Mr T pities us foos

Why Enron, why!? Everytime I check the page to see if someone has posted, all I see is The T staring at me all naughty-like! STOP THAT MISTOR T!

These guys obviously are happy with Sun's service. They posted this on a temp server while their main one was down.

Happy gluttony day.

Never have I washed so many dishes. All day long while I was cooking, then a billion after dinner and then more after dessert. Dishwasher would have been nice. Brutalitarian. Soo much food. I dont want to work tomorrow. I think I will sleep for the first couple hours.

Hope you all had your fillings today.

D>M>

So! Much! Food!

Hope everyone had/is-having a great and happy To'oh-faggot Day! Football has been good, the food was plentiful and couch-coma inducing. I made a pan of roasted winter veggies, mashed sweet potatoes and some herb-stuffed bird which three of us gleefully stuffed our pie-holes with. Michelle is still not ready to get back in the fight, unfortunately. Bonus for having a household of half-sick denizens? No other family came over today.. so that means no screaming fights AND lots of yum leftovers. Win, all around!

Wheee!

William S. Burroughs, Rise From Your Grave

Nice po-eem Rude! How is the new job going btw? I was thinking that from now on you should be called Officer Steve, what do you think? And you should totally pick up a Wii. A lot of people at the office have them (tons of gamers) and they're all really excited about it. The new Zelda and lots of the upcoming games look really sweet. Plus the ability to download and play N64 classics I missed the boat on (Mario 64, Ocarina of Time) sounds good. I think I'll pick one up after Xmas, although an Xbox 360 is starting to look pretty good too.

Glad you liked the Savage Worlds game Aeryk. I enjoyed running it too although I felt a bit stiff. It's a great system. There is quite a bit of depth to the combat that we never got to or needed because of that fact that you guys were new, and also that you steamrolled most opposition. I keep forgetting that you really need some Wild Card opponents in the fights. Extras go down like nothin' in that game.

Happy Turkey Day everyone! Unless you like Tofurkey. In which case of course Happy To'oh-faggot Day!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanks for the wild turkey and
the passenger pigeons, destined
to be shit out through wholesome
American guts.


Thanks for a continent to despoil
and poison.

Thanks for Indians to provide a
modicum of challenge and
danger.

Thanks for vast herds of bison to
kill and skin leaving the
carcasses to rot.

Thanks for bounties on wolves
and coyotes.

Thanks for the American dream,
To vulgarize and to falsify until
the bare lies shine through.

Thanks for the KKK.

For nigger-killin' lawmen,
feelin' their notches.

For decent church-goin' women,
with their mean, pinched, bitter,
evil faces.

Thanks for "Kill a Queer for
Christ" stickers.

Thanks for laboratory AIDS.

Thanks for Prohibition and the
war against drugs.

Thanks for a country where
nobody's allowed to mind the
own business.

Thanks for a nation of finks.

Yes, thanks for all the
memories-- all right let's see
your arms!

You always were a headache and
you always were a bore.

Thanks for the last and greatest
betrayal of the last and greatest
of human dreams.

With <3 , William S. Burroughs
(Maybe - it's the internet - maybe Charles Manson wrote it, oh shit bloody mary bloody mary bloody mary!!!)

Uggg...

OMG. If I had evAr thought cocaine was a good idea, which I have not, this video will put any doubts to rest. Nasty chemicals to make that crap. Not quite as bad as Meth, but still gross. Cocaine goodiness.

In other news: I'm drunk. Two beers on an empty stomach while I was cooking T-Day goodies. Doh!

D>M>

I think in a check or 2 I'm totally getting a Wii. It just looks like SO much fun. And I don't think I've EVER had a console close to it's actual release (maybe the Genesis.) So yeah. I'll be playing Wii Sports in my room by myself in about a month, maybe! WHHOAAA!

Teh Plague is right!

Man, today is the first day since two Saturdays ago that someone in the Nikisch family isn't on the borderline of puking and/or being bed ridden. I'm hoping that the in-laws aren't silently being worked-over by this virus only to be hammered just in time for Thanksgiving day tomorrow. That would be unfortunate.

yeah this weekend should be sweet. I'll be recovered 105% by then. Nah, I've been seeing Con-talk for awhile now, and even though I know I've asked you a million times "so what weekend is it, uh duuur?" I just kept on forgetting. It's fine - I was filthy sick, so I guess it's better I didn't know what I was missin. I still wish I hadn't been sick. :( Kublacon! slashcry

Teh Plague on Rudy's House

I thought you read the blog and saw that GenCon was coming and were responding to the posts by notifying that you were sick! Sorry man! I was bummed because there were an odd number of us there and I was really counting on you to show up to play some ASL while the other 4 jokers played Warmachine! Not to mention you totally would have pulled for some Tichu playin', so I was hoping you were coming, but thought you were bowing out when you posted you were sick.

