So I'm finally (no, really) going to get started on my worldbuilding/RPG world idea. For those not keeping score at home, the ancient history of this idea starts here and continues here. By the time I got here I had some rules, then a list of names, which I tried to narrow down to three but everyone panned themAfter that, we started talking about ( Read more... )

I enjoy reading bOINGbOING from time to time, but they do have a tendency to bias, such as lampooning everything having to do with religion while listing Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion as a "good documentary". It's fine by me, because I don't mind and indeed seek out opinions different than my own on a fairly regular basis...indeed, as a Green ( Read more... )

• Discovery has reached the ISS. Remember, guys - metric tools for this job, 'kay?
• Third-place finish last night for The Wrong Trousers, the successor to W&G. Back in the money!
• Speaking of which, I semi-seriously suggested over an after-game bheer with Rick that if he took a week off, I could fill in (considering that I try to zing him with ( Read more... )

I should mention that Kid-2 brought home two C's on her report card and was, for a time, beside herself, and really took it out on Kid-1. Now honestly, I don't pay a lot of attention to report cards. I've tried to do that "stern parent" thing with them and I just can't. They seem really superfluous. I know what my kids are smart in and what ( Read more... )