...from the December 2009 issue Well, we got a light touch of snow last night...some of which is still on the ground...and the local tv channels are all covering the hell outta this terrible blizzard:) Lots of pics and video of yards and cars with as much as a half inch of snow on them. … Continue reading Doc Tempest And The White Horror From The Sky
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What To Do If Your Cheese Begins To Vibrate
...and other useful tips Help the puppies & kitties! I would like to remind all of you in the Sacramento area that the Sacramento ASPCA Winter Book sale starts Friday at 10 AM and runs all weekend. It's at the Marketplace at Birdcage, next to the CVS pharmacy. TONS of cheap books, y'all! Especially mysteries … Continue reading What To Do If Your Cheese Begins To Vibrate
The Family Friendly, Yet Way Terrifying, Story Of Mostly Purple Patty And Evil Zombie Santa Claus
...co-starring her Grandpa Boris Hello, children! It has been a battle these past couple of days between your kindly old Uncle Doc and LiveJournal and this poor old laptop. Many times have I been nearly ready to throw the laptop away and then crush LiveJournal HQ under my sandaled feet. Seems to be an LJ … Continue reading The Family Friendly, Yet Way Terrifying, Story Of Mostly Purple Patty And Evil Zombie Santa Claus
Fire Monsters In The Sky
...BIG fire monsters This morning, I spent about an hour carefully crafting a reply to the most excellent comment made by doc_mystery to part of my last post. Then I spent 20 more minutes creating a poll for y'all to take. Then I bumped the wrong key and it all disappeared forever. I will try … Continue reading Fire Monsters In The Sky
A Song…A Dance…A Fireball In Your Pants
...beware of wacky wizards My Plans For Today 1: Write/edit stuff for the Coming Real Soon Now website. By "write" I mostly mean write and watch tv and give demanding dogs and wives some attention. 2: Rearrange things in the library. Since this means moving heavy boxes of books & stuff, I can be sure … Continue reading A Song…A Dance…A Fireball In Your Pants
Chapter 221: In Which Our Hero, Having Escaped From Prison, Takes Refuge In A Cave Full Of Voles
...ewww, cave voles! A Request Some years ago, I (along with a great many other folks) was filmed for a documentary on roleplaying. It was released, but I've never seen it. I DID see a short clip of it on the website of the folks who made it...and it can be purchased...but I cannot afford … Continue reading Chapter 221: In Which Our Hero, Having Escaped From Prison, Takes Refuge In A Cave Full Of Voles
A Permanent Place On The Group W Bench
...also, HAPPY TURKEY DAY! For your reading pleasure, the lyrics to the greatest Thanksgiving Day song ever written. Alice's Restaurant By Arlo Guthrie This song is called Alice's Restaurant, and it's about Alice, and the restaurant, but Alice's Restaurant is not the name of the restaurant, that's just the name of the song, and that's … Continue reading A Permanent Place On The Group W Bench
Silly Robots
...trix are for carbon based lifeforms The folowing is a reposting of a comment I made on another blog. The initial posting was about how great it was to eat Thanksgiving leftovers on "Feasting Friday". There will be no leftovers at our house. Before we ever wed, my sweetie and I decided that, as is … Continue reading Silly Robots
Days Of Wine And Muskrats
...or wine drinking muskrats...or whiney muskrats...or muskrat au vin HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOHN KOVALIC!
Looney Tunas and Merry Maladies
...I really need a vacation Gaming Stuff 1: I am 75% done with my CC3 map of Hogwarts and the surrounding countryside. It is very much like the official version, but with a few minor adjustments. I think my players will have fun exploring it. 2: I realy need to play in more games at … Continue reading Looney Tunas and Merry Maladies
The Secret Files Of Sherlock Holmes
... if you thought "Thr Giant Rat of Sumatra" was weird, wait'll ya read these Yes, I have some website related plans for things Holmesian. So far, today is off to a really slow start for me. Grace is out mystery shopping her butt off, The Girls are having their Pre-Park Walk Nap and I'm … Continue reading The Secret Files Of Sherlock Holmes
Walking Through The Bacon Tree Forest
...where you get hungry every 15 minutes Geek Media Update 1: The latest "Twilight" movie is out. Millions of pre-teen and teen girls experience orgasm. 2: The new version of "V" is losing viewers with each episode. That would be because is sucks. 3: The new version of "The Prisoner" is getting mixed reviews from … Continue reading Walking Through The Bacon Tree Forest
The Nursery Rhymes Of Doom
...not your grandparents nursery rhymes, for sure Ok, so as I was walking The Girls to and from the park, I created a new Soooonnnngggg Foooorrrr Dooooogggggsssss!!!! Walking to the Park Oh we're walking to the park With a bark! bark! bark! Just walking with Dad Feeling happy and glad When we get to the … Continue reading The Nursery Rhymes Of Doom
Worm Salad On A Stick
...yum yum Hot Stuff, with Lobster Sauce 1: My last dream before waking up involved erupting volcanoes, tropical islands, gospel singing fish, stupid humans and an escape plane that started to come apart over the mainland. Pretty normal, by my standards. 2: My plan for the "Hogwarts" RPG series that should start the end of … Continue reading Worm Salad On A Stick
Sliced Potatos Fried In Duck Fat
...here, ducky ducky Gadzooks! The weekend was pretty fuckin' brutal to Uncle Doc, kiddies. Mystery shops out the wazoo (along with their corresponding reports) kicked my ass. I was up until 2:00 AM doing reports on Saturday and up until 12:30 last night. Only had time to bathe one dog (Winker(, so Lucy will get … Continue reading Sliced Potatos Fried In Duck Fat
The Rare And Beautiful Giant Vampire Butterfly Of Potawango Island
...they have a 9 foot wingspan Today, on top of several mystery shops, I must wash my stinky canine companions. I cannot tell you what fun that will be. In other news, I'm formulating plans to get my gaming group back together starting in January. And now, it's wet dog time.
