A few weeks ago, my MMA gym unexpectedly closed, permanently ( Read more... )

I took the Japanese Language Proficiency Test level N4 on Sunday ( Read more... )

My friend since high school, Tom Pluck, wrote a pulp action novel, "Blade of Dishonor."

I bought a copy off of him as soon as he got his author's copies, and set about reading it.

Long story short, I was very impressed, and when he asked me to review it on Amazon, this is what I came up with:

Blade of Dishonor reads like an updated 80s action ( Read more... )

Been a very long time since I updated my Livejournal. I know a few of my friends from Japan still use LJ and might read this ( Read more... )

I picked up a collection of Fritz Leiber's work from the library. It included the short story "Ill Met in Lankhmar."

Then [Fafhrd] looked up at the Mouser with a broad, ingenuous smile.
"Fifty-fifty?" he suggested.
from "The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber"

What?

Fifty-fifty?

From the original:

Then [Fafhrd] looked up at the ( Read more... )

No, seriously.

I needed 3-4 big boxes to just pack up my minis, and that doesn't count the ones I had packed years ago into storage mode. This doesn't count the box of Airfix HO-scale plastic soldiers and tanks I have somewhereI have dragon minis I didn't even know I bought ( Read more... )

. . . more accurately describes the whole "debt ceiling" debate:

Congress Continues Debate Over Whether Or Not Nation Should Be Economically Ruined

First, I need an excuse to buy these guys, paint them, and then use them in a game:
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GURPS Dungeon Fantasy Monsters 1 has reached 299 copies sold as of yesterday ( Read more... )

Way back when I worked at a startup company in NYC (in 2000!), I got introduced to a series of funny videos from "Ingredient X."

I remembered to take the time today to go and find them. Sure enough, they are online:

Live To Be Nine

And here are the othersFunny stuff and I haven't seen it in a while. I was reminded to look when I found a text ( Read more... )