Month: April 2011

I am a sucker for a good kung fu film. I grew up with the occasional Bruce Lee movie on UHF but it wasn’t until high school that both technology and opportunity aligned for me and I was able to start… Continue Reading →

I am, by no means, a good DM/Storyteller. I want to become a better one, but I’m still trying to wrap my head around the basics. When discussing DM theory with friends, I’ve come across two basic (mutually exclusive!) goals.… Continue Reading →

So… what are you reading/watching? I finally picked up Volume One of Ultimate Spider-Man and I’m surprised by how easily it can be updated to 2000 from 1962 while changing only the technobabble. No longer a “radioactive” spider, it’s now… Continue Reading →

So… what are you playing? I’m spending most of my time on XBox Live games. Full House Poker, A World of Keflings, and Comic Jumper. I fully intend to get back to Force Unleashed II! It’s just that I feel… Continue Reading →

If I were to start making oblique references in these posts, I could have called this one “Gambon!”, I suppose. Anyway, this week’s wine is Layer Cake Shiraz 2009. Reg $21.79, on sale for $15.99? I suspect that the point of… Continue Reading →

While playing with the Internet Anagram Server (don’t ask), I found out that “Mindless Diversions” anagrams out to “Evildoers’ Minds’ Sins” (which just barely beat out “Deisms Vend Sirloins”). So. What’s the real name of *YOUR* hangout?

Last Sunday, I went over to my friend DMan’s and watched Wrestlemania XXVII (as he and I have watched Wrestlemania together since Wrestlemania XIV). Our gaming buddy Steve also came over as he said that his son (“Mr. 9”) had… Continue Reading →

Remember the scene in Kill Bill Part 2 where Bill explains Superman? It’s a pretty good monologue… here it is, if you haven’t seen it (with Spanish subtitles!): Now, I am no one to begrudge a man a decent monologue… Continue Reading →

The first three or four times I had a conversation about this game, I had to figure out that we were not talking about the computer game contemporary of Doom. Nope, this is a board game. An old fashioned, dice-rolling,… Continue Reading →