did you date someone from your school? I dated several girls from my high school and a few from nearby high schools. 2. Did you win anything in Senior's Who's Who? The what? 3. What kind of car did you drive? My car was a 1957 Chevy … Continue reading Chapter 143: In Which Our Hero, Newly Knighted, Seeks The Counsel Of Wizards And Eats A Peach Tart
George The Dinosaur Goes To The Movies
...to see Jurassic Park The best laid plans of mice, men and free range californian celtic white boys oft go awry...especially when the aforementioned white boy has to tend to a sick wife, wrangle basset hounds and do housekeeping. Ergo, there will be no Violet post tonight.
Give Me A Rockin’ Piano Solo With A Side Order Of Saxaphone
...and some extra heavy bass guitar Ok, folks, I'm finally feeling ready to resume the saga of Violet and her pals. I shall attempt the writing of a rather long entry tonight. In other news, the ever creative robindlaws has posted his quite cool idea for running a mix of seminar and audience participation RPG … Continue reading Give Me A Rockin’ Piano Solo With A Side Order Of Saxaphone
The Rare And Beautiful Squishy Rhinoceros Of Potawango Island
...and they're neon colored STUFF 1: My health level is almost back to normal. Yay! 2: Grace's health, however, is not so great, mostly due to having caught my cold. In fact, even as I write this, she is at Urgent Care getting looked over by a doctor who can hopefully prescribe her some meds. … Continue reading The Rare And Beautiful Squishy Rhinoceros Of Potawango Island
Mexican Jenny And The Trip To Portland
...during which nobody was arrested, hurt, ill or left behind In Meme Yet Green: 1982 So, as part of that "tell us about your life in the year XXXX" meme, I was assigned the year 1982. Of all the years that could have been picked, 1982 is one of the top ten most interesting years … Continue reading Mexican Jenny And The Trip To Portland
Just Keep Walkin’, Ambrose
...yeah, that's a very obscure reference, Dementoids A Remembrance Of Games Gone By As some of my LJ friends have done today, I hereforth tell the tale of my first encounter with Dungeons & Dragons. It was late November of 1976 and my first wife and I had been living in the Eugene/Springfield, Oregon area … Continue reading Just Keep Walkin’, Ambrose
Lolcats Ran Off With My Favorite Hamster
...and they ate my cheeseburger Well, my little pals, I finally had a night of more than 4 hours sleep. True, it came in a 4 hour chunk, followed by a 2.5 hour chunk, followed by two 1 hour chunks, but what the hell...it was sleep. My head still aches, but my nasal passages are … Continue reading Lolcats Ran Off With My Favorite Hamster
Goodbye, Mr. Gygax
...RIP So I get home just a few minutes ago and the first thing I see on my Friends List is that E. Gary Gygax, half of the duo that created Dungeons & Dragons, has died. I met Gary twice. The first time was at my very first GenCon, when I got on an elevator … Continue reading Goodbye, Mr. Gygax
The 9 Things You Never Want To Say To A Rabid Mink
...of course, if you speak mink, there are 14 more Despite being brought to a state of near death by allergies, I shall still attempt to entertain you via the following IM exchange made earlier tonight. DocCross [7:05 P.M.]: I, on the other hand, am being skullfucked by a dedicated team of allergy goblins. DocCross … Continue reading The 9 Things You Never Want To Say To A Rabid Mink
Dogs Eating Sweet Potatoes, Cats Eating Turnips, Mice Eating Asparagus
...actually, dogs love sweet potatoes Doc's Day Well, going out in the wind today had it's good points and bad points. Good point: got a fine dining room table and chairs. Bad point: the wind grabbed an allergy hammer and gave me a helluva beatdown. I am SO glad I have an early morning appointment … Continue reading Dogs Eating Sweet Potatoes, Cats Eating Turnips, Mice Eating Asparagus
The Dog Who Thought She Was A Lap Warmer
...a 42 pound lap warmer Well, boys and girls, Uncle Doc had a rather sporadic 3.5 hour (4:00 to 7:30) nap this afternoon. It's hard to sleep for long at a stretch when you get coughing fits from a goddamned tickle in your throat. No cold...no fever...no runny nose...no phlegm...just a friggin' tickle in my … Continue reading The Dog Who Thought She Was A Lap Warmer
The Incredibly Strange, Yet Somehow Comforting, Story Of Mostly Purple Patty And The Green Zebra
...co-starring her Uncle Floyd and his trained toupee The Horticultural Whore Is Not Ready Yet Ok, so today and tomorrow were both going to be all about me gardening. Nice weather? Check. Tools ready? Check. Ground mostly drained of recent rainfall? Check Gardener in good shape for tackling a mess o' work? Nope. After slightly … Continue reading The Incredibly Strange, Yet Somehow Comforting, Story Of Mostly Purple Patty And The Green Zebra
Devil Pigeons With Laser Eyes
...they crap on a statue, then melt it The Letter Meme This is the meme where you list 5 things that start with the same letter that have meaning to you. I was tagged with "R" by the world famous mylescorcoran. If you want to be tagged, reply to this entry and ask for a … Continue reading Devil Pigeons With Laser Eyes
Attack Of The Pasta Men From Mercury
...as usual, they've come to steal our women Doc Update #3,965,471 1: I'm finally feeling almost entirely human again. Man, I REALLY hate being sick. 2: Last night's Call of Cthulhu game was huge fun. Bigfoot...crazy old miners...suspicious townsfolk...aliens doing vivisection on still living humans...it was the bomb. 3: Now that I'm feeling better, my … Continue reading Attack Of The Pasta Men From Mercury
A Big Old Magnet For Crazy White Girls
...and the random off her rocker latina No, that doesn't refer to me. So, yesterday I bought ANOTHER friggin' cell phone, to replace the El Cheapo one that died just before Dundracon. Since the chip from my old phone doesn't work in my new one, I've had to plug in phone numbers manually. Which leads … Continue reading A Big Old Magnet For Crazy White Girls
Super Hero Ninja Girl Mizumi
...more faux anime that popped into my head Not Dead Yet! I still live, tho it is indeed as a pale ghost of my former self. Still no onset of real sickness. I'm beginning to wonder if a vampire or phantom lover is not visiting me in my sleep. Still, despite feeling like 5 pounds … Continue reading Super Hero Ninja Girl Mizumi
Fear And Loathing In Munchkinland
...we were halfway to the Emerald City when the lollipops kicked in Ok, so I've not posted as often this month due to feeling crappy. Well, the crappiness continues. I'll go into more details when I feel better. I can't say when the next Violet post will go up. Perhaps not until March. Sorry for … Continue reading Fear And Loathing In Munchkinland
A Big Hot Bowl of Ant Soup
...the kind with crunchy ants Dundracon 2008 Part 5 It was Grave Robbers From Outer Space that we played, not what I wrote earlier...the Saturday afternoon Call of Cthulhu game was mucho fun...ate dinner at Baja Fresh with friends...played the Arkham Horror board game until midnight...it has about 35,000,000 tokens, cards, etc...very fun game...went to … Continue reading A Big Hot Bowl of Ant Soup
