Mitch Hedburg, RIP! So funny. Remember listening to that Eric on the con drive? And we tried to listen to Dane Cook and hated it. Now, go figure, that same Dane Cook cd I find hilarious, heh. =.-
Saturday, September 09, 2006
morning bodysurf people: I'm going to bed at 3:36ish AM now, so I'm gonna miss teh waves. I basically was gonna go to bed early, and while I was chattin with Jael tonight we finally figured out the password to the wiki (just tried many spellings heh) and i got sucked into that for a couple of hours. Then, like the old days of the internet, I just spent the last like hour or so following all this weird "Small Wonder" shit. God, so much weird shit out there. Was lookin at all this promo-material for the show from back then. Those old ads from like TV GUIDE n shit were SO horrible. Ugh. I think this all started tonight cuz I wanted to make an entry called "Vicky, toth the saladth!" and got sucked down that dark hole. Ugh. Plus I'm self-conscious and would feel gross at the beach without a sexay wet-suit tshirt. So maybe sunday if I do 10 meeeeelion pushups tomorrow. And go to bed early. And don't drink tomorrow night.
Mitch Hedburg, RIP! So funny. Remember listening to that Eric on the con drive? And we tried to listen to Dane Cook and hated it. Now, go figure, that same Dane Cook cd I find hilarious, heh. =.-
Mitch Hedburg, RIP! So funny. Remember listening to that Eric on the con drive? And we tried to listen to Dane Cook and hated it. Now, go figure, that same Dane Cook cd I find hilarious, heh. =.-
Wiki Wacked is fun
Okay. Fully loaded and linked. I added 82 entries. It took me a fuck load of time to enter. Now you jerks need to add the goods. Its lots o fun to remember all these fine juicy nuggents of memory.
Note: If you edit your text in Word or some other WYSIWYG editor, beware of non-ASCII apostrophes and quotation marks (AKA Smart Quotes, Uggg!). They can screw up links. Pretty easy shit. If you have issues you can just email my ass and I can include it into wiki.
DO IT!
D>M>
Okay. Fully loaded and linked. I added 82 entries. It took me a fuck load of time to enter. Now you jerks need to add the goods. Its lots o fun to remember all these fine juicy nuggents of memory.
Note: If you edit your text in Word or some other WYSIWYG editor, beware of non-ASCII apostrophes and quotation marks (AKA Smart Quotes, Uggg!). They can screw up links. Pretty easy shit. If you have issues you can just email my ass and I can include it into wiki.
DO IT!
D>M>
Friday, September 08, 2006
Holy Shit!
Enron's additions to the Wiki had me in stitches!!! OMFG!!!11!!!one!!!!eleven11!!!!
Truly sir, you have upped the ante! You just gotta remember to add your entries to the letter page, or else no one will see them!
Also, I will be sleeping on your floor, good sir, either friday or saturday night next week, as I have been given the green light to flee to SF from SC.
Enron's additions to the Wiki had me in stitches!!! OMFG!!!11!!!one!!!!eleven11!!!!
Truly sir, you have upped the ante! You just gotta remember to add your entries to the letter page, or else no one will see them!
Also, I will be sleeping on your floor, good sir, either friday or saturday night next week, as I have been given the green light to flee to SF from SC.
Thursday, September 07, 2006
The Book Was Awesome
...and this movie is going to be even radder!
American Hardcore
Also, you might notice the AT site is now a Wiki! We'll see how long it lasts this way, or if the Wiki should be a link off the AT site. Whatev's! Add to the Wiki! Do it!
...and this movie is going to be even radder!
American Hardcore
Also, you might notice the AT site is now a Wiki! We'll see how long it lasts this way, or if the Wiki should be a link off the AT site. Whatev's! Add to the Wiki! Do it!
Dang look how complicated it is making Fiber Optics! o.O
Smartz!
I still don't friggin get how information is turned into light though.
=.=
Smartz!
I still don't friggin get how information is turned into light though.
=.=
I found this story, check it out
"Sexual Chocolate
Sexual people earn more because they're smarter.
