Kids in the Hall Saturdays

Happy Halloween!

NaGaDeMo

Why not? A deadline might just be the thing to get my butt moving!

I think I'm going to expand on Extinction Event and drudge up an old idea for a system that I am calling Overcard.

Avast!

I don't want this to turn into a link site, but its Pirates via Aardman studios

!'Cheeeese, Gromit!'

Lost in the Dark

via Retronaut. Tunnels of the River Fleet
We spend a lot of time talking about maps and mazes, but we rarely think about what it might actually feel to be a dungeon explorer. These photos of London's forgotten river do an amazing job of conveying what it might feel like to actually explore dark tunnels below the earth.

Fifteen years is more than fair for a dog her size and she was healthy almost to the last, but her hips were failing fast and we made the choice to end it before she got any worse. True to form, it took two vets, a nurse, us and three muzzels, but she wouldn't have been our Tasha if she'd gone without a fight.
Goodbye.

Kids in the Hall Saturday

I'd also like to send this message out to Mr. Harvey.

D&D Colouring Book!

via Monster Brains blog!
This has been making the rounds, but I feel it is worth repeating ... a Dungeons and Dragon's Colouring Book!!
Download the full PDF HERE

I gotta go buy some crayons!

Geek Goddesses!

The wife is out tonight taking photos at an event hosted by none other than The Mistress of the Dark herself, Ms. Cassandra Peterson!

Normally, I'd list her Geek credentials, but she's freakin' Elvira!.

Update: Awesome!

Big Bang Blah!

Raj not able speaking to girls without booze has offically become the most tired joke on TV.

Here be Dragons

Tonight I crack the spine of the fifth book of a 'Song of Ice and Fire'. After getting bogged down in 'A Storm of Swords' I breezed through 'A Feast for Crows' relatively quickly.

AFfC is going to present an interesting challenge for HBO methinks. There is very little action and almost all of the major characters are dead(ish) or abscent. The world has become a bit bogged down in its own weight and the major impression I was left with was the endless listing of knights and lordlings (that I am sorry to say I skimmed the bulked of). We get a short but tantalizing glimpse of Arya's future, a long and mainly pointless search from Brienne and the continuation of Jaime's redemption. In the place of the characters we have spent years getting to know and care about, we get major diversions into the Iron Isles, Dorne and a fascinating glimpse into what makes Cersei tick (anyone else think she 'helped' her childhood companion into that well?), but she never becomes sympathetic the way Jaime has. Given that GRRM has had five years and a butload of (well earned) cash from HBO, I'm dearly hoping that these threads start to weave together soon.

Given the fickle finger of the viewing public (fantasy is hot right now, but if they keep producing drek like Camelot, it won't be for long) and the series makes it that far, could HBO keep the muggles interested with a TV season without so much as a hint of Tyrion, Jon or Dany? My bet is that they blend the two books.