This big ol SUV in front of me on my way home tonight had this around its license plate:

In Case of Rapture... CARS YOURS!

Cracked me up! But I can't tell if its meant to be 'serious' or if the person doesn't actually believe in the upcomming rapture. Also, I looked up the rapture right now, and FUCK n' HELL that shit is LOCO! RapTure!
Others propose that the rapture will take place either mid-way through the Tribulation, called The Great Tribulation, or after it when Christ comes to earth to establish his kingdom, taking over rulership of the world for 1000 years.

That's some scary sci-fi shit right thurr!

Kubla Don Johnson

Well, by my reckoning I shall be playing Combat Commander friday at 4pm, and the slot lasts apparently 8 hours, so I will be happy as a clam. There is also an ASL tourney which I might like to join on saturday. I am bringing my Blood Bowl kit, as is Denis, so that is always in the mix. Denis and I played Battle Lore tonight and had some fun playing the first two scenarios, but are anxious to play with full Lore rules (and maybe the expansion). Jon, bring your copy and we can play MEGA-STYLEE with two boards!

Battlestations was fun but I have basically forgotten all the rules, so there you go.

Also, what are the logistics looking like as far as the SF'ers bringing any games to the con? Enron has no car, but three healthy men to carry stuff on the BART, and Jon is coming from work, so he won't have much stuff either. What is everyone bringing so I can better coordinate the load in my car, and also Rudy's car now that Peter is coming along. (sorry again d00d!)

Also also, Denis and I have a trick up our sleeve for the con...

I know its already old news (1am last night!) but the new Blizz game is Starcraft 2. The teaser trailer is pretty cool though! Not a lot happens, but it looks GOOD. They do cinematics niiiice! LMAONADE

Maybe it had something to do with Aaron's "Let's all go to the lobbbbbbbby!" bit, but this here clip sure is funny (and made me think of Aaron at the office during the recent inter-office melt down):

Let's All Go To The Lobby (innuendo alert: sort of not safe for work)

BOOBLA KHAN!

I am pretty well stoked about the up coming fun to be had...

You know I always like Iron Dragon. That game is fun and really appeals to me. I look forward to the WarMachine too... But most of all... DaveDefeat and I can not wait to play Battlestations to continue the, "I can't stop, it's too dangerous. We have to slow down first!". Honestly that was the first game he started talking about.

Any Warhammer Quest is good. Elzar, I assume you are bringing How many Kombat Kommander drops. I would like to try a new scinario since I have played the same one once through and twice halfway through. Any RPG action would be sweet. Myke if you get that pulled together, you are da Man.

D>M>

We can't stop! It's too dangerous!

KublaCon in one week! Whoo-hoo!

As usual I've got a list of games I'm fired up to play:

-- Battlestations: This game sounded so fun! And I dug my copy out of storage, so I've got the rulebook lined up to read... I figure if both Aeryk and I are familiar with the game, so much the better!
-- Role-playing: The other day Prof. Byke mentioned that he was considering running a game. Now this would be pretty cool. I have not played in a game that he has run since that one Vampire game, and I've come up with a lot of sneaky new ways to ask people if they want to go to the nudie bar since then!
-- Iron Dragon: I have a strange desire to play this again!
-- BattleLore: I've only played the game twice using the full system (magic, monsters, etc.) and it is so much more fun that way (kinda boring if you just use the medieval system). Plus, I picked up the expansion which adds some neat (tho simple) army-building and customization options.
-- Warmachine/Hordes: As if I need to say this. I'd like to get in some 1000-point games this con. I'd also like to maybe win one time with my Trolls. According to the game spreadsheet, I am 1 for 7 with Trolls. Ouch!
-- Blood Bowl: I told Aeryk I'd play this, and by God, I meant it.
-- Warhammer Quest: Well, nobody has had any time to actually paint these guys, so I think I'll prime them all this week and bring my paints to the con and if anyone has spare time to paint orcs and goblins, they can!
-- Shocker Roulette: Oh, yeah. It's coming back.

Yeah, I mean, years ago when the game was only hype (even b4 wow had come out) it sounded like the GREATEST! Then reality hit. They had a followup interview with Brad McQuaid himself, and he just kinda comes off like an asshat. He blames it all on the ZOO TYCOON people, roflcopters and lollerskates. Sounds like a ass-hole. They had like 30million fucking dollars and 5 or 6 years... and made pooptastic game. Sheesh. HERE

Hahahaha. From the discussion that followed that interview. Hang this on your wall at work jon:
When you have a sick game, you have to invest in QA. QA are the team to figure out things to make a sick game healthy again. You can continue pretending your game isn't sick, and you get the now forseable results.