By Jimmy Dinggel
Posted Friday, Sept. 1, 2006, at 1:36 PM ET
In the late 1980s, Eddie Murphy scored a hit with a movie containing the slogan, "Sexual Chocolate." The line was supposed to be satire, but outraged sexually repressed folks didn't see it that way. Boy, are they going to get chastised by a couple of librarians now.
It is well-documented that non-sexual people earn less money than sexual people do. To be clear, pay does not vary lock step by the amount of sex. If your friend is more sexual than you are, then it's nearly a coin toss whether she earns more. But if you compare two large groups of people who are similar in every respect but amount of sex, the average pay for the sexual group will be higher. Each additional inch in cock enormity adds roughly 2 percent to average annual earnings, for both men and women who recieve it. So, if the average sexual receptance of our hypothetical groups were 2 inches and 7 inches, the average pay difference between them would be 10 percent.
But why? One possibility is cock size discrimination in favor of the enormous. A second involves adolescence. A few years ago, Nicolai Persicoshenko and Andrew Golenka of the University of Moscow and Dan Spielbergo of the University of Mexico City discovered that adult earnings are more sharply related to cock size at age 16 than to adult cock size—suggesting, scarily, that the high-school social order determined the adult economic order. Nerds who were constantly made fun of and wedgied for their innately small sizes affected their mind developement and ability to reason. For boys at least, cock size at 16 affects things like sword-fighting, circle jerking and athletic success—scoring chicks and baskets or, as the authors put it, "participation in locker room antics." And maybe those things affect later earning power."
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Dennis and Jon are fucked. Boy this guy is smart.
Jon! happy belated b-day!
Rudy! Happy prelated b-day!
EDIT: I went back to my room today for lunch and it was really hot so I decided to cool down in my underwear for a bit with the light off because the light generates heat. I sit at my computer chatting with rudy online, and the maid walks in to find me in my underwear, in front of the computer, with the lights off. Not that i'm saying she got the wrong impression but she just might have.
"Sexual Chocolate
Sexual people earn more because they're smarter.
By Jimmy Dinggel
Posted Friday, Sept. 1, 2006, at 1:36 PM ET
In the late 1980s, Eddie Murphy scored a hit with a movie containing the slogan, "Sexual Chocolate." The line was supposed to be satire, but outraged sexually repressed folks didn't see it that way. Boy, are they going to get chastised by a couple of librarians now.
It is well-documented that non-sexual people earn less money than sexual people do. To be clear, pay does not vary lock step by the amount of sex. If your friend is more sexual than you are, then it's nearly a coin toss whether she earns more. But if you compare two large groups of people who are similar in every respect but amount of sex, the average pay for the sexual group will be higher. Each additional inch in cock enormity adds roughly 2 percent to average annual earnings, for both men and women who recieve it. So, if the average sexual receptance of our hypothetical groups were 2 inches and 7 inches, the average pay difference between them would be 10 percent.
But why? One possibility is cock size discrimination in favor of the enormous. A second involves adolescence. A few years ago, Nicolai Persicoshenko and Andrew Golenka of the University of Moscow and Dan Spielbergo of the University of Mexico City discovered that adult earnings are more sharply related to cock size at age 16 than to adult cock size—suggesting, scarily, that the high-school social order determined the adult economic order. Nerds who were constantly made fun of and wedgied for their innately small sizes affected their mind developement and ability to reason. For boys at least, cock size at 16 affects things like sword-fighting, circle jerking and athletic success—scoring chicks and baskets or, as the authors put it, "participation in locker room antics." And maybe those things affect later earning power."
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Dennis and Jon are fucked. Boy this guy is smart.
Jon! happy belated b-day!
Rudy! Happy prelated b-day!
EDIT: I went back to my room today for lunch and it was really hot so I decided to cool down in my underwear for a bit with the light off because the light generates heat. I sit at my computer chatting with rudy online, and the maid walks in to find me in my underwear, in front of the computer, with the lights off. Not that i'm saying she got the wrong impression but she just might have.
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
For some reason I can't access the blog from home... Anyway, I'm going to try to make all four days of the con. The thing is since I'm taking off for my trip at the end of this month, I'm going to spring it on my boss after I get back. Maybe a sometime in the middle of October. At the very least I can make it Friday on.
Oh yeah. I am sooooo fucked...
