WickedThought

I went with and ROBZOR! to San Francisco this weekend with three purposes. First, to gain XP. Second, to visit his folks. And third, to visit , her sis, and Sean Y.

The first purpose went well. I met a lot of people, hooked up with some old friends, and otherwise had a wonderful time.

The second purpose went better than expected. We all trucked out to The Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum & Planetarium. I picked up some bling for Mr. Black at the Museum’s book store and we had great Chinese food.

The third purpose also went very well. bought everybody lunch at a Med/Greek restaurant. My memories of the Bay Area remain true: the food was great and the service was lousy.

All in all, a wonderful weekend.

Tonight was the night.

The hammer has been ready for some time now.
I was waiting for someone to pull the trigger.

Thank you, .

My guess is he also wants astrology taught in astronomy classes, feng shui taught in geology classes, and homeopathy taught in biology classes. Hell, I should show up to teach alchemy.

http://www.charleston.net/stories/?newsID=68174&section=localnews

Someone leaked it. It’s definately not work safe.

Let me say that again: DEFINATELY NOT WORK SAFE.

My friends, I give you the unrated internet trailer for Basic Instinct 2.

Oh my…

Instead of rolling a single d20 (giving you a 5% chance of rolling any facing on the die which equals teh suck), try this.

Roll 2d10.
(Yeah, yeah. I’m getting to it.)

If either die rolls 10, re-roll and add the result.

If you roll 20 or higher, you get a critical success.

If both dice roll 1, you fumble.*

For every 5 points over the DC, get +1 effect. (Damage, etc.)

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* I hate fumbles. Failure is bad enough. But fumbles are part of the d20 System, so there you go.

I need a new printer.
NOW.

I’d go with Lulu, but it looks like I’d have to re-format all my books from 5.5 x 8.5 to 6 x 10. Is this correct or am I smoking chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer?

And they’re using Halliburton to do it.

(thanks to )

So. Very. Wrong.

Work safe, but not gamer safe.

Bush is assigning Creationists to NASA…

(from the NY Times)

“In October, for example, George Deutsch, a presidential appointee in NASA headquarters, told a Web designer working for the agency to add the word “theory” after every mention of the Big Bang, according to an e-mail message from Mr. Deutsch that another NASA employee forwarded to The Times.”

“… The Big Bang memo came from Mr. Deutsch, a 24-year-old presidential appointee in the press office at NASA headquarters whose résumé says he was an intern in the “war room” of the 2004 Bush-Cheney re-election campaign. A 2003 journalism graduate of Texas A&M, he was also the public-affairs officer who sought more control over Dr. Hansen’s public statements.”

“… The Big Bang is “not proven fact; it is opinion,” Mr. Deutsch wrote, adding, “It is not NASA’s place, nor should it be to make a declaration such as this about the existence of the universe that discounts intelligent design by a creator.” It continued: “This is more than a science issue, it is a religious issue. And I would hate to think that young people would only be getting one-half of this debate from NASA. That would mean we had failed to properly educate the very people who rely on us for factual information the most.”

Editor’s note: George Deutsch got his job at NASA was a reward for being a loyal young republican. Otherwise, based on his reported comments in this and other articles – and I’m just guessing folks – but it would seem that he did not take very many science classes in college – political science perhaps. Not exactly the ideal background for someone whose job it is to communicate science. Perhaps we can get George to detail his background for us – and why he thinks that he knows more about the topic than the people who actually do the research. Personally I think George is in over his head. Based on the quotes in this article he is pursuing his own personal political/religious agenda – at taxpayer expense. What’s even more annoying is the fact that George seems to have been operating without any adult supervision by NASA PAO – or has the White House really directed NASA to do the things that George has been doing?.

In three rolls, all in less than five minutes, I rolled five ones.

1st Roll: I spent a hero point. I got to roll 3d6, pick the highest one, and add it to my roll.

My 3d6 rolled 1, 1, 1.

2nd Roll: Finger of Death. Fortitude save.

My roll: 1.

3rd Roll: We’re in Ravenloft. Roll a Will Save to see if I turn into a zombie.

My roll: 1.

I hate d20.

(This is an average night for me. People wonder why I play Amber and Diplomacy.)