...yum yum Short Movie Review: Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End This movie had the same basic problems as the third Spider-man film: too long, too many plot devices/characters, not a tight script. It was ok, since any movie with Johnny Depp and Geoffry Rush giving over the top performances is at least watchable … Continue reading The Quiet Ducks Taste Best
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Cobras In The Water Closet
...not a pleasant surprise My sweet and playful canines woke me up at 6:00 this morning when they needed to go out to pee. I've been awake ever since. A bit of housecleaning (a very small bit) has been done. More will be done once we return from the 11:00 showing of Johnny Depp's latest … Continue reading Cobras In The Water Closet
FooFoo, The Happy Marmot
...and his drunken little woodland pals Poll Results Wow...voting was all over the place on this one, but the winner is Ace Pilot. We'll start working on him/her tomorrow. Now, let's do another poll and help Uncle Doc figure out what game/games he wants to run at GenCon. And now I'm off to walk the … Continue reading FooFoo, The Happy Marmot
Chasing An Alligator Up A Tree
...a peach tree Quick Stuff 1: Was gonna go to KublahCon this weekend, but since our GenCon fund is still a few hundred bucks short, I'll have to stay home. 2: Even as you read this, Alton Brown is wrapping up taping of a second 6 episodes of Feasting On Asphalt for an August 4 … Continue reading Chasing An Alligator Up A Tree
Goat Meat Taco
...mmmm, cabritos More Thoughts On Roleplaying Over on RPGNet, there is a post about what RPG's will be popular 20 years from now. As expected, D&D/CoC/Hero/WoD/Gurps top the lists, and I can see the logic of folks thinking that way. Personally, I think face to face tabletop RPGing will be an even tinier niche hobby … Continue reading Goat Meat Taco
The Startling Adventures Of Doctor Tempest And The Army Of The Dead
...from the June, 1897 issue Some Thoughts On Roleplaying Games As I was looking over my collection of computer games, it dawned on me that in most games, it is the sandbox mode that I play most frequently. Oh sure, the pre-made scenarios are fun and the main adventures in CRPG's like "The Elder Scrolls" … Continue reading The Startling Adventures Of Doctor Tempest And The Army Of The Dead
The Wackily Funny, Yet Somewhat Disturbing, Story Of Mostly Purple Patty And The Trip To GenCon
...costarring her good buddy, Becky Turnipwater Health Updates Doc: Leg is 90% healed. Otherwise, in good shape. Grace: Tired from work & school, but healthy Daisy: Healthy, happy & energetic Winker: In heat, so not going to the dog parks. Otherwise, sweet and puppylike And before anyone asks, we can't have Winker fixed due to … Continue reading The Wackily Funny, Yet Somewhat Disturbing, Story Of Mostly Purple Patty And The Trip To GenCon
Harry Potter And The Buggering Broomstick
...it's a particularly nasty spell So I'm over on RPGnet and I see this... http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=324535 ...which naturally got me thinking. Part of my reply was... Naturally, the Empire of D20 (based upon the Realm of D&D) would be huge, tho slowly fragmenting into independent baronies. The Land of the Vampire Storytellers would be pretty big … Continue reading Harry Potter And The Buggering Broomstick
Tea Time With Uncle Satan
...one lump or two? WOOHOO! Faery's Tale, a swell RPG that I've had a very small hand in developing, has been nominated for an Origins Award! The link to the list is here... http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/10479.html Congratulations to patricks and everyone else connected with the game. In other news, yesterday in the garden saw me transplanting 14 … Continue reading Tea Time With Uncle Satan
A Fine Pig’s Milk Cheese
...served with fresh durian Time To Empty Out My Head 1: Watched Heroes on Monday night and...damn! I love that show! 2: 112 days until GenCon! 3: Speaking of GenCon, I've got a few ideas for games I might run for my friends. First is a pretty standard CyberPulp game, full of action and adventure … Continue reading A Fine Pig’s Milk Cheese
Dogs Cooking Dinner, Cats Mixing Drinks, Mice Playing Jazz
...it's an animal house Weekend Report Saturday was mostly all about Grace heading off to American River College to work on a class project, me doing many different things in the garden and the girls mostly sleeping or playing or going walkies. In the evening, we watched tv and Harry Potter and the Goblet of … Continue reading Dogs Cooking Dinner, Cats Mixing Drinks, Mice Playing Jazz
Doc Tempest And The Comet Creatures
...from the December 1952 issue El Stuffo Spring is certainly not acting like a lady hereabouts. Low temps, high winds, lotsa clouds...all things that impede the joyful progress of my veggie garden. I read last night that Dragon and Dungeon magazines will be shutting down. While I almost never read Dragon during it's recent "all … Continue reading Doc Tempest And The Comet Creatures
Yeti Meat Sandwich
