WickedThought

This is what happened to me this weekend. It’s a long story, but its worth telling and worth hearing.

I put it in lordstrange‘s journal because it’s more appropriate.

I’m very sad today.

Old Moldy Tomes.

Bill and Nancy were enjoying a quiet Sunday evening when the phone rang. Nancy picked it up. “Bill, it’s the Master of the Lodge.”

Bill picked up the phone and talked to the Master of the Lodge for half an hour. When he got off the phone, Nancy said, “You know, Bill, I wish that I was Master of your Lodge. You said ‘yes’ to him thirty-five times in half an hour.”

“I really wish that you were Master of my Lodge, too,” Bill said. “We change our Master every year.”

… and why it is important to what happened in Dealey Plaza, November 22.

I’m interested in watching this, but I do not have access to the History Channel. Anybody willing to put up with me for an hour while we watch this fascinating ficti–I mean, “documentary?” 🙂

Decoding The Past – Secret Brotherhood of Freemasons
Tune In: Thursday, March 23 @ 9pm ET/PT

George Washington, Paul Revere and Ben Franklin were all members. So were Mozart and Duke Ellington. The Freemasons are the world’s most famous secret society, a nearly 400-year-old organization whose influence is the subject of intense debate and a favorite subject of conspiracy theorists worldwide.

Are they a sinister cabal that uses their influence to help members and further their own mysterious plans, or a harmless social club with a taste for colorful pageantry? THE SECRET BROTHERHOOD OF FREEMASONS is a riveting investigation. Journey back to ancient Egypt to uncover a murderous legend that inspired dark rituals. See a reenactment of the initiation ritual that has remained unchanged for centuries, where candidates swear, on pain of death, to uphold the moral code and secrets of the order. Explore the profound impact Freemasonry had in the formation of our national character, and revisit the sensational murder case that nearly destroyed the Masons.

From mysterious symbols on the $1 bill to the estimated 6 million worldwide members, this is an illuminating look at the SECRET BROTHERHOOD OF THE FREEMASONS.

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (3/20/2006) — American’s increasing acceptance of religious diversity doesn’t extend to those who don’t believe in a god, according to a national survey by researchers in the University of Minnesota’s department of sociology.

From a telephone sampling of more than 2,000 households, university researchers found that Americans rate atheists below Muslims, recent immigrants, gays and lesbians and other minority groups in “sharing their vision of American society.” Atheists are also the minority group most Americans are least willing to allow their children to marry.

Main Entry: larpflirt
Function: verb
Etymology: latentblue *
1: the act of flirting with a person at a live action roleplaying game under the auspice of flirting with their character.

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* via Jefferson Bear’s telepathetic powers.
(“YEssss! Now bring me the honey.”)

… I removed and replaced an entire sink.
… I removed and replaced a garbage disposal unit.
… I memorized three and a half pages of Masonic ritual.
… I replaced the power coupling (no joke) on a water heater.
… I wrote ten pages for a roleplaying game (Wilderness of Mirrors).
… I fixed a toilet.
… I hung out with my Masonic buddies in a bar.

… and now I’m too tired to play in ‘s amazing Star Trek game.

Can’t win ’em all.

As I mentioned, last night, I was sitting with friends who want to play a spy game. They dig spies. I mean they really dig spies. I’ve listened to them trying to “fix” d20 (“polishing a turd” is what I say) and how they’ve even resorted to pulling out old editions of Top Secret to get their James Bond/Jason Bourne fix.

“Boys,” I finally said, standing up from my computer, “what you need to do is design your own game. Until you do that, you’re just tweaking something you don’t like.”

“That’s too much work,” they told me.

“Bullshit,” I told them. “Here, let’s make a Spy Game.”

I did it in ten minutes. Here’s what I came up with.

Here I am!