...coming soon to a state fair near you Twas another mellow (read: lazy) weekend here at the old homestead. Tonight, tho, will be busy with the moving of furniture and such in the living room. Gotta make room for the new tv on Wednesday...and get a bunch of stuff organized and moved into the garage … Continue reading Hot Buttered Clams On A Stick
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The Great Indoor Camping Experiment
...Beverly Hills, 1979 Well sir, Grace and I headed off to Best Buy today and bought ourselves a spiffy new HDTV ready television and a stand to put it on. Of course, it won't be delivered until Wednesday, but that still means we can soon get rid of our rapidly dying old tv...and hook up … Continue reading The Great Indoor Camping Experiment
As Rare As a Pellucidarian Sunset
...and that's pretty darned rare Doc's Day Due to crappy weather and a low $$ situation, today was spent inside doing various domestic things. Laundering was done, dishes were washed, garbage was taken out and... ...I finally finished straightening up and organizing the Game Room/Library. It took me about three hours due to stopping every … Continue reading As Rare As a Pellucidarian Sunset
The Kitty Cats Go To The GAMA Trade Show
...to debut their new RPG, Litterbox: The Pooping Uncle Doc's Weekend Actually, it was a semi-lazy weekend. Too windy/rainy/cold to work in the garden and we are too post-DunDraCon broke to do much else. But chores were done, movies on the telly were watched, tasty meals were eaten, computing and writing were done...and smooching...mustn't forget … Continue reading The Kitty Cats Go To The GAMA Trade Show
Crazy Hot Rock & Roll Daddy
...with a bad urge to boogie You're probably wondering why I called you all here. Well... Gaming Stuff I'm finding myself all taken up with the writing fever. Mostly, as usual, this writing is for personal use...BUT...it could have some potential for sale...SO...I'm not gonna say much about it...BUT...a few of you will be getting … Continue reading Crazy Hot Rock & Roll Daddy
Dinosaur Meatballs
...one brachiosaur will make about 250,000 of them. Serve with spaghetti. Doc's Day Update Worked about 4 hours total in the garden. Started digging up the stray and very invasive California Roses. Man, was that a mofo of a job. Gave my 5 huge lemongrass clumps a haircut, which was pretty easy and smelled great, … Continue reading Dinosaur Meatballs
Dangerous Gravy
...you know you want to taste it. Damn...fell asleep in my chair last night and didn't write the third installment of the Fiction Experiment. I'll have it done tonight. Watched "Surface" last night. It's getting better every week, despite the fact that it (as in last night's episode) often pisses in the face of scientific … Continue reading Dangerous Gravy
The Five Blue Budgies Drop Acid
...windowpane, to be exact Aah, my friends, there are dark times ahead for your old Uncle Doc. Well, actually, there are dark times ahead for much of the northern hemisphere, because fall is here and winter is fast on it's heels. Outside right now it is rainy and cloudy and cold. I hate winter and … Continue reading The Five Blue Budgies Drop Acid
The Mental Sausage Grinder
...grind, grind, grind When I sometimes read the forums on RPGnet, it is often with a "watching a train wreck" sort of morbid fascination. Very rarely, I'll comment on something. Usually, I find 99% of the topics there to be either bitchy, brainless or just plain boring. However, last night I stumbled on this: http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=181356&page=1&pp=10 … Continue reading The Mental Sausage Grinder
ORIGASMI: The Art Of Folding Paper Into Sex Toys
...artistic and a whole lotta fun. Yes, for those very few of you who might be wondering, I am recycling subject lines from my old Blogger blogs. Not a huge amount to comment on just now. After work I'll be finding out exactly how much weight I've lost in the past month. Still doing well … Continue reading ORIGASMI: The Art Of Folding Paper Into Sex Toys
Beware Of The Wicked Kitty Cats And Their Pals
...they'll mess with your head if you let them Sunday Stuff Had a session, very probably our last face to face session, with the Gaming Group today. I gave them the intro to the Kingdom Building Sim (which will actually start in mid September) then we all played a rousing game of Dino Hunt, from … Continue reading Beware Of The Wicked Kitty Cats And Their Pals
Frog Pie
...it's croakalicious! I'm just about to leave on my evening walk and I thought I'd repost something I just posted on RPGnet. It concerns yet another thread about expanding the roleplaying hobby beyond the usual suspects and into the world of non-gamers. Here ya go: Skipping over all of the other "How do we bring … Continue reading Frog Pie
Mexican Jenny Goes For The Gold
...and got more of it than she reckoned Doc's Day I walked just over 2 miles in about half an hour this morning (and spent another 15 minutes shopping for groceries on the walk) and then did some writing. I'm trying not to do TOO much rewriting until after the editor goes over this draft, … Continue reading Mexican Jenny Goes For The Gold
He Was Bitchslapped By Love
...and he loved it The Random Musings of a Gamer Thanks to various gaming news sites, the posts by many of my LJ friends and my regular evening IM conversations with my pals Peter Hildreth and Avis Crane, I'm hearing alot about GenCon '05. I still kinda miss not being there (not terribly miss it, … Continue reading He Was Bitchslapped By Love
Green Mice, Yellow Cats, Purple Dogs
...it's just a crazy blur of color! Gaming News I'm opening up my Kingdom Building Sim Game to include THREE of YOU. This is a Play By Email game and info on the game will be sent out around the end of August. The game will actually start up around the third week in September. … Continue reading Green Mice, Yellow Cats, Purple Dogs
There Were Flowers In Her Hair And The Ocean In Her Eyes
...and then time stopped. Blog Fodder Got the latest issue of Alarums & Excursions today...issue #360, the 30th anniversary ish. I was actually kind of thrilled to see my name and zine back in A&E after all of these years. I reckon I'll have to contribute for a few months or so. My cantalopes have … Continue reading There Were Flowers In Her Hair And The Ocean In Her Eyes
Doc Tempest VS The Belles Of Hell
...title of the May, 1958 issue Doc's Imagination Runs Wild...Millions Left Homeless So I'm driving to a doctor appointment yesterday and a whole series of little things (thinking about the new Harry Potter book I have not read yet, gaming ideas popping into my head, the theme for "Have Gun...Will Travel" playing on the radio)cause … Continue reading Doc Tempest VS The Belles Of Hell