Kingdom of Rain
I've spent several hours this week learning more about wrangling InDesign. This is good - I'm being challenged, not sitting around looking for something to do. It may pay off reasonably soon, too - we've got a designer who may not be around much longer, and although there are certainly going to be candidates with better portfolios than me, I'm already in the system, and with the current HR climate throughout McClatchy, an internal hire is more attractive.
Of late, I've noticed a powerful resurgence of a part of my personality I do not like at all - a drive towards self-destruction. I don't know where this thing comes from, but every few years, it shows up and makes things rather icky. I've recognized it early this time around, and don't expect to make too many dreadful mistakes, but I'll quite probably be making the occasional panicky phone call to a few of you.
Massive storm system moving into the area for the day. Two waves of storms, the larger of the two hitting in the afternoon. Should be all kinds of fun on the commutes.
John McCain announced his candidacy last night on Letterman. 8 years ago, I would have been behind him, at least a little bit, but as he's made a bad habit of dropping lockstep into the BushCo doctrine. I think he's a more viable candidate than Giuliani; don't really know enough about Romney. The likelihood of anybody on that side of the spectrum getting my vote is pretty slim, though.
tegyrius' Blue Planet game starts up tonight. The last time we played BP was about forever ago, but I remember greatly enjoying it. It's one of the best-designed settings I've ever seen, and if it has a fault, it's that there's so much to do that you can't really touch everything. This is going to be a fun stretch of gaming.
On a loosely-related sad note, Necromancer Games is shutting down. They put out some great D&D3/3.5 material.
Of late, I've noticed a powerful resurgence of a part of my personality I do not like at all - a drive towards self-destruction. I don't know where this thing comes from, but every few years, it shows up and makes things rather icky. I've recognized it early this time around, and don't expect to make too many dreadful mistakes, but I'll quite probably be making the occasional panicky phone call to a few of you.
Massive storm system moving into the area for the day. Two waves of storms, the larger of the two hitting in the afternoon. Should be all kinds of fun on the commutes.
John McCain announced his candidacy last night on Letterman. 8 years ago, I would have been behind him, at least a little bit, but as he's made a bad habit of dropping lockstep into the BushCo doctrine. I think he's a more viable candidate than Giuliani; don't really know enough about Romney. The likelihood of anybody on that side of the spectrum getting my vote is pretty slim, though.
tegyrius' Blue Planet game starts up tonight. The last time we played BP was about forever ago, but I remember greatly enjoying it. It's one of the best-designed settings I've ever seen, and if it has a fault, it's that there's so much to do that you can't really touch everything. This is going to be a fun stretch of gaming.
On a loosely-related sad note, Necromancer Games is shutting down. They put out some great D&D3/3.5 material.