Oh yeah. I am sooooo fucked...
I always thought of it as Nom. But no one ever spelled it out. We used to always use to to refer to little kids that were little Nom'ers.
Elzar, the SoCal itinerary sounds good to me. Lets roll with it. I looked at the wiki thing for a few minutes last night, but I got caught up cooking dinner and didnt get very far.
STFU... I think Joel's misgivings with STFU were more of a function of his hatred for all learning institutions based upon his feelings that all homework and busy work is bullshit and less school specific. He kind of had a hate-hate relationship with the universities. That being said, myke actually is having problems with AT&T rather than STFU, especially since he lives off campus.
Rude: That was a pretty sweet. Classic:
tru_m4n: OMG OMG OMG i got all his stuff!
tru_m4n: NUKES! HOLY **** I GOT NUKES
Stalin: d00d gimmie some plz
tru_m4n: no way i only got like a couple
Stalin: omg dont be gay gimmie nuculer secrets
T0J0: wtf is nukes?
T0J0: holy sh*tholysh*thoylshti!!!111
*T0J0 has been eliminated.*
jr0n: Campaign stylie sounds cool to me. We will have to get together and bust that shit out.
D>M>
Elzar, the SoCal itinerary sounds good to me. Lets roll with it. I looked at the wiki thing for a few minutes last night, but I got caught up cooking dinner and didnt get very far.
STFU... I think Joel's misgivings with STFU were more of a function of his hatred for all learning institutions based upon his feelings that all homework and busy work is bullshit and less school specific. He kind of had a hate-hate relationship with the universities. That being said, myke actually is having problems with AT&T rather than STFU, especially since he lives off campus.
Rude: That was a pretty sweet. Classic:
tru_m4n: OMG OMG OMG i got all his stuff!
tru_m4n: NUKES! HOLY **** I GOT NUKES
Stalin: d00d gimmie some plz
tru_m4n: no way i only got like a couple
Stalin: omg dont be gay gimmie nuculer secrets
T0J0: wtf is nukes?
T0J0: holy sh*tholysh*thoylshti!!!111
*T0J0 has been eliminated.*
jr0n: Campaign stylie sounds cool to me. We will have to get together and bust that shit out.
D>M>
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
A New Landline?!?!?
- I remember hearing stories of how much Joel didn't like SFSU, and if they JUST got a new landline, and hope to have Internet next week, I can understand why! Get with the times SFSU!
- Also, funny funny stuff there Rudy. I had to catch my breath there occasionally. Gold!
- Hell, I think your explanation of nom/'nam is better than mine, but I think it might actually be a nonsense word. Perhaps further searching of the SFSUSuperhighway will lead me to the answers... A quick check of the UrbanDictionary.com has me leaning toward the 'nam, but it is still not really properly defined as we know it, and neither is nom. So there you go. I think it would probably be found in the SubUrbanDictionay.com if there was one.
- Grogs/L33ts vs. n00bs always make me laugh. God bless the jerks who defend their little corner of cyberspace by being assholes to everyone else who hasn't been there as long as they. This was a funny pic that one of those jerks posted at someone else, but it made me laugh:
O RLY?
- I remember hearing stories of how much Joel didn't like SFSU, and if they JUST got a new landline, and hope to have Internet next week, I can understand why! Get with the times SFSU!
- Also, funny funny stuff there Rudy. I had to catch my breath there occasionally. Gold!
- Hell, I think your explanation of nom/'nam is better than mine, but I think it might actually be a nonsense word. Perhaps further searching of the SFSUSuperhighway will lead me to the answers... A quick check of the UrbanDictionary.com has me leaning toward the 'nam, but it is still not really properly defined as we know it, and neither is nom. So there you go. I think it would probably be found in the SubUrbanDictionay.com if there was one.
- Grogs/L33ts vs. n00bs always make me laugh. God bless the jerks who defend their little corner of cyberspace by being assholes to everyone else who hasn't been there as long as they. This was a funny pic that one of those jerks posted at someone else, but it made me laugh:
O RLY?
Enron and Myke
OK, here's the plan. Now that we have the tools, and the talent, let's do a campaign! This uses the Theater of War system from Apotheosis, in which we fight for control of a map. You can view the map here.