If you take the blinders off, you realize that everything has to come to a screeching halt and QA has to have several hands in the goings on, like a triage team at a hospital.

Hmm... think the guy who wrote that maybe works OA!? Have pride in yer work j0rn!

Sigil and Vanguard

Very interesting, and terrifying read you found there Rudy! It both inspires me and cripples me with fear to read it and compare it with my current game company situation. An interview-styled roadmap of what NOT to do if you a) have a lot of ideas no one is interested in, and b) get funding by Microsoft.

Count me in too, because I am your friend in the mix.

Uggg... Wednesday was bad, today was worse. Yesterday we had a break down of fire/life safety procedures at one of our buildings during an accidental fire alarm trip. We also had an office meeting about the piss poor reviews we received from several of our tenants.

Today was more of the same issues with regards to tenant reviews of our management and what we need to do about procedural failures. Plus, several janitors have decided that since the supervisor is away, now is the time to piss off our tenants with poor service and potentially theft. Lots of phone calls and apologies to tenants and tough conversations with our vendor. To top it all off we had a multi-floor flood from a contractor doing sub-standard work in one of the restrooms. All I could think of all day was: O Rugs whispering in my ear, "So Andre, let me get this straight, you lost another submarine?!" It was an all hands on deck to minimize the damage.

Now, I am sitting here with what was damp ceiling tile and fireproofing materials smeared about my work shirt, slacks and brand new shoes. Fuggers.

O Rugs: Not as classy as the Big Johnson T-Shirts of the mid-90s. Nothing says cool like a Frat with a phallus inadequacy complex projecting it for all to see how it is better to have lobsters on your piano as opposed to crabs on your organ.

jr0n: Sweets video. The Rabbit bit was insane. I would have to agree it is much better without the audio.

Rude: Denial is the best form of Project Management and QA. That is one jacked project.

"The parts where you fucking suck shit!"

Oh shit, now with ryan in the mix, the 3 of us is THRUPLETS! (I dont remember where I just heard that joke, but it made me laugh.)

One cool as fuck thing that i did last night was go to a private screening for this new bbc/hbo series called Flight of the Conchords. Free booze, cool setting, pretty people, and my drunk ass almost falling on my face getting in line for free kebabs. But anyways, u can see the pilot episode online for free. Granted I was boozed-up outta my mind watching it on a HUGE wall, but its fucking funny as hell.

Watch it Here. It is very funny.

Man, it must not have been in the stars today for the Action Team, as my day was fucking shitty too. I hate some of the kids in my classes. I had a dream where I beat the shit out of one of them.

I have stopped holding in my snide comments. I find myself falling just short of calling them lazy, good-for-nothing, pieces of garage on a daily basis. T-minus 26 school days 'till the end of the year, and I don't know if I'll make it. If I get arrested for kicking one of them in the face, can I count on one of you guys to bail me out? Plz thx. :(

dude, we had the same day jon! twins!

the turtle was rad. not so much the rabbit. worse was the guys voice on the rabbit tape. the get yer war on was good. havent seen those in ages. and that quote on the shirt actually applied very well in my office today, so I woulda rocked that!

Good video game drama to make me feel alright about my job: Vanguard! Comeon Eric, lets TOTALLY try this game! /wrist

Man, today was a shitty, shitty shit shit day at work. It was shitty.

But there were a couple of bright spots:

Killer Tortoise!
Rabbit vs. Snake!

T-Shirt of the day: "If assholes could fly, this place would be an airport!"

Description: On 50-60 year old red-neck-ish woman. Shirt was a partially stained lime green with cracked, slightly peeling neon-pink letters on the front proclaiming the thesis-statement.

Spotted where: Walking out of hospital building.

Conclusion: Classy.

That does blow. It certainly sounds as though the professor wasn't rooting for you too hard. What a superior existence he must lead to us mere mortals! May I suggest eating his heart? I believe that if you do that you will gain his powers, including his tenured position and sense of self-righteous entitlement.

The best time to do this would be right in the middle of one of his lectures. That way, as your newfound powers rush into you, you can stand up, professorial hearts-blood dripping down your chin, and continue the lecture right where he left off. Really it's best for the students to pick things right up again.

Honestly Myke would probably be a better authority on this though as I believe something like this is how he acquired his PhD as well.

(Oh, and to the good Prof. Byke: I mentioned this earlier, here's the link again: the five geek social fallacies.)

dude that sucks art! oh my god, some people just LOVE to power-trip huh...