We saw "Spider-Man 2" tonight and it was very very good. Not my #1 all time best comic book movie, which would be "X-Men", but it's surely #2 on the list. The story was excellent and the fights between Spidey and Doc Ock were just...WOW! The only thing bad about the whole experience tonight was … Continue reading The Rare Lithuanian Sneezing Clam →

Came home yesterday to find that four of my 8,000,000 cantalopes were ripe. Picked 'em, sliced one in two and ate half of it. Hot damn, these are some delicious melons. I reckon Grace and I will be eating them for quite awhile, since the vines show no sign of slowing their production. This coming … Continue reading It’s Zero Hour And We’re All Outta Booze →

4th of July here at Chez Cross was much like any other Sunday, except I hauled out the barbecue and made some Docburgers and grilled corn on the cob. Very tasty stuff. We also had suteed chanterelle mushrooms as an appetizer and ice cream for afters. The rest of the day was occupied by gardening … Continue reading Attack Of The Killer Zuchinnis →

Ok, this right here is just TOO FUCKING STRANGE. I'm looking thru the American Map 2004 Road Atlas of the United States (large scale, large type edition) doing some vacation planning and as I'm checking out Iowa, I'm seeing points of interest listed and right there by Riverside(just south of Iowa City)I see an entry … Continue reading Doc’s Head Explodes! Film At 11:00! →

Title courtesy of the late great Frank Zappa. All of the con reports I've been reading about Origins 2004 kinda make me want to go to Origins some year in the near future. Probably not next year, but maybe the year after. GenCon is fun and all, but a change of pace might be nice. … Continue reading Is That A Real Poncho Or a Sears Poncho? →

Just a quick bit of bloggage to let y'all know that I've FINALLY started posting entries in my new fiction blog over on Blogger.Com The URL is: http://tfse.blogspot.com/ Check it out and let me know what you think. More entries ARE on the way

Another fun weekend here at The D&G Cross International Home For Aging Gamers:) We PVRed "Return of the King" off of pay per view, so now we have the whole trilogy saved. Soon, we'll set aside a Saturday and watch the whole shootin' match from start to finish. I spent the bulk of Saturday driving … Continue reading Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Jose Cuervo →

So I'm driving home from work, music blasting loud, when right in the middle of The Ramones "Rock and Roll Radio" these altered lyrics popped into my head... We need change and we need it fast. The GOP is stuck in the past. And lately they all sound insane to me Woah Woah That felt … Continue reading The Basset Hound Liberation Front →

Oh yumski yumski! My friend Sharon went all crazy in the head this weekend and spent the better part of two days cooking up huge batches of Chili Verde, Spanish Rice and Refried Beans. Last night, she gave me a bunch of all three and I had a fine dinner. Even better, since Grace doesn't … Continue reading Fear And Loathing In Middle Earth →

I'm taking a break from transferring some of my LP records to MP3 status. I'd forgotten how many albums I have. After the break, I'll be doing all my Michael Nesmith stuff, then it's Jethro Tull and The Kinks. My "Hell In Your Mouth Chili" turned out very well yesterday. With luck, my tongue will … Continue reading Spending Quality Time In A Warehouse Full Of Other People’s Stuff →

This weekend is shaping up to be a busy one. Naturally, gardening is a large part of it, but there are other things screaming for my time. First off, I have to hook my friend Sally's turntable up to my laptop and transform several albums worth of music into MP3s. Next, I need to dry … Continue reading Kitty Cats Steal A Sports Car →

I've changed the name of this LJ to "Oops, Wrong Planet!". For many years that was the name of my zine in Alarums & Excursions, but since I haven't written for A&E in a long while, I just figured I'd move the title over here. The original title of this LJ, "Tales From Somewhere Else" … Continue reading The Funhouse Mirror Universe →

Another weekend bites the dust. I did some (but not nearly enough) work in the garden. All the veggies are coming along nicely, especially the cucumbers and cantalopes. Plenty of flowers blooming, including my new "Limerock Ruby" Coreopsis and my pink cannas. We played another session of the Kingdom Sim game today. Things are really … Continue reading Frozen Lizards On A Stick →

Just heard it a while ago...Ray Charles died today. Now THAT was a man who should be remembered and honored in the national media for a week. And yeah, I'd be up for seeing him on the twenty dollar bill.

My Sweet Little Chicken Pot Pie Of Love and I have just returned from seeing "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" and we liked it. Yes, they did cut or compress things from the book, but overall they did a really great job of telling the story. There were a few bits of exposition … Continue reading He Rode Off Into The Sunset And Took The Sunset With Him →

I'm bored and sleepy, so you get this to read, copy and alter with your own responses. UNWRITTEN BOOK YOU WANT TO READ: "Women Explained: A Guide For The Puzzled Male" UNMADE MOVIE YOU WANT TO SEE: "Wild Cards: The Movie" WHAT SHOULD WE CARVE ON YOUR TOMBSTONE: "What're YOU lookin' at?" ANIMAL SPECIES YOU … Continue reading Yummy Fried Whale Fritters →

Damn...almost a week with no posts. Time to fix that. The garden is cooking along just fine. We have cucumbers piling up in the kitchen and the tomatos & cantalopes racing headlong towards ripeness out on the vines. Grace has been picking green beans every day and the basil plants are bushing out wonderfully. My … Continue reading Porkfaced Morons From Neocon Central →

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 →