So we have a new party member, played by one of thespooniest's more awesome college roommates ( Read more... )

I apologize to those of you on my f-list who will see this post linked repeatedly, but there's a reason for it.

My friend rushthatspeaks has made an awesome post about the history of the First Nations, and the ways in which American history has been rewritten ( Read more... )

So I was on the phone with angstnokami, and this topic came up, and I realized I should probably say it ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, eredien! May your day be relaxed and joyful, and celebratory of everything that is you.

It's an honor to share a birthday with you. :)

...I get to wonder if the people to whom I sent a very important email actually received it or read it. Boston-folk?

midnite_phoenix is back from places far away, even if only temporarily. There will be gaming and such.

It was awesome - me, thespooniest, weirdquark, midite_phoenix, angstnokami; and her family, mobiuswolf, Thrud, and Thrud's awesome dad. Much of the weekend was spent playing awesome games (including a seriously kickass game called "To Court The King," which we are definitely going to be picking up, and the startlingly deep "Hey! That's My Fish!" which no-one (probably including the game designers) ( Read more... )

An example: when the following exchange, entirely in singing and the appropriate Sesame Street voice, occurs during a board game about Lovecraftian horror:

thespooniest: ~oh, zombie, zombie, zombie starts with Z! [shout] Everybody!
thespooniest, midnite_phoenix, and me, in unison: ~Z is for Zombie, that's good enough for me...~

Thrud: (holds Sweeney Todd soundtrack over B's head, just out of reach ( Read more... )