A friend of mine has been running a most delightful old World of Darkness campaign on game nights and I have been having lots of fun. He had us build two characters each, as he expected to have to kill us all off for one reason or another at some point... if we do something incredibly stupid. In our group, extreme acts of stupid are fairly common. ( Read more... )

I've noticed lately that I've been reading the weirdest mix of articles and blog entries to the end, but closing, or bookmarking and forgetting, many other articles that seem like they should be of use or interesting to read. This really grabbed my attention last night when I noticed that two tabs I'd left open in Firefox since Friday involving ( Read more... )

Ray Bradbury is one of my favorite authors, and this quote from him, which I read in an article in the NY Times (A Literary Ledgent Fights for a Local Library), has just endeared him to me that much more:

“Libraries raised me, I don’t believe in colleges and universities. I believe in libraries because most students don’t have any money. When I ( Read more... )

My perception of reality doesn't usually intersect with everyone else's very well. I have a hard time knowing where my paranoia ends, and my justified worries start. I also have a hard time realizing when I'm missing important details I really really should be paying attention. I read things into situations that aren't there, I dismiss things as ( Read more... )

"The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking... The solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind. If only I had known, I should have become a watchmaker."

-Albert Einstein

So, I found my dragon ring. I guess it'd been in a pants pocket, as I found it in the bottom of the washing machine when I was transferring clothes from the washer to the dryer. Horray for finding my missing ring. The ring I bought to replace it, it's still missing in action, but since I liked the dragon ring more, I'm glad that's the one I found.
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For Christmas, I received a copy of Brave Men Run by Matthew Wayne Selznick. It was given to me late, and I started reading it earlier this week. Just finished it now. Interesting book, but a little slow and short by the standards I usually hold my reading to.

Reading the book was an odd experience for me. It was set in the 80s, an alternate 80s ( Read more... )

"You want weapons? We're in a library! Books, best weapons in the world. This room is the greatest arsenal we could have. Arm yourself."

So, when I popped onto my computer after getting home from work today, I found a delightful link from teferi waiting for me in pidgin. "http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vt_related_1&listing_id=15247386 I saw this and thought of you" it said. I am lusting for these shiny earrings now. *sigh*

Also, Thin Lizzy is much awesomeness. Very shiny, their ( Read more... )

In the settings for the bluetooth on my phone, there's an option to name my phone. Previously it was the purple penguin. Now it's DeathKitten's Jeejah.

I am entirely too easily amused, entirely too obsessive of a fangirl, but that's okay. ^_^