So, a couple people I have grown to really treasure have updated in the last couple days after some longish silences and I figured it was about time I did the same. Funny as I sit here my gut response that nothing really big has happened since James and I moved into our house but actually its been over a year now... and well a lot HAS happened. ( Read more... )

Gen Con.

For years it has meant the Grail of gaming to me. ( The long story )

Many moons ago I wrote about a split in my core group over the release of D&D 4E ( Read more... )

So as some... ok... probably none of you know, James and I have started a garden. In an effort to have a nice and shareable yield, we have researched a ton of techniques, spent hours looking at materials and hunted down several strains of heirloom tomatoes and a few other plants (mostly peppers and spices). After a few of my pepper plants seemed ( Read more... )

I can't really remember why. I was in a new apartment or condo, maybe even it was an entire Brownstone. It had the half-held notion of being a "second home", somehow possessed but less familiar than things I usually own. We had friends over. The walls were a warm shade between pumpkin, maize and tan. I looked around and realized we had more ( Read more... )

Today was the first day in MONTHS I actually had to go off my first page of friends to get caught up with people. I am so happy to hear from so many of you and to share in your lives. Thank you.

I worked 14 days straight, three of them in the range of 16 hours each and I still woke up at 5:45 a.m. without an alarm. That my friends is some powerful lingering childhood Christmas morning conditioning.

So for the first time in a while, I spent the New Years festivities doing my favorite observance of the holiday... Making my friends and boyfriend fight for their lives versus runemarked giants in the cyclopean ruins of an ancient city!

Starting our new year right...

4E's motto is "Never split the party."

I can't get over how sadly ironic that statement has become...

In case you hadn't heard....

The Ice Stone has melted!