...with cheese Well, children, your Old Uncle Doc is still being hammered by allergies. I got a total of about 6 hours of sleep last night...in roughly 2 hour chunks. Damn, I'll be glad when this runs it's course. Yesterday's AD&D 1st edition game went well. Since Grace had to sit the game out due … Continue reading Yeti Meat Sandwich
Robot Duck Girl Higami
...more anime that doesn't exist Doc Update Once again, my weekend plans had the screws put to them by allergies. When I got home yesterday, my throat was killing me, so by 9:00 I was loaded up on Dr. Grace's Herbs & Minerals and in bed. I slept for about 10.5 hours. Felt a bit … Continue reading Robot Duck Girl Higami
The Touchingly Goofy Story Of Mostly Purple Patty And The Little Boy Who Painted Cows
...featuring her best friend, Nervous Eddie Doc Update Healthwise: Allergies still plague me (and, it would seem, they plague about half the population of Sacramento), but I survive. My leg was looking like it might be infected again, but we've decided that it was actually a reaction to hitting the treadmill too soon after my … Continue reading The Touchingly Goofy Story Of Mostly Purple Patty And The Little Boy Who Painted Cows
Junkyard Rebellion
...with snacks Weekend Update Well, I didn't garden as much as I'd like, but otherwise things were pretty busy. Below, the lists... Saturday 1: I saw 300, while Grace saw Night In The Museum. 2: Took the girls to a new dog park. They had fun running & playing. 3: Grace finished a bigass homework … Continue reading Junkyard Rebellion
The Astounding Adventures Of Doctor Tempest In The City Of Demons
...from the April, 1884 issue We went to see "Bridge to Terabithia" today and it was a pretty good flick. Badly misrepresented in it's ad campaign, but still worth watching. I will warn you that, unless you are a heartless wretch, you will shed a tear or two. No dog park for the girls today, … Continue reading The Astounding Adventures Of Doctor Tempest In The City Of Demons
Deep Fried Xenomorphs
...served with extra crispies Well, it's almost midnight and both the girls and myself are still up. I'm up cos I've spent the last 2 hours crushing France out of existence in Civ 3. The girls are up cos they've spent the last 3 hours sleeping. Grace? She went to bed about 9:30. So anyway, … Continue reading Deep Fried Xenomorphs
Red Cat Scream
...a neo-blues song My weekend was, by turns, fun...busy...more fun...tiring...exceptionally stressful...busy...tasty...big fun...busy...restful. On Sunday, the gaming group (minus Grace who is in Homework Hell) played Settlers of Catan. It was great fun and I won the game in a very close three way race for that 10th victory point. And now... Adventure Seed #5: The … Continue reading Red Cat Scream
Rowdy Owls
...eatin' mice and takin' names Further Dispatches From The Dorkside There are a very large number of kids at DunDraCon this year. Most of them see to be preteens and a fair percentage, maybe 25%, are girls. In fact, there are more kids here that I've ever seen at this con. Aside from playing in … Continue reading Rowdy Owls
The Secret Mouse Invasion
...they want our cheese Even Hank Aaron Struck Out Once In A While Well sir, after 18 years of GMing sold out, packed full with extra players Toon games here at DunDraCon, I had my first dud. Well, not a dud really, but a less than usually great game. Ten people did in fact sign … Continue reading The Secret Mouse Invasion
Wicked Turtles Shot My Baby Down
...if I find 'em, I'll kick their carapaces So I'm looking at the archives for January and it seems I did not post on a Wednesday all month. Well, except for today. Anyway, in other news, it seems that An Undiscovered Island In The Pacific is the winner of the most recent Adventure Seed poll. … Continue reading Wicked Turtles Shot My Baby Down
Not Quite Your Usual Suburban Mom
...what with that flogger and those red come fuck me shoes Birthday Weekend Update I'm about 3.5 pints into me Guinness just now. Decided not to have cake, but bought lots of ice cream. Today was Game Day and I made two kinds of killer salsa and some fuckin' ay great guacamole. Watched episode 2 … Continue reading Not Quite Your Usual Suburban Mom
The Thrilling Adventures Of Doctor Tempest Versus The Zombie Lord
...from the August 1898 issue Stuff...We Got Stuff 1: Not trying to sound whiny here, but fuck this freezing cold! 2: Since I can use some extra money for everything from gardening to this years GenCon trip, I'm gonna start on a "writing for money" project. Maybe two...I haven't decided yet. 3: Hmmm...my birthday is … Continue reading The Thrilling Adventures Of Doctor Tempest Versus The Zombie Lord
Sleepy Frogs
...ribbit, ribbit, YAWN Well, another afternoon of gaming has come and gone. The characters managed to: capture some bandits...make a deal to help the Faery Summer Court...get to the big city and sell some loot...make a deal with a wizard to go on a treasure hunt if he raises them to third level...go out partying … Continue reading Sleepy Frogs
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