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Serendipity's been unstable all day. I'll be changing my entire webrealm around. See you on the other side, Ray...

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Eldest's eczema has been out of control for more or less three months now. We've finally been able to get her in to see a dermatologist. On top of the usual suspects for prescription drugs, we've got a total overhaul of her skin care regime to deliver on: milder cleansers ( Read more... )

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Herbert F. Solow is pretty much the last survivor of the original Star Trek production offices. (Dorothy C. Fontana would be next in line, but Herb was there from the original pitch in 1965.) What did he think of Star Trek (2009)?

Read it care of BBC Wales.

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Good night Monday, with scores running from 119 to 129. Decently consistent, even though I didn't find the strike groove until the last half of the last game. And once I found it, I couldn't help laughing at every delivery that I saw ( Read more... )

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The things that change in this hobby. I grew up thinking chemically-treated tissue paper wadding was the way to protect recovery systems from the hot products of the ejection charge. It's still in all the model instructions and starter sets and all.

But it seems that very ( Read more... )

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So here's the story. At the beginning of the year, Quest introduced the Q2G2 igniter, a gorgeous little apparatus with long INSULATED leads and a really aggressive kick for ignition. The insulation eliminates 90% of igniter failures, ( Read more... )

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... to my dear friend Gary, with whom I grew up and who relocated to the Pacific Northwest a couple years back. We don't see each other often, but our bond of common interests, attitudes, and lunacies never wanes.

Have a sweet one, bro'. Life's pretty darn good, really

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As reported by the Groknard, I'm now ready for folks who might want to playtest my EZFudge rules extensions for Star Trek (original series). Drop me a line at nvdaydreamer (at) gmail (dot) com and I'll send you the package.

C'mon, you can do this! The core rules are ( Read more... )

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Yup, continuing to finally activate features that have been available to me for three years ... I have a Gallery installation running. It currently has 10 pics of indifferent value. See for y'self at Seen Around The Manor