After struggling with infection and slime on llamafodder, I gave in and created a new blog. I imported the old posts and comments– so after a very little while we’ll be all the way up to speed again. Let me know if you have any problems!
Bad news. You remember how I mentioned over lunch, Dad and Ben, that the Mexican place [Vallarta] around the corner from me was closed? I walked by it today and it remained closed, with chairs stacked on tables, a chain dead bolted around the door, etc.
But even worse? I continued walking to the Olive Press, and found that it too is closed. I ate there Monday, but it looks like they’re gone. The Java City shop owner across the street told me that they’re done.
Not good news for downtown lunch fans. While there are several good options still around, I’m sad to see the two of them go. [And suspicious about the Olive Press– I wonder if the end of construction on Kern and the completion of the Virginia Hotel around them raised their rents and drove them off.]
We had a great time on our honeymoon, and really enjoyed exploring Rome. We babbled about it at great length with Dad on Saturday… for most of the afternoon. I’m going to scribble down at least quick notes about the trip and what we saw now, and hope to add more detailed posts later. I’ll link off to our photos when we get them up on flikr.
On to the capsule summary…
RPGThoughts, a new blog.
I bookmarked this for the post’s name… I need to see what it is. Dr Who Torchwood and BSG
I am TRex, a political humor blog.
Thick political newsfeed
Cheryl’s Mewsings: a cool sci-fi fandom site.
Levi is working on a SotC/Perfect 20 cross
Tokyo Rain RPG developer’s log. Interesting discussion about emulating the books. (The books also sound cool…)
Fantastic Dice Bag.
(Investigate): Bacchus’ Banquet Playtest Review by Shannon Appelcline (5/5).
Wordfare Playtest Review by Tom Vasel (5/3).
(Read) El Capitn (2007)
An interesting sounding expansion to Mare Nostrum: Mythology.
AT-43 company manager
Some recent food related finds:
Cookie Madness.net. More than cookies– a good food blog. Suspiciously, she cooks for “Fuzz”. Sounds like Dad’s been two timing us…
Spinach and Onion baked eggs
5 grease Pasta dish
Good sounding party game: Tie one On
Pre PHB: All the 4e preview stuff collected and organized-
For SotC: PC comparison spreadsheet
Various Pulp Title Generators– Dr Who, 1, 2, 3.
Pretender an Otherkind derived RPG
Piazo is continuing 3.5e (though with new alterations) with the Pathfinder RPG
Cool but very different class and feats for D&D: The Gaming Den: Races of War
If you get another warning about Html_Iframe.gq or anything else, can you take a screen shot and email it to me? Tech support was unable to find it.
Thanks!
My hearing is almost as bad as I imagined. No loud music, but I’m still in cranky old person hearing ranges!
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You’re not a hoopy frood
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You thought you were really with it and in with your younger colleagues but they just laugh at you because you can’t hear beyond this!
The highest pitched ultrasonic mosquito ringtone that I can hear is 14.1kHz |
| Find out which ultrasonic ringtones you can hear! |
There are a lot of disparate groups trying to improve Fresno. Here are links to some of the ones I try to keep an eye on– there are lots of opportunities to meet other people interested in making a difference. Or in having fun. Or in discussing a book. You know, people in Fresno. Anyway…
While I don’t have the same bad experiences with cross gender play, I do have concerns about shallowly portraying women.
Newwark, NJ: City creation example for Dresden Files
LeGuin: Staying awake: Notes on the alleged decline of reading
Books to investigate: Thomas Ligotti: Noctuary, Songs of a Dead Dreamer