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I Am A: Lawful Neutral Elf Druid/Rogue (2nd/2nd Level)

Ability Scores:

Strength-10

Dexterity-13

Constitution-12

Intelligence-14

Wisdom-15

Charisma-15

Alignment:
Lawful Neutral A lawful neutral character acts as law, tradition, or a personal code directs him. Order and organization are paramount to him. He may believe in ( Read more... )

I was interviewed today for a segment on NPR on energy companies and climate change! If you go to npr.org and listen to the evening's edition of Marketplace, my story starts at 6:50 into the show. Its just a brief soundbite, but its still pretty cool! Plus, knightvln, who didn't know I would be on the show, heard me driving home from work, which ( Read more... )

Well, that's it. Dissertation successfully defended, somehow. It wasn't too painful either--very conversational, not a grill session at all. Got lots of good ideas out of it and new directions to take my research in ( Read more... )

In fifteen minutes my dissertation defense begins. I asked my advisor if i should be freaking out, and he said not at all, so that gives me hope. Also, very few people fail their defenses, so rationally i know that my chances are good. But i'm still a pile of nerves ( Read more... )

My neighbor, Tom, said that he had stumbled while standing in the river and that he thinks he must have scraped his leg against something sharp beneath the water. I offered to help him clean the wound, but he said that he'd already called his wife, who is a nurse at the local hospital, and that she would come home and help him. Bit relieved ( Read more... )

Yesterday's storms were apparently pretty bad, huh? I was chatting with a friend on world of warcraft last night, who told me that other wow friends got hit pretty bad--tornadoes I guess. They had damage to their house but were otherwise okay. My friend was worried that I or cheerybeggar might also have been hit (odd question, as the first set ( Read more... )

At 923 on my alarm clock, I awoke with a jerk, and immediately freaked out. My student's final exam is at 930! I blinked my eyes several times--I must have been exhausted not to take out my contacts before going to bed. I could tell it was very overcast outside as I raced around, finding pants and shoes. The living room was rather dark, even ( Read more... )

I know not everyone can make it on Monday which means that Ill just have to schedule more of these in the future ( Read more... )

this is mostly aimed at lizard goddess, but if anyone else wants to join (or learn!) knock yourself out.

I've reclaimed my knitting mojo and would like to knit sometime soon. This week is slightly full, but would anyone be interested in venturing forth to a cafe for coffee and knitting (or other portable yarn crafts) on Monday evening after

My brother is looking to hire a web designer for his fantasy baseball website. He's looking for something professional, and the pay will be good. Anyone out there got experience with web design and interested?