I've been playing the new D&D for a little while now and I've realized some things I do and don't like about it.

I like at-will powers and the fact that everybody gets them. I like the balance of classes and abilities.

( I don't like the monsters. )

I've been thinking about my behavior at Comic-Con towards creative people. I wanted to fanboy. I wanted to tell them how awesome their work was and how much I enjoyed it.

( tl;dr )

I've let this languish because it feels like my life is so boring. I haven't been having the kind of wankery deep thought that lends itself to long-form journaling.

( Loosely connected thoughts )

( In which Derby Dolls kick ass and culinary students drink heavily )

( Bullet point summary )

If you know who Amanda Palmer is and you already like her work, awesome.
If you know who Amanda Palmer is but hate her work, please scroll to the next entry.
If you don't know Amanda Palmer's work, please check out her stuff below.

Amanda Palmer, mainly known as the even-more-awesome half of The Dresden Dolls, has an album out called Who Killed ( Read more... )

Things are slow at work, so I have time to update. I just don't have much of an idea about what to say ( Read more... )

Gentle Reader, allow me to paraphrase Hearts in Atlantis (the movie version, at least, as I haven't read the book).

When I write "bad" under a mental picture of someone, I write it in ink.This, I realize, is a personal failing on my part. I should be loving and forgiving. I know that people can change over the course of years. I know that I'm ( Read more... )

Christine, Adam, Wayne, and I went to the Del Mar Fairgrounds tonight to watch roller derby, put on by the San Diego Derby Dolls. I've never been to roller derby before. I'm glad I went. It was very exciting ( Read more... )

Today I went through the entire archive of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, all 1448 pages of it. Here are some of my favorites.

• I have previously suggested that Christine and I settle the argument this way.
• Zombie humor.
• A common treatment for depression.
• An excellent graph.
• A good managerial choice.