The Sinful Fish
...they are just plain evil. I've just finished watching an hour long look at The Kinks on the Biography Channel and it has put me in the mood to post the lyrics to a couple of my favorite Kinks songs. Celluloid Heroes Everybodys a dreamer and everybodys a star, And everybodys in movies, it doesnt't't … Continue reading The Sinful Fish
It Was A Very Cheerful Apocalypse, As Such Things Go
...with singing and fudge and cartoons and pie and an open bar Website thoughts While revising and reviewing the vast number of characters/locations I did both here on LJ and in unpublished files, I've decided that I'm going to go with Theme Weeks when I put them up on the website. (which we are hoping … Continue reading It Was A Very Cheerful Apocalypse, As Such Things Go
The Migration Of The Dancing Elks
...it's a 200,000 elk conga line Stuff...IN 3D!!! 1: Grace and I both had to work on our anniversary yesterday, but when I got home, I whipped up a dinner of pork chops, mashed potatos, gravy, spinach and tapioca pudding for dinner. It was very filling and delicious. 2: Your Humble Narrator has been working … Continue reading The Migration Of The Dancing Elks
AAAAAHHOOOOO! Werewolves Of Woodland!
...AAAAAHHHOOOOOOOO! THIS DAY IN HISTORY! 40 years ago: My pal was born! Happy birthday, Nik! 20 years ago: The Berlin Wall fell! Take that, you commie motherfuckers! 13 years ago: My Sweet Angel, Grace, in a moment of either lost sanity or saintlike charity, married me in Reno, Nevada. Sweetheart, it has been a wonderful … Continue reading AAAAAHHOOOOO! Werewolves Of Woodland!
The House In The Woods Where The Singing Badgers Live
...You need to be really drunk to find it The Adventure Building Poll, The Finale: The Army Of Terror And so, we rap up our little adventure creation experiment. It was fun, folks, so we'll do something similar soon. After a day of resting up, Our Heroes hear that the Super Creeper is raising hell … Continue reading The House In The Woods Where The Singing Badgers Live
The Stupidly Funny, Yet Kind Of Annoying, Story Of Mostly Purple Patty And The Hopping Vampire
...co-starring her pet gopher, Mr. Pembroke So this afternoon, less than 3 minutes from pulling into work and going home, I'm at a stoplight in the bigass company van when some dickwit rearends it. He hit pretty hard, about 2 seconds after I had stopped. I'm ok, the van is slightly damaged, but his car … Continue reading The Stupidly Funny, Yet Kind Of Annoying, Story Of Mostly Purple Patty And The Hopping Vampire
Super Frosted MescaWheats
...fiber with that psychedelic difference The Adventure Building Poll, Third Phase: The Army Of Terror We're nearing the end here, folks. The Super Creeper is nearing critical mass, El Santo is still alive and Our Heroes are undaunted! Let's see what happens next. More bloggage later!
Harry Potter And The Ghosts Of Baker Street
...from the post-Hogwarts days Stuff: The Musical! 1: It was 10 years ago today that escrow closed on stately Cross Manor. Still 12 days away from the official move in date, tho. 2: Today is the start of yet another Mystery Shopping Death March. Grace is out doing hers right now, and I will head … Continue reading Harry Potter And The Ghosts Of Baker Street
Doc Tempest And The Sword Of Satan
...from the April, 2011 issue The Second Website Poll Results Ok, gang, time to look at your answers on the second poll concerning my upcoming website. Once again, thank you to all of you who responded. There are several ways to present world settings. Which do you prefer? Quite a bit of detail in all … Continue reading Doc Tempest And The Sword Of Satan
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