Each of us starts with control of the territories outlined in the following colors:
ENRON: Red
jRON: Yellow
HON. PROF. MOTO. B.: Purple
How to get started: use Armies of Immoren to create two 750-point detachments, each led by one warcaster (standard, not epic). Using mercs is no problem as long as they'll work for your faction. (Myke -- if you don't have enough points for that, no problem. Chime in and we'll play with 500-point detachments instead. Enron -- you should easily have enough for this now that you are a Cryx-lovin' fool. There is one special rule you'll need to follow. If one of your detachments is led by Magnus, that unit can consist only of mercs who will work for Cryx -- no Cryx units.)
How it works:
Each campaign round consists of three battles. The first round, we'll roll off. The highest roller gets to declare attacks against a map region belonging to each other player. The second roller declares one attack against the low roller, and the low roller is stuck on defense only for that round. During each battle we track victory points, and each subsequent round, whoever scored the most VPs in the previous round is the first person to declare attacks.
The scenario rules are a little too lengthy to get into here but they boil down to this:
1. Any region which you attack and win goes under your control. Certain regions have assets in them (hospices, battlefields, etc.). These grant you bonuses.
2. Eventually you want to attack the regions that contain your faction symbol, because those regions are your special objectives. Each objective has a unique scenario associated with it. If you conquer all three of the regions with your faction symbol, you are the weiner. You have to attack your objective regions in order, and you can only attack one of your objective regions per round.
3. The other way to win is for any player to control 28 regions.
4. You can attack ANY region, but the attack is considered to come from the nearest region that you control, and if you attack from more than 1 or 2 regions away the defender gets hella advantages.
5. Any VPs you gain can be spent to gain terrain advantages, buy new detachments, convert a warcaster to an Epic Warcaster, etc..
I'm fired up!
OK, here's the plan. Now that we have the tools, and the talent, let's do a campaign! This uses the Theater of War system from Apotheosis, in which we fight for control of a map. You can view the map here.
Each of us starts with control of the territories outlined in the following colors:
ENRON: Red
jRON: Yellow
HON. PROF. MOTO. B.: Purple
How to get started: use Armies of Immoren to create two 750-point detachments, each led by one warcaster (standard, not epic). Using mercs is no problem as long as they'll work for your faction. (Myke -- if you don't have enough points for that, no problem. Chime in and we'll play with 500-point detachments instead. Enron -- you should easily have enough for this now that you are a Cryx-lovin' fool. There is one special rule you'll need to follow. If one of your detachments is led by Magnus, that unit can consist only of mercs who will work for Cryx -- no Cryx units.)
How it works:
Each campaign round consists of three battles. The first round, we'll roll off. The highest roller gets to declare attacks against a map region belonging to each other player. The second roller declares one attack against the low roller, and the low roller is stuck on defense only for that round. During each battle we track victory points, and each subsequent round, whoever scored the most VPs in the previous round is the first person to declare attacks.
The scenario rules are a little too lengthy to get into here but they boil down to this:
1. Any region which you attack and win goes under your control. Certain regions have assets in them (hospices, battlefields, etc.). These grant you bonuses.
2. Eventually you want to attack the regions that contain your faction symbol, because those regions are your special objectives. Each objective has a unique scenario associated with it. If you conquer all three of the regions with your faction symbol, you are the weiner. You have to attack your objective regions in order, and you can only attack one of your objective regions per round.
3. The other way to win is for any player to control 28 regions.
4. You can attack ANY region, but the attack is considered to come from the nearest region that you control, and if you attack from more than 1 or 2 regions away the defender gets hella advantages.
5. Any VPs you gain can be spent to gain terrain advantages, buy new detachments, convert a warcaster to an Epic Warcaster, etc..
I'm fired up!
That was hilarious.
@Aeryk:
1. I need to talk some shit over with my boss, but right now my assumption is that I will fly down Thursday after work, ideally to John Wayne airport. So I will prolly be there Thursday night, MAYBE Friday morning.
