I know at least half dozen of you will appreciate the Holiday adventure by one of the world's most exciting heroes!



Click on pic to head over to a host of other alternate Doc Savage covers.

Doug.

From the The Royal Society of London: The logic of Ménage à Trois

Amongst other LJers this may be an indicator of a massive amount of weed smoking. With me this is not the case.

The "holidays"* so far.

Holiday gym first. Felt great. After work yesterday ... don't get me started. Eventually though I broke free, and after some EVEing I went for a nice lamb curry with Tim F. Mmmm. Lamb curry. Anyway, afterwards we went to the cafe and gave the Deadlands boardgame a two-player spin. The rules could be much clearer, a lot seems to be assumed. And the two player game is sort fo clumsy ... the game needs a third or fourth player. For now the jury is out. We'll see how this develops on second play.

Holiday gym today. Pushed a couple things that are still sore from yesterday. I'll regret that. Hot Turkey Sandwich for lunch. Still felt pretty good though. now I'm at work. This afternoon: Escaping here, writing Thursday's Fantasy Craft game.

If there's a copy of the boardgame Ra at the Evil Store I may pick it up today or tomorrow.

Doug.

* In quotes because that normally doesn't involve being at work every day this week.

Last night was one of the more elaborate dreams I've had in a while. This time my brain delved up my memories from the 90s and that colorful if awfully cliche show, the Power Rangers. ( Read more... )

The dream then shifted to some rambling tale about mice with super powers fighting to save Gomez and Morticia from the Addams Family. No costumes, just little white mice with strange powers like body grafting, electricity, and the ability to roll up like an armadillo and bash through things.

You know, I would say I should stop eating before I go to bed but I last ate around 6 PM and I went to bed at 11. Maybe I should eat spicy foods before bed to make the dreams make sense?

Happy birthday, L. L. Zamenhof!

Felichan Naskightagon, L. L. Zamenhof!

Beware the Incubus!

First: you heard the good news, I presume.

Second: Crash and Burn! The Steve Weddle Memorial Airport Flash Fiction Challenge is up-and-at-em today, so go, check out yours truly and the work of many other bad-ass writers writing flash fiction about... airports.

Third: At #terribleminds, today's a good day to talk about the narrative convention of... Killing Off Your Characters. Death, as it turns out, can be more a thief of conflict than you'd expect. Come!

And that is all.

-- c.

Ok. So I'm probably one of the few people on the planet who hasn't seen this until today.... But the music is so awesome!

... in the form of a press release.

-- c.

My top wisdom teeth are out. All went smoothly and I am home with pudding and Percoset.

I need my 'nocs. Who's there?

Do YOU like robots?

I like robots.

Lets talk about robots!

http://writingincarnate.com/?p=22

Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile" and I will respond by asking you five questions that satisfy my curiosity. Update your journal with the answers to the questions, including this in the post.

Questions from redmartel:

1) So, since Jews don't proselytize, is my new family less a bunch of idiots?

It isn't proselytizing specifically that pushes my buttons. I have a hard time not being disdainful of religion in general, and that applies to pretty much every religion from New Age to Islam. As I said in my last post, a lot of it has to do with the fact that I stopped believing in God so early and, thus, tend to find adults that believe in it ludicrous on some level, like grown-ups who still believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. On a rational level, I know this isn't fair and that I know plenty of intelligent people who I respect who are religious. But it is an emotional response that I have to work to overcome, or I get patronizing and sarcastic. It is why I stopped discussing religion online. I just couldn't do it without being a dick.

2) Where you are working again, and are they hiring?

SUNY Buffalo and it has a hiring freeze for every department except for mine, due to the massive (and repeated) state budget cuts. I think we are on our third cut for this year alone.

3) Do you run games anymore?

Yep. I run D&D every Sunday and do occasional one-shots when we have a day free. Last one I ran was Kerberos Club, a Victorian Superhero game. They fought Automaton Domestics put out by Babbage Computational, run by the creepy Lady Ada Lovelace.

4) How do you not let the time your son needs annoy you when you want to do geek things?

It can be tough. I remind myself that we are his world, that he can't go off and find something else to do when we are occupied. I try hard to balance it out, making sure to take him out to do fun stuff before games and spending as much time with him as I can before and after. It is easier now that we've started to get a handle on the ADHD, because he is more capable of focused playing. I just try to be patient.

5) Did you like Watchmen? Will you like Avatar?

I loved Watchmen. Don't know about Avatar, though I'm willing to give it a go. Cameron is a good director who produces films that look great, but I don't think he's a terribly good writer.

Oh yeah. I guess I should make these available, though I think most people have seen them.

M'colleague posted pictures from the Mafia game I ran a couple of time units ago. You can see the first part of the picdump here: http://niko-hime.livejournal.com/361381.html

Followed by the second part here: http://niko-hime.livejournal.com/361561.html

Since we were chatting about social media the other day, I decided to pop in a post more specifically tailored to how I, as a writer-creator-story asshole, utilize different aspects and avenues of it.

What social media do I use, and why?

Read on, peeps.

-- c.