Saturday, March 26, 2005

Sweet

I do like the WFRP. That is cool about version 2. I really would be stoked to take a look it. Too bad about the Ratcatcher. That pretty much asures that Jon will never take it seriously. He will roll that career up and then name himself Ratman Theride. Booooo! Elzar, you will need to run a game of it with me in it some day. Bring it to Boobla Khan.

D>M>

Friday, March 25, 2005

WFRP 2.0

Arrived today via UPS, 4 days before the release date, and I am happy as a clam about it. There are fewer pages, a superior magic system, more careers (including Rat Catcher, fuckers), and a very nice full color presentation. I am thrilled to finally get a 2nd edition of my favorite all-time system. I love it!

Note to Aaron and Denis: The system is WAY better! The magic system is awesome! The careers rock!

Hooray for me!!!

Also, I had an ever so remote tear in my eye as I read the final act of a gnome called Borst. A fitting end to a terrific guy. Well done Jon, well done.
Ah yes! Borst is on retirement while I concentrate on learning more technical sk11lz, finding jaerb, and studying the lessons contained in "Robin's Laws of Good Game Mastering." Thanks to Rico and Allodin for escorting me through the devastated gnome capital of Gnomeregan to defeat its insidious overlord Thermaplugg.

What was an overwhelming challenge for a group of level 28-30 characters was... not... for a 45 and a couple of 55+. Suffice to say that Rico and Allodin decided to go "Batman" and punch our opponents to death. What with everybody's fancy capes this was actually a pretty good description. I eschewed my Marquis of Gnomeregan Fisticuffsmanship Style to use my fancy enchanted retirement gift (from myself) to stabby-stab our nemeses.



The loot wasn't so hot, although watching leprous gnomes fly screaming out of their punched-up machines was almost its own reward.

Afterwards I ran Borst back to his hometown of Anvilmar, sat him in a comfy chair in the inn next to his first warlock trainer, said farewell to the guildmates, and logged out. Thanks guys!

The End (Or Is It...?)

Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Most brilliant cover of all time?

You decide!

Well...

I think the time has come for me to call it quits with WoW. It's still fun but I just gotta say, it's too fun. I'm starting to get interested in other things but as long as this damn game is on my computer, it'll suck me in! So I'm gonna uninstall the sucker and cancel my account. I know they don't delete characters so I can always pick up again down the line sometime when Battlegrounds is out or something.

The only thing I really want to do in the game that I haven't done is see all of Gnomeregan, so I think tomorrow morning I'll try to get a group together (or hell, just solo it), get as far as I can into it, and then leave poor Borst's body down at the bottom of it somewhere! Then I'll think of Borst's story as "complete."

Whatta game!

Monday, March 21, 2005

What can I say Jon?

I like to live life dangerous. Always with the obscure refrences that tease the edge of being totally out of line.

Cooking is definately good stuff. I really like exploring it and I have become pretty good in the kitchen myself. It can be quite rewarding to cook up something tasty. On the other hand, spending hours on a meal and having it turn out okay or worse can be quite demoralizing.

I have actually never seen Deadwood, but my mother raves about it all the time. No HBO for me so I never get to see any of the cool HBO originals until they are out on DVD. I think HBO is the only premium channel I would be willing to throw down money on. They put out some good shows.

D>M>
(This post is guaranteed 100% WoW-free.)

Sometimes I kick ass. Yesterday I was in a pretty awful mood about various things but then I made this dinner consisting of chicken souvlaki and stuffed eggplant that was so awesome that it turned my mood completely around and gave me an erection to boot. It seriously ruled. The taste and tenderness level of the chicken was perfect with delectable pieces of zucchini broiled alongside the chicken to savory perfection. The eggplant, stuffed with a combination of the scooped-out pulp, garlic, feta cheese, white wine, and other stuff, tasted marvellous and the parmesan and breadcumb mixture adorning it was baked to a crispy ideal.

Cooking rules! When it works.

It was a very good weekend for food actually. Aaron's dad generously included my girlfriend and I on a dinner excursion to a pretty fancy-pants restaurant. We had some great wine with it too. I had some good ahi tuna but the best thing was the caramelized onion tart. Man, caramelized onions are the best. Anyway, Aaron, thanks to you and Pat for bringing us along, it was good stuff. I can't believe you mentioned the Atkins diet salad dressing a) while we were eating salad in a fancy restaurant b) in front of your dad and grandmother. You are a wild man!