rambling rants and ruminations on mundane life
Posted in daily life, quiz on Aug 31st, 2008
Thoughts about the preceding week.
What did I learn last week? I am getting older.
What was my greatest accomplishment over the past week? Making some damn good chili on Saturday.
Which moment from last week was the most memorable and why? A phone call from the attorney I work with when he was stuck in traffic [...]
You Are Lasagna
Compared to most people, you are open hearted and genuinely friendly.
You go out of your way to make sure everyone is comfortable and happy.
It’s likely that you’re a good cook, and you have a few signature crowd pleaser meals.
You enjoy entertaining and welcoming guests into your home.
What Pasta Dish Are You?
I admit it, [...]
Posted in recommended reading, roleplaying on Aug 29th, 2008
In How do YOU RP around game mechanics? on the Turbine forums, Hitorichan discusses the necessity of occasionally setting aside game mechanics to effectively roleplay in a MMO. Anubias adds that using a random number generator (/roll in LotRO) for a set number of rounds can essentially balance combat between players, when it is [...]
Posted in little things on Aug 28th, 2008
Aya’s been reading more since Brian started taking her to the library, to the point that she picks out words on the screen when Brian’s playing Everquest. Of course, now she wants to know when she’ll be allowed to start playing EQ, SWG, or LotRO.
Over the weekend, she begged to try fishing in Lord of [...]
Posted in images and words on Aug 27th, 2008
Posted in rant, roleplaying on Aug 26th, 2008
I am troubled by some situations which I have observed in the last few months at various roleplaying sites across the internet. There’s a trend of rampant hypocrisy and intolerance of other roleplayers, and I think the glass houses in which these roleplayers live might be getting too fragile for them to be throwing these [...]
Posted in daily life on Aug 25th, 2008
Well… yeah, I’d have a more meaningful blog entry today, but I spent all weekend playing LotRO. I can’t even say I’ll do much better in the future because I anticipate more of the same relentless grinding next week — at least until I earn enough gold to make up for what I just spent [...]
Posted in daily life, quiz on Aug 24th, 2008
I stumbled across 20 Questions You Should Ask Yourself Every Sunday early this morning. It’s worth reading - I gave it a thumbs up. This sort of reflection is something I sporadically do, but I’m going to try to make it a weekly thing. If nothing else, I’ll be able to [...]
Posted in images and words on Aug 23rd, 2008
more cat pictures
Posted in recommended reading, roleplaying on Aug 22nd, 2008
I chuckled at A Treatise on Punt Beasts, by Lord Dredd. This treatise details the ecology of the Punt Beast. While some might be inclined to snark, “Punt Beasts, Bah, Blending, Bad Form!” it’s all written In Character.
A “Swift” Course of Action by Soerl Lute shows some history for a character I’ve always [...]
