(Mask by Bob Basset , Wand by an old school DnD artist that I don't know.) Yesterday was fordmadoxfraud 's DnD game, & it was a lot of fun. During the day I got my act together, went to the gym (the only thing to watch while I was doing cardio was Dragonheart , which just in case you were curious, is terrible), did the dishes, took out the recycling, made the bed, straightened up. That...

Someone made this Flatiron Building mask for the work Halloween bash, but then abandoned it in the Sales Department somewhere along the line-- It has been sitting in between my desk & Kelly's desk since then, & the other day Kelly took some pictures of me wearing it. Of which this is the best. So that is where this picture came from! I'm terrible about taking pictures, I know-- no matter how often...

Last night's TV night was pretty fun! First off, the night before Jenny & I had some ridiculous pillow talk (does it count as pillow talk if it is before bed & not after sex?) & I remembered the anecdotes to relate to fordmadoxfraud & elladorian ! Like: I had started musing about how difficult it would be to make shoes that would let you walk on water, & Jenny was helping, trying...

Last night's Television Night really hit the spot! & ended up running later than usual for us old folks. No fatbutts et al, so it was just me, Jenny, elladorian & fordmadoxfraud . I went out to pick up some sandwiches from Brooklyn Bread (remember when I was all opposed to that place? Why? Weird) & grabbed a bottle of wine, too. We cracked into it a little before David &...

There was a DnD Summer Camp ? Almost as good as my Batman Scouts idea. See, Batman scouts! You learn stuff like rappelling & boomerang throwing, chemistry & riddle solving, all kinds of skills that Batman uses. Basically because I have fond memories of the first half of my Boy Scouting time, & since handstil brought it up in regards to Sir O. wanting to be one, I was thinking about it...

Last night was the last session of fordmadoxfraud 's Dungeon Mastering of the quintessential DnD 4e adventure, Keep on the Shadowfell ! Which meant I stayed up longer than old man me has stayed up in a while. Did you know that after midnight the numbers go back to single digits? Alright, so I sometimes stay up late reading, but that hardly even counts. I do know that Ben Franklin sold his...

The move started days ago, as far as I'm concerned, & despite Jenny's worries, I knew we were ahead of the game. I also knew that people were probably a little distrustful of my "no, we don't even need to pack stuff in advance, it is just downstairs!" stance, but it was true. All of it true, spray painted graffiti over the words the Emperor carved in the tree a spear's-length deep before he toppled...

Well, well, well, what do we have here? Oh my, little flickering window! I hate the Window of Light , & must fill it with my Black Runes . Saturn's day, oh calloo, what the heck did I do on that callay'ing day? I woke up; that definitely happened. Oh yeah, that was the day of Blueberry Totem , which presaged maximum relaxation. I did eventually tromp over to the gym, my sole goal, but they were...

Yesterday was not the worst, though I was sort of harried here & there & back again. Sherene is the new girl at the office, & she convinced me to join the YPG , mostly with the promise of free food (a lie!) & various strong arm tactics. Well alright-- she didn't lie about the lunch, but I kind of assumed it! So did Andy, who was also suckered in by her wiles. We went up to Random House for some...

Wizards of the Coast announced at Gencon that their next fourth edition setting was going to be Dark Sun . There had been some rumors that this was going to be the case, but I didn't really believe them-- I mean, wishful thinking, right? I didn't entirely discount them-- some of the 4e staff are Dark Sun alums-- but I wasn't count to count my thri-kreens before they hatched. Dark Sun has...