If you are healed, we should at least try and get something going this weekend after friday, I will be in SD for Firewater and Plague Blanket Boomstick Day until Friday, probably evening.

Do it!

well fucking shit, I'm glad I was mostly bed-ridden this weekend, or I might be kinda bummed that no one called to remind me about the con. :( I totally forgot what weekend it was. Well, I was at my worst on Saturday and pretty bad Sunday, so i guess I prolly wouldn't of gone anyhow. Today, with the help of mucho-doses of dayquil I was Ok at work - when it starts running out, start feeling kinda shitty again, but I think the worst has passed. Ah man. :(

Con Goodness

jr0n & Elzar: I could not be happier. That is sweet. Dave Defeat is viral.

Oh my lord am I tired today. Bigus Terdus. I didn't get to sleep until 11:30 last night. After the con ended at 4:00, I got sucked into having a drink at Patrick Malloy's with my sister on a totally empty stomach and lord knows how many caffeinated mints. Then I sat in the airport in a half delusional state until my flight left. I Didn't sleep 'til I got home.

By the Numbers...

Games Played (Excluding Shocker Roulette): 18
Hours spent on the final Warmachine game (Eight full rounds): 4.0
Number of times Savage World has ever been played by Aaron according to Aaron: 1
Caffeinated Mints consumed: 90
Monsters energy drinks downed: 12
Beers consumed: 15
Money spent by Dave at 3rd Planet on Sunday eve: $180
Hours of attendance: 74.5
Total hours slept by eNron/Dave: 12.0
Fingers shocks delivered (roughly): 20
Toes shocked: 1
Number of other appendage and bodily protrusion types suggested for shocking: 3
Trips to KKKarl's: 2
People Hot Karl'd: 0 (Unconfirmed)
Bowls of 'Teriyaki' Chikin™ nearly thrown up: 2
Degrees of flexibility of Steamed 'Fried' Eggrolls: 160°

Sup4r successful con. Lots of games, lots of fun and nearly no emo, aside from Dave incessant Quote Friction (Doesn't count since it is funny). I guess he was trained early on by the master of repetition himself, Jopa. It is a real bummer sickness struck at ranks. Pump, O rugs, and Rude all were missed.

I also did really enjoy RPGing as well.

Congrats Ja -eL. I will change your avatar when I have time. I am sure I can find something suitably representative.

D>M>

"We Can't stop, It's too dangerous! We need to slow down!" - Major Asshole or Dave... Whatever.

Savage Worlds

I am all hot to trot about this system right now. Haven't played an RPG in some 2 odd years until this weekend, but I am thinking ALOT about it right now! I am going to order a copy from ThoughtHammer soon enough, and have downloaded the 3.5 to SW conversion stuff as well as a bunch of other crap from Dragon's Landing (I think) and totally want to play/run a D&D/Savage Worlds conversion!

I mean, playing 50 Fathoms was fun, but I think the system really shines when played with people you like and are familiar with. Not to take anything away from Laurie, but she was kind of a stick in the mud, and I think SW is much more about thematics, mild wrecklessnes, and fun. Thatwhich our group excels at!

I had a blast playing it, and until something else even better comes along, it seems like the system for me in the future! CoC and WFRP will forever hold a place in my heart, but SW just seems playable and easy enough! Do it!

Notes:
- I pre-ordered Battlelore w/ Hill Giant from the place you get all your Warmachine mini's for $57.00, so I am happy about that.

- In some strange twist of the Stockholm Syndrome, I WANT to hear Dave say "We can't stop, it's too dangerous! We have to slow down first!" and "BENDER is great! Bender is GREAT! Bender IS Great!"

- Thoughthammer is also apparently going to start carrying the mega-bundle for the Battlestations minis for something like $37, so hooray for me for overcoming my desire for an ill advised con purchase.

- I had no ill advised con purchases to lament afterward, which is nice. Except for the Brown Chicken Bowl.

- Sorry the plague had to strike Rudy, Denis and Art's family (Ryan is apparently ill as well) so none of you could make it, it was a good con. Not a great con, because to be a great con from this day forward, Tichu must be played. Still, a good con ;).

I hope you guys are happy, I've had "You're the best... around!" stuck in my head all morning.

Congratulations on the buy-in Ja-el, sounds like a big move for you.