2. Agree on the epic Butcher. But is he nom? Or is he 'Nam? I always figured that was the proper spelling. As in, "He's fully 'Nam" equals "He's fully crazy, like a fucking war in the goddamn jungle where you and your buddies get high on opium, then you watch them get shot by snipers, then you fall into a spiked pit with the spikes covered in shit and then you are a POW like John McCain, then you gentle suckle George W. Bush's cock and don't fight his detainment/torture policies too hard, that's how crazy he is," but now I realized, I have no idea whether it's "nom" or "'Nam."
What could "nom" stand for?
Phe"nom"inal!
"Nom"inal as in, "That guy is nominally sane," oh shit!
"No m"a'am, I don't think that guy is too crazy... oh fuck! He just put a fucking skateboard in his ass! Bam Margera, fuck!
Necro"nom"icon
@Aeryk:
1. I need to talk some shit over with my boss, but right now my assumption is that I will fly down Thursday after work, ideally to John Wayne airport. So I will prolly be there Thursday night, MAYBE Friday morning.
2. Agree on the epic Butcher. But is he nom? Or is he 'Nam? I always figured that was the proper spelling. As in, "He's fully 'Nam" equals "He's fully crazy, like a fucking war in the goddamn jungle where you and your buddies get high on opium, then you watch them get shot by snipers, then you fall into a spiked pit with the spikes covered in shit and then you are a POW like John McCain, then you gentle suckle George W. Bush's cock and don't fight his detainment/torture policies too hard, that's how crazy he is," but now I realized, I have no idea whether it's "nom" or "'Nam."
What could "nom" stand for?
Phe"nom"inal!
"Nom"inal as in, "That guy is nominally sane," oh shit!
"No m"a'am, I don't think that guy is too crazy... oh fuck! He just put a fucking skateboard in his ass! Bam Margera, fuck!
Necro"nom"icon
If world war 2 was an MMO: Click for Laughz.
Pretty funny.
Churchill: wtf the luftwaffle is attacking me
Roosevelt: get antiair guns
Churchill: i cant afford them
benny-tow: u n00bs know what team talk is?
paTTon: stfu
Pretty funny.
Churchill: wtf the luftwaffle is attacking me
Roosevelt: get antiair guns
Churchill: i cant afford them
benny-tow: u n00bs know what team talk is?
paTTon: stfu
Da Plan
Thursday: Enron and Eric, along with any other takers of course, will check in to Room A and con. We will then play lot's of 2-player awesome wargames throughout the night, with sexy implications.
Friday: The rest of the AT attendees will arrive, and Eric will check into room B. Lesie and Wylie will come down during the day, and Eric will take Wylie away from his mother to attend the con, and his mother can relax, order room service, watch movies, take a nap, read books, and generaly not take care of the little varmint.
This day will be a light, if any gaming day for Eric, but primarily a purchasing of goods, and gaming support role for others to play games.
Leslie and the Boy will stay with Eric in Room B for the night, though Eric might slip out after the Ball and Chain and Parasite are asleep, and get some gamin' in with the heathens. If Leslie is reading this, I'm kidding. The rest of the AT Jarks will be staying in Room A.
Saturday: Leslie and Wylie will check out of Room B, and return to Hacienda de los Hesses, and Eric will re-join the AT Dickheads in Room A for a crazy ass, non-stop, gaming marathon for saturday and saturday night.
Sunday: We all return to our regularly scheduled lives.
That is my plan as I see it.
ALSO: While I am at it, is anyone interested in getting together a large Thought Hammer order together? I could bring any games that the Northerners order up when we visit later this month. I need to know very shortly to assure the free shipping arrives before I leave! I am at about $45 so far, and free shipping is over $100 I think. 35% of most games! Do it!
Thursday: Enron and Eric, along with any other takers of course, will check in to Room A and con. We will then play lot's of 2-player awesome wargames throughout the night, with sexy implications.
Friday: The rest of the AT attendees will arrive, and Eric will check into room B. Lesie and Wylie will come down during the day, and Eric will take Wylie away from his mother to attend the con, and his mother can relax, order room service, watch movies, take a nap, read books, and generaly not take care of the little varmint.
This day will be a light, if any gaming day for Eric, but primarily a purchasing of goods, and gaming support role for others to play games.
