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Adding Mechanics to Drinking Jones' D&D Soda
I assume most of you who follow this LJ are aware that Jones Soda is putting out a limited edition set of D&D themed soda. I ordered a 12-pack as a surprise for my players for our next session. Naturally, I want to assign some mechanical relevance to the libations. I think it will be as simple as gaining some benefit when the player finishes the ( Read more... ) -
Kindle DX is Huge!
Bad pun I know, but if you haven't seen the news yet, I'm sure you'll agree ( Read more... ) -
Recommend Me Some Kindle Books
So I just got notification that my Kindle2 is on its way. Yip. Apparently, it comes with a sense of liberation--like I can read books I never would have dreamed of reading in dead-tree format. So I need recommendations. Generally, I like fantasy and spy novels and non-fiction books about cooking, marketing/branding, and philosophy. But, as I said, ( Read more... ) -
Pastafarianism Rocked to its Core
One of the fundamental principles of pastafarianism is the correlation between global warming and pirates, best summed up in this chart:
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Ignorant Election Analysis
Watching a little Morning Joe today. I like Mika Brzezinski, but her campaign coverage has irked me a few times. Most obviously, she's been quite a Palin apologist, unwilling to even entertain the question that Palin is lacking in some departments. The MJ crowd were talking today and posed the question: Can McCain win ( Read more... ) -
McCain: Giving Aid and Comfort to Terrorists
There are many, many problems with McCain in this interview. I could easily go line by line and fact check his comments and end up awash in red ink. But I'm struck by his comments at the very beginning regarding Bill Ayers. This is the first I've heard him assert that Ayers (and indeed his wife) are presently trying to destroy America. McCain is ( Read more... ) -
McCain: Whimp
There has been a lot of discussion about the recent negative turn of the McCain campaign. By their own admission, the economic terrain is a difficult one for them to overcome. If the economy is the focus of the campaign, they expect they will lose. Simultaneously, there can be no question that the economy is the most important issue to the voters ( Read more... )
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