My last journal entry was posted when I was pretty upset, I think I should do an update ( Read more... )

Haven't posted on LJ for a while, so I thought I'd do a quick update ( Read more... )

I've been painting a lot of Battletech miniatures over the past few weeks. I'm entering into an online painting contest on the official message board, and just finished and submitted my entry a few days ago. So yesterday...I thought I would take on my personal Ultimate Challenge ( Read more... )

Good heavens, it's been a busy summer for superhero movies. So far, I've seen "Iron Man 3", "Man of Steel" and now "The Wolverine." How would I describe the Wolverine? Well, it's Hugh Jackman, plus an awesome lady martial artist, plus ninjas. In other words, a plot designed for Yours Truly Tanuki. The film is filled with crunchy samurai and ninja ( Read more... )

Best birthday wishes to my favorite paragon of bushido, Happaman today!

Now I must plan a birthday-themed scenario for Shinjo Tamahachi in our L5R game. Moo ha ha ha ha. :)

The family all wanted to get out and do something relaxing, so on Sunday we went down to Laguna Beach for the Sawdust Art Festival. It was a lot of fun! First, the weather was completely unlike typical SoCal July-it was cool, mid-70s and cloudy all day, which made it very pleasant for walking around. Second, crowds were much less than what we ( Read more... )

Saturday was a Big Project Day...we cleaned out our garage top to bottom. I keep catching myself calling it "Dad's Garage" even though I suppose its ours now because I think this is the first time some of the items in storage were taken out in at least three decades ( Read more... )

Oh, wow! :D :D :D ( Read more... )

After reading the disappointing "The Scar-Crow Men," by Mark Chadbourn, I thought I'd change authors and review a book I really liked! (So if you have a short attention span, you can stop reading there, ha ha ( Read more... )

With my recent discovery of the tabletop RPG "All For One: Regime Diabolique" I've been reading a lot of swashbuckler fantasy set in the late 16th/early 17th century. It's a neat genre with more books available than I expected, so I thought I'd post some reviews from two series I've found recently-"Swords of Albion" by Mark Chadbourn, featuring ( Read more... )