Leslie and the Boy will stay with Eric in Room B for the night, though Eric might slip out after the Ball and Chain and Parasite are asleep, and get some gamin' in with the heathens. If Leslie is reading this, I'm kidding. The rest of the AT Jarks will be staying in Room A.
Saturday: Leslie and Wylie will check out of Room B, and return to Hacienda de los Hesses, and Eric will re-join the AT Dickheads in Room A for a crazy ass, non-stop, gaming marathon for saturday and saturday night.
Sunday: We all return to our regularly scheduled lives.
That is my plan as I see it.
ALSO: While I am at it, is anyone interested in getting together a large Thought Hammer order together? I could bring any games that the Northerners order up when we visit later this month. I need to know very shortly to assure the free shipping arrives before I leave! I am at about $45 so far, and free shipping is over $100 I think. 35% of most games! Do it!
Elzar, I will check that jazz out when I find myself home this evening.
I agree with you on the Strat-con biz. I think a lot of it is that it does not hold the same meaning with out the crew. I also think, based on info I gathered from you jArks' recent attendances and my last experiences, that strategicon is a shadow of its former self. The con just fell below critical mass in attendance some time ago.
SoCal Con... Elzar does that mean that only the two of us would be attending on Thursday? I mean I would still be willing to throw down on Thursday. It will give us time to stink the shit up before the other jArks arrive. Maybe Dave-Defeat would be about. What say you?
FYI, Myke does not have an i-net connection yet. Probably won't for another week or two. He just got a landline a couple days ago.
Pump : CAKE?
D>M>
Side note: I have two bosses that I deal with on a regular basis during the day, the GM, and the DM. We common refer to them as such instead of their un-acronym'd titles, District Manager and General Manager. Awesome huh? I also deal with a PM, but that is not interesting. Too bad this is not D&D work. Balls. We need some NPCs at work here. Some people I can kick around and use as fodder and bait.
I agree with you on the Strat-con biz. I think a lot of it is that it does not hold the same meaning with out the crew. I also think, based on info I gathered from you jArks' recent attendances and my last experiences, that strategicon is a shadow of its former self. The con just fell below critical mass in attendance some time ago.
SoCal Con... Elzar does that mean that only the two of us would be attending on Thursday? I mean I would still be willing to throw down on Thursday. It will give us time to stink the shit up before the other jArks arrive. Maybe Dave-Defeat would be about. What say you?
FYI, Myke does not have an i-net connection yet. Probably won't for another week or two. He just got a landline a couple days ago.
Pump : CAKE?
D>M>
Side note: I have two bosses that I deal with on a regular basis during the day, the GM, and the DM. We common refer to them as such instead of their un-acronym'd titles, District Manager and General Manager. Awesome huh? I also deal with a PM, but that is not interesting. Too bad this is not D&D work. Balls. We need some NPCs at work here. Some people I can kick around and use as fodder and bait.
Monday, September 04, 2006
Enron
I sent you the wiki info to the Gnarly-Hotep email. I am still struggling with making this thing do what I want.
- Strategicon: I have figured out just how I feel about it and why. Back in the day, the con was a great place to get new games, see new games, and get together to rock out with our cocks out. We played all weekend, goofed off, and generally had a good time being dorks, which was not that different from our day to day lives.
Now, when I visit the con it is less spectacular for a few reasons. First, I don't get to stay there for the duration, nor are all the boys present for a weekend of debauchery. I am usually there for a few hours at most, and get in maybe a game or two with Denis, or my lady. Also, finding brand new games at the con is fairly rare, and I am so well informed as to what is out there, for the most part due to BGG, that nothing is really all that exciting about the Dealer Room. Not to mention the Flea Bag market is a shadow if it's former self.
What is missing is the Spectacle and Event that has become Kublacon and GenCon. Not that I need a gala festival to enjoy cons, but it is the one or two times a year that the AT can get together and be like we were in HS and college, just older, fatter, and more crotchety.
So, I suppose bottom line is that the con is good, just not up to par with what I expect and demand from the few cons I am able to attend anymore. I think that was coherent, I dunno.
- I did pick up Superiority, for some reason. Not that I really have an opportunity to play Warmachine anymore, but still, for old tymes sake I picked it up. Looks pretty! The Butcher is all nommed out! What a nommer! He's so nom. Nom.
