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As I talked about in a previous post, the wife and I are hoping to take a vacation sometime this summer.  We are pretty sure we want to head out to Britain but the problem is that we haven't the faintest idea of how to plan this.  There is always a travel agent but they end up just being very pushy and pricey.

So, any travel resources you folks use out there?

I appreciate any help.

After a year of waiting and preparation, we are finally going to Necronomicon tomorrow.

We have the costumes and the friends we all wanted together. We have not only exploded with our writings and publications but we are now also publishers.

We have a lot to showcase this year and I'm excited.

Woot. Can't...wait...

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/09/26/4128/

The scary part about this whole thing is that is "bi-partisan". Did we learn nothing from Iraq?

The world just got a whole lot scarier...

I've been reading so much modernism and ancient civilization writings lately that my mind is going to explode. Two very different ends of the spectrum and now, I need something to put the balance back into place.

So, your mission as my literature worshipping friends, is to give me something to read.

I'm looking for something that is neither ancient nor modernist. Otherwise, go for it.

Hit me with your best book!

I was in the middle of posting a rant about how "polyamorous" and "polygamous" are entirely two different things when I realized something.

The article I was ranting about was labeled correctly, I had just seen it wrong.

Here is the article I am talking about, dealing with Warren Jeffs of a splinter group of Mormons being convicted.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20974526/?GT1=10357

The article is headed "Polygamous-sect leader convicted" and I thought it had said "Polyamorous-sect leader convicted". My bad. Maybe my coffee and cough medicine drugged mind should stop reading and just go to bed.

Heh heh.

Heheh, thanks Davin!

Goblins chew and goblins bite,
Goblins cut and goblins fight,
Stab the dog and cut the horse,
Goblins eat and take by force!

Goblins race and goblins jump,
Goblins slash and goblins bump,
Burn the skin and mash the head,
Goblins here and you be dead!

Chase the baby, catch the pup,
Bonk the head to shut it up!
Bones be cracked, flesh be stewed,
We the goblins—you the food! 

(Found this on the WoTC FR boards and just had to share.  The original creator is unknown as this was in several people's signatures.  Whoever they may be, they kick ass for givin' my favorite fantasy race some lovin'!)

Robert Jordan passed away yesterday.  I'm saddened by the news as he was a decent guy and was getting people to read.  That's enough in my book to mourn him.

More news on it here:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070917/ap_en_ot/obit_jordan_5

Stolen from Ann:

Link: The Which Imaginary World Fits You Test written by Azurain on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test

I've been reading E.M. Forster for my British Literature II course and I think I've found a writer that I need to dive into headfirst.

No puns intended.

He wrote "A Passage to India" and other novels during the early-mid 1900s.  He was also a short story writer and it was one of his short stories, "A Life to Come", that really got me interested in his work.

The story focuses on a missionary and his homosexual relationship with a native chief he converts to Christianity.  The chief views Christianity as love and acceptance and the missionary ends up becoming a hypocrite and a cruel overlord when the native society is converted to Christianity.  It's a beautiful tale of duality that I highly recommend.

Fantastic story...I wish I could write half as good as writers like Forster.

On a whim (as that's how I do all my shopping), I picked up a copy of White Wolf's latest release, "Monte Cook's World of Darkness". White Wolf essentially let the father of the 3.5 Revised d20 system take their setting and mold it to his whim.

And what a vision he came up with.

I've taken a renewed interest in my college's writing club, the "Swamp Scribes". The college sits next to a lake which I think qualifies as a swamp so that's my theory on the name. That and we live in Florida which is basically a retirement ranch sitting on a sun-baked swampy flat piece of land with sand everywhere.

Regardless of my hate for this sun-baked hell, the writing club was a lot of fun last year and hopefully it will be this year. I promise nothing but expect everything. Heh.

I'm going to be running for President or Vice President of the club this year as it is my last year at MCC (I graduate in the winter) and I want to make a bit of a last minute push to leave something of a mark here. You know, besides the usual belligerence and destruction.

So, they were planning on doing a "Swamp Scribes anthology" but for reasons unknown, it never got off the ground...so I'm taking it over. Or at least heavy handedly helping with it. I've done the publisher gig for a while now, I think I can handle this anthology.

And that will make some people very, very happy to see this finished.

So yeah, that's how the dice have been cast. Let's hope they stay on the double 6s.

I proudly present "Lol President"!

http://lolpresident.com/

Rome, the HBO series about the reign of Julius Caesar and beyond, has released its second and final season to DVD early!

We managed to find it at the local video store and are now settling in for a Rome Season 2 marathon.

It's a good distraction and we're glad to have found it two weeks before scheduled release (at least, scheduled release as of two months ago when I checked Amazon.com).

Awesome times, awesome times.

http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=204119

Check the Wizards.com website as well and click on the "Dungeons and Dragons" link.

4th edition IS here. It is being said that it won't be OGL. That means no third-party publishers like OGL 3.5 has.

Well, they don't plan on dropping the OGL and 4th edition will not be released 'til May 2008. That gives us several months to get some material out but the market for 3.5 will still have a few years left in her.

Luckily, we are working on moving out of 3.5 and creating our own gaming system with dE. Let's hope that's a success.

For the longest time, I have been a casual drinker of tea. I have my two staples: Lipton Tea and the tea they serve in Japanese restaurants.

Yeah, a tea virgin in all senses of the phrase.

But, now, behold! I have discovered the greatest tea known to man after a week of trying every tea I have in the house (which is actually a lot, almost thirty different kinds, as I have inheritated a lot from my mother over the years):

Black Spice Chai Tea

It is simply the best tea I have ever had.

I bought like five boxes this week and now I'm in the midst of my fifth cup of the evening. Mmmm, chai...

Any other tea-fiends out there?

Mom calls today to inform me that she, my step-father, and baby are going to be down early Friday afternoon and will be spending the weekend with us.

Surprise visit sneak attack!

Heh, it'll be nice to see my folks again, just wish they would give me more notice than "Hey! We're heeeeeere!". So, my apologies for not being able to make game on Friday or do anything this upcoming weekend.

We should be up there next, next week for LARP or general hanging out stuff.

Sound good?

Have a good week, folks.

Edit: Actually, mom just called and cancelled. So, that sucks. I really wanted to see them too. Well, count on us being there Friday then! And Claire, I'll make sure to bring the dress and the wife has a ribbon she would like your expert touch with, if possible. See ya then!