THURSDAY Played the NECROPOLIS game. Made a new character to better fit the setting/style. When we came across people who “detected evil,” I was the first one to throw down. Threw swords, to be exact (nice little Feat, that Throw Anything). The Soliloquator said, “Looks like our new friend forgot to take the Plays Well…

I play in a regular game group on Thursdays. We play every kind of game imaginable. For the large part, I enjoy my Thursdays (although, right now, I’m trying to get my narrativist head to fit in the gamist box that is Dungeons & Dragons). Still, I like my friends, we talk, we eat, we…

Frank Miller is God. Okay, maybe not. But when God hears Miller’s name, He pisses His pants and asks, “He’s not here, is he?” So, when Trekhead and I went to see Daredevil last night, and the Elektra/Bullseye fight came up, I knew I was either gonna get sold, or I was gonna get up…

There’s a new RUSH CD in stores. It’s called “The Spirit of Radio” and it contains a bonus DVD of material. “Well,” says I, a RUSH fan of no small degree, “It must be mine!” I knew I already had access to all the tracks on the album. I knew it was another attempt from…

A British TV series from the ’70’s. Given to me to watch by my buddy Cassius Vispania. Great show. I just finished the first season, got to the climax. It was the only way it could go, but the inevitability of it made the show. I knew what was going to happen. It didn’t make…

So, it looks like Gen-Con: West (otherwise known as “Gen-Con: Matt’s House”) will be held here in Southern California, not more than a half hour drive from where I live, not 5 minutes from where Speaks-With-Diaphram makes his residence. As it turns out, the dates are December 10-14. My birthday is December 10th. “Gen-Con: John’s…

(I just wrote this over at rpg.net. Someone was asking about an occult background for Los Angeles. So, on the spur of the moment, I wrote this…) If you walk down Hollywood Boulevard, you will see the names of the dead, written in the streets (as the Kinks song says). So many famous people die…

I’ve just written my own character’s doom. Yeah, I’m cool like that. I originally gave William Walker the “Lord Strange” title as a bit of character flavor. Some pepper thrown in, just because. Then, I gave him a couple family artifacts. Told Trekhead about them. He said, “Cool.” And now, looking back, I realize what…

If there was any doubt in my mind, all of it was cleared up. They say a madman is insane because he has no defenses, no filters. He sees the world the way it really is, while the rest of us, the “sane” have filters and defenses to keep ourselves just a little oblivious. Last…

Had a date with the ex- last night. We mat at the accountant’s to get last year’s taxes taken care of. We won’t be seeing each other for a long while, I think. It went poorly (to say the least). She asked me how I was doing. “I’m waiting,” I said in the car, rain…