Because of circumstances described in this post , there will be no game this month. My apologies.

Gakked from ebenbrooks : OK, here are the rules: 15 Books Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you've read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes. Tag at least 15 friends. Here are mine in no particular order (free-association order): 1. The Gilded Chain, by Dave Duncan 2. Dune, by Frank Herbert 3. Mordant's Need (2 books...

Since I was in north OC/Los Angeles I was able to spend a lot of time with Lil from Montreal.  Yesterday was the very dull but occasionally brilliantly informative Yellow Ribbon event to let soldiers and their families know what programs are available and what rights we have.  I now know why TriCare cut me off after 27D school: I let TriWest know but I didn't inform DEERS.  I had to either call them...

OK! So I have caught up and seen Star Trek. How to review it? It's challenging. Do I review it as a Trek fan, as a general action/sci-fi film fan? As a Romulan fan? So many levels! So I will start with the general action/sci-fi film review, with no spoilers. I think I will follow up with a detailed, friends-locked commentary with spoilers later. Onward to the non-spoiler Tanuki review! "STAR TREK"...

I recent was looking through my screenshot folder and found a few that amused me, so I thought I'd post them here: First we have a clever use of name and costume in combination. This fellow was named Eclipse Boy. I thought this was very well done. Simple, yet evocative. Here we have a pic of me and some friends who did a Heroes tribute team a couple years ago. From top-to-bottom, left...

Since I was home sick yesterday, I didn't post much about the weekend. So here's a couple of things: 1. My Sunday Monsterpocalypse food drive tournament was a great success! We had 10 people show up, including 3 new players, and everyone donated a ton of food. Not only that, but other customers at Emerald Knights donated food even if they weren't playing. Comic/gamer/scifi people rock. My gigantic...

A complicated movie, with a complicated, lengthy spoiler-laden review from me. So the Mrs. and I went to see "Watchmen" on Saturday with a group of friends. Of the group, I was the only one who had read the original graphic novel, so hearing other people's reactions (especially my wife's) was interesting. Because it was such a long, complex film, and my reaction to it was also quite complex, I...

Former WizKids employee Jake Theis was quoted on HCrealms.com that another company is in the process of buying the Heroclix brand and preparing for a relaunch. This news pleases me. While I have more than enough Heroclix to satisfy me (ie, enough Green Lanterns and Sinestro Corps members to do lantern battles ad infinitum), there's been a remarkable surge in good new comics series lately. And oddly...

I visited the AEG Web site (makers of the L5R RPG) for the first time in a few months today. It made me want to rant. Again. Sorry, friends who have heard this 20 million times already. (Hidden to spare your sensibilities) ;P kuni_izumi and I used to talk about how the L5R game was being taken over by a "card nazi" attitude in recent years. Now I am an old-time player of both the card...

Friday evening: Early Valentine's Day double date dinner with Minette's friends at the Raymond in Pasadena. Great food, much fun. Saturday: Minette and I went out for a bit in the evening and had Mexican food. Quite a lot of people trying to get into various Burbank restaurants. Brrr, quite chilly! Sunday: Went to San Diego and hung out with ebenbrooks , caprine , blujogger ...