I have an unabashed enjoyment of "The Commodores", especially their classic catalog. I am equally fond of both their early funkified days and their subsequent turn as soul balladeers.

For those of you who know me well, this is entirely consistent with my strong affinity for all things old school funk, soul, R&B, and Motown. A band who spans the ( Read more... )

Nullus Pennae!

That's "Zero Wing" in Latin, y'all.

Courtesy of the Lager Rhythms!

I do not want your product and/or service, nor do I want to hear your pitch. I am never your target audience.( Read more... )

From this week's Tuesday night game, where hwrnmnbsol 's wizard and mine combined our spellcrafting mastery to produce the following highly effective combination: Prismatic Wall + Reverse Gravity = Prismatic Fall This is perhaps the best way to deal with huge-sized ability-draining oozes and vermin. Doubly true when you combine your intellects to shape the ( Read more... )

The song that's been popping up on my mental radio all week kind of makes me want to start my own Muppet songs cover band: Can You Picture That? Everybody's brother, everybody's lover I wanna be your lifetime friend. Crazy as a rocket, nothin in my pocket, I keep it at the rainbow's end. I never think of money, I think of milk 'n honey, grinnin ( Read more... )

NBC, in its infinite programming wisdom, decided to once again put its late night comedy hosts in a tight spot.

Conan O'Brien has responded with his trademark combination of class and absurdity. Whatever happens, I suspect contract guarantees and a solid comedic pedigree will see that he and his stable of funny accomplices meet with success.

Although ( Read more... )

For fans of Rankin/Bass animation classics, you should know this was released last month: Flight of Dragons

Go order yourself a copy already.

As some of you know, I'm fortunate enough to be one of five players in a very healthy D&D 4th Edition game run by drangelo . Due to scheduling, we took a hiatus for November, which allowed us a chance to hash out an important but low-action roleplaying-driven plot detail over e-mail, saving future game session time for action and high adventure ( Read more... )

This is how one bombs a math quiz.

It is also how one responds to such efforts when grading. 'Nuff said.

D&D Soda! Courtesy of the soda wizards at Jones. Still not sure I want to drink anything labeled "Brain Juice", especially not from an illithid.