- Also picked up Clout, which is a cross between Pogs, Diskwars, Bocci Ball, and M:tG. Weird, but fun. I't a little on the cheap side, but it is put out by a Peter Adkinson run company, whatever that means to you. Denis and I played a few games. Fun with the basic sets, but it looked more fun with the customized sets I watched be played at the Clout Tourney at Strategicon. Whatev's.
- So, should Friday be the first day at the con? Denis is still not sure if, and when, he can go because he is already skipping out on work to buy Anime and Gadgets in Japan. Jon might not make it til Friday, so it may be Enron and I alone. Not so bad, but if no one wants to pay for the room during the time they are not there, I would rather stay home. Ideas?
I sent you the wiki info to the Gnarly-Hotep email. I am still struggling with making this thing do what I want.
- Strategicon: I have figured out just how I feel about it and why. Back in the day, the con was a great place to get new games, see new games, and get together to rock out with our cocks out. We played all weekend, goofed off, and generally had a good time being dorks, which was not that different from our day to day lives.
Now, when I visit the con it is less spectacular for a few reasons. First, I don't get to stay there for the duration, nor are all the boys present for a weekend of debauchery. I am usually there for a few hours at most, and get in maybe a game or two with Denis, or my lady. Also, finding brand new games at the con is fairly rare, and I am so well informed as to what is out there, for the most part due to BGG, that nothing is really all that exciting about the Dealer Room. Not to mention the Flea Bag market is a shadow if it's former self.
What is missing is the Spectacle and Event that has become Kublacon and GenCon. Not that I need a gala festival to enjoy cons, but it is the one or two times a year that the AT can get together and be like we were in HS and college, just older, fatter, and more crotchety.
So, I suppose bottom line is that the con is good, just not up to par with what I expect and demand from the few cons I am able to attend anymore. I think that was coherent, I dunno.
- I did pick up Superiority, for some reason. Not that I really have an opportunity to play Warmachine anymore, but still, for old tymes sake I picked it up. Looks pretty! The Butcher is all nommed out! What a nommer! He's so nom. Nom.
- Also picked up Clout, which is a cross between Pogs, Diskwars, Bocci Ball, and M:tG. Weird, but fun. I't a little on the cheap side, but it is put out by a Peter Adkinson run company, whatever that means to you. Denis and I played a few games. Fun with the basic sets, but it looked more fun with the customized sets I watched be played at the Clout Tourney at Strategicon. Whatev's.
- So, should Friday be the first day at the con? Denis is still not sure if, and when, he can go because he is already skipping out on work to buy Anime and Gadgets in Japan. Jon might not make it til Friday, so it may be Enron and I alone. Not so bad, but if no one wants to pay for the room during the time they are not there, I would rather stay home. Ideas?
Thanks for the birthday wishes, the dinner bat, calling me a fuckers, etc. :)
We had a good time last night, going out and eating and drinking and stuff. I definitely should not have finished off the evening with that cheap sugary wine at 2 AM. That stuff has given me a fairly bad headache even though I drank tons and tons of water. Fortunately, I have recently acquired "Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day," so I should be able to rapidly assess and work off any drinking brain damage.
Thanks for going out guys. Thanks a lot to you and Eyeball for the Thunderhead Enron, you shall regret it soon enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Further exclamation points cut out to save space.)
Oh: Myke, download and install this, it's the army builder program we were talking about. It also has a collection feature that allows you to track your stuff. There is also a button to calculate the value of your collection, which you do not want to push, if you value your sanity!
We had a good time last night, going out and eating and drinking and stuff. I definitely should not have finished off the evening with that cheap sugary wine at 2 AM. That stuff has given me a fairly bad headache even though I drank tons and tons of water. Fortunately, I have recently acquired "Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day," so I should be able to rapidly assess and work off any drinking brain damage.
Thanks for going out guys. Thanks a lot to you and Eyeball for the Thunderhead Enron, you shall regret it soon enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Further exclamation points cut out to save space.)
Oh: Myke, download and install this, it's the army builder program we were talking about. It also has a collection feature that allows you to track your stuff. There is also a button to calculate the value of your collection, which you do not want to push, if you value your sanity!
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