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Been slackin’ here again…

Like other people, I tend to retain the bad stuff much more acutely than the good stuff Oh yeah, the kender acquired two basilisk eyes, which tend to turn everything that looks at it to stone As usual I’m using Wordpress as my CMS because I am lazy and know well how to slap it into submission

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

What D&D Looks Like to a Newbie

I was prompted by a friend who asked what a gaming session looked like Before I go into what a session looks like, there are a few factors to consider One, not every gaming session will look like what I describe

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Free to a Good Home: One Slightly Used Cleric

So, after the grand total of one evening of roleplay and other D&D nerdity, I decided I just wasn’t feeling my young, naive druid cleric, and started researching other races to mess with I really had an obnoxious impulse to play a ranger (archer), with whom I could roleplay more readily than my nice but boring little cleric

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Zan on Religion

I don’t write about my thoughts and opinions on religion very often. Christian Side Hug A mandate on how you hug because somehow your fully clothed and not-in-use genitalia is facing someone else’s and that somehow constitutes a lustful and sexual overtone Really

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Bubbling Fountain

Vandalism aside, and yes yes it costs money to clean the filters and change the broken parts because of it, I always snickered, on the bus ride to college every day, when I saw that someone had poured dish soap or laundry detergent into the fountain next to the bank.

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

Gaming Session #1: Five Strangers Meet in a Tavern…

A friend, hereafter named Red-Headed GM, offered to start up a D&D game with myself, the druid and the two other roommates the gamer and the geek, and a mutual friend who arrived with the GM I had picked the gamer’s brain regarding various D&D things, I’ve played a few MMOs and knew the right questions to ask regarding different classes, my gaming style and how I can adapt that to a D&D game, different races, and so on

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

No Writey

I haven’t been very writey lately My days are fairly full–from the time I wake up until around 2pm, I’m calling and writing people asking if I may purchase their car or truck by making payments From 2pm to around 7pm, I’m calling and writing people asking if I may apply for a job they’ve offered

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Just a Dirty Towel

The druid had just gone to work with the driver, a friend who has driven taxis for a number of years, and provides his service to the druid for a reduced fee There was a wet, used towel on the floor next to the tub. To me, it’s just a dirty towel on the floor, another dirty plate in the sink

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

DANG IT!

MY FAMILY NEEDS A CAR!! PLEASE HELP ME!!!!

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Best Job

What’s the best job you’ve ever had, or ever hope to have? My first job was as a babysitter So yeah, not my best. At 14, my mom decided I needed a job, and got me employment at a local motel doing linen and cleaning service So yeah, not my best there either. Definitely not my best. SOOO not my best.

Thursday, January 7th, 2010