Off to San Fransisco for They Might be Giants at the Fillmore. Then off to the Exploratorum, which had us both fascinated for hours.
Thanksgiving at Aunt Mary’s– cooking with Chuck, then the whole family tries out Jennifer’s new longboard.
Making cioppino with Eric and Tonya… though I forgot to take pictures from about halfway through. It was tasty though!
Decorating the tree with kids… and Mocca exploring the decorated tree. He enjoys the new platform and dangling cat toys…
Comics: Too Fat to be a Rockstar (Weekly), Guilded Age (MWF), Math Comics
Chris Chinn’s Blood and Ink gathered– http://bankuei.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/blood-ink-play-guides/
Quick: Character webs– http://www.rpggm.com/blog/2009/09/25/building-better-npcs-iii-character-webs/
Picking the price of success– http://buriedwithoutceremony.com/2009/10/20/the-little-things-in-life/
Mouse Guard AP#3– http://rpg.brouhaha.us/?p=1884
AP #4– http://rpg.brouhaha.us/?p=1920
Cool D&D Stuff: Bendy Dungeon Walls– http://www.dark-platypus.com/bendy_dungeon_walls.htm
Looking out for the story leads to constipation at the table. Story does not need to be preserved or looked out for. It is not a just hatched chick that needs everyone to be careful lest it is trampled. Just play the damned game, make choices that are brave. Look at your character sheet, let your character surprise you and story will just happen. — Judd, http://githyankidiaspora.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/the-myth-of-story-preservation/
Hardening WordPress– http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/oct/23/wordpress-exploit-scanner-hardening-hacker
Men/Women– http://www.rpggm.com/blog/2009/10/19/unintentional-sexism-in-rpgs-even-women-do-it/
http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/character-sheet-cross-dressing
Tonight I’m cooking up some (slightly tired) mei qing choi, to make Mei Qing Choi with Soy Ginger Sauce.
Yesterday I made homemade pizza crust, using the Bittman recipe. It was tasty and crunched nicely! [Note the perfectly round pizza crust. 😉 ] [1. Additional pizza night with the other half of the crust was added to the slideshow later.]
Prior to that, I made up one of my favorite dishes, Chicken and Rice. It always hits the spot.
CSA 09/02: 
Pictures from my day exploring Haight Street and Golden Gate Park. It was a great day, beautiful and breezy. There was a lot of goodness in the park that I didn’t get to in my wanderings– there are several museums and buildings I skipped altogether.
A T&D Willey Farms recipe, adapted on the fly for missing ingredients. I turned it vegetarian!
ROLEPLAYING:
Archipelago II Earthsea like roleplaying
Patrick Benson’s Fudge blog
Making PTA Work, good reminders by Doyce
5×5 Sandbox Experiment
Make your own New Crouzubon
The brainstormer quick 3 bit ideas
Very nice review of Wraethulu RPG
Serenity Combat quick PDF
Mouse Guard: the pedagogy of playing, Character creation in play, part 2.
Collaborative World
[Kev] Palladium on sale now
Campaignmastery.com
Making support characters fun: Researcher, Hacker
Good SotC session
Keeping it fresh
Kickers and bangs
I brought this along when I played Trouble on the Tarmac against Bryan. I didn’t cover it on the trip down so it sloshed right over the edges of the pan. It looked messy by the time I served it, but it was still tasty. I made it right out of the Bittman recipe for cobbler, though its default is blueberry. The apricots came right off of the backyard tree… yum!
The cobbler was desert for a potluck dinner we threw together (though, really, all of the serious effort was Bryan’s). It was good.
A pretty tasty month, but not a lot of exciting new veggies. Lots of carrots, lettuce, green beans, and cucumber. Plus squash, but I can’t sell Jennifer on squash.