So it snowed

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When you ask God to make it snow you'd better be ready for the consequences!

Snow

Hey, it's white out there again. Guess it's about a foot whiter back at home. And more possibly tonight. Interesting stuff!

Body of a Journalist

So the title of this post is the actual title of the newest DMZ graphic novel not Death of a... as previously stated in the last post. In other news apparently the way large amounts of data are stored is about to change unless you're Google because you seemed to have figured that out already. No links, you should just hit up Slashdot on this date or do a Google search along the lines of "Google File System".

As an odd addendum to this I am re-watching some random episodes from early in Babylon 5's 4th Season. The episode after the end of the Shadow War starts off with Sheridan recording into his log: "The Shadow war is over. We won!" I have to admit it's not the most moving line in initial aspect but the way it is spoken conveys such a sense of surprise that while it doesn't sound dramatic it really is. This is someone writing (possibly for the 2nd time in his life having survived the Earth-Minbari war) that amazingly despite the odds he and those he cares about are alive. And he is amazed by it all.

President's Day

Alas that there is no mail today otherwise I'd have gotten Death of a Journalist today. Oh well, there is always tomorrow. It's sad that it is so nice and warm out and I am inside. Spring will be a little sadder now although weekends will be much more enjoyable. That's all I got now. Real short entry :o

Ptolus 4

Wow, how's that for quick pace? The 4th session of the Ptolus campaign is up. Very much a role-playing session as Carl could not make it. Alas Ptolus will wrap by May as Dani has gotten into grad school far away from us losers in Point. (So congrats even if we're sad to have you go far away Dani!)

Ptolus 3

Ptolus continues finally. Another probably short session tomorrow as Carl cannot make it. Will try and post it sooner!

Review

So I'm listening to the debate about the Iraq war and I hear Nancy Pelosi promise that the fighting will end in the next year (presumably if she has anything to say about it). Now I'm wondering, does she mean that she has a plan so the Iraqi civil war is ended or just that the American troops are brought home so the Democrats look good here and to hell with those ignorant religious nutbags in Iraq? Just like Europe wants to abandon an eager and willing Turkey the anti-war camp is ready to dump Iraq (which admittedly is somewhat less eager and/or willing then Turkey) off to itself. They ignore the fact that to pull American troops out essentially takes a low level civil war where at least the vague vestiges of government exist and drop it into full blown-quaqmire that is sure to kill hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, and displace millions more. I thought the people who were opposed to the war were the ones we generally see as the more humanitarian ones? But the funny thing is they are just as self-centered as any other American political institution. They want to negoiate from a safe distance with full knowledge that at this point negoiations alone won't help. If our troops leave now Iraq as we know it is finished. We might as well call it Somalia and that only took a decade to maybe sort itself out (and an invasion from Ethiopia which could drive things downhill again).

Meh, politicians don't care about honor or sacrifice anymore. They just care about getting re-elected. Well that's my rant, incoherent or otherwise. Now onto the litery sections of the blog:

The Halo graphic novel and the The Black & White Treatises (for Exalted 2E) arrived today. The graphic novel did not really blow me away and that was dissapointing. However they had a gallery in the back and one fanastic picture of the master chief sitting out with all his(/her?) weapons in the style of the air show military aircraft. Very cool look, shame that the way the pages are set that it's hard to see it all well. B&WT is the sorcery/necromancy book for 2E. I've only skimmed it because the majority of the spells are re-hashes of 1E stuff but not too shabby thus far.

Well I need to prep for Ptolus tomorrow and do a write up from 2 weeks ago. Work was tough this week and I'm very glad to be done. Happy weekend I guess.

Snow

Beekman, NY got 5 inches and they were on the low end in the East. Huh, wonder why we never get that much although granted now I'd have to take a day off...

Handsome Executives

Actually one specific executive named Harry and his swivel chair exploits. Now that I have joined the hallowed ranks of office jockey I find his antics much more amusing. Then again who wouldn't enjoy fighting robots, ghosts, and mail room employees with a staple guns and plastic plants whilst on the job?

I am really enjoying the Solid State Society soundtrack. Yoko Kanno has to be one of my top artists. All of the Ghost in the Shell soundtracks I've enjoyed as well as Cowboy Bebop (my first intro to her), plus Wolf's Rain and Macross Plus. I've read that in anime you know you've got a top notch show if she is attached. It's good work music though because it's energetic but semi-repetitve so it can just keep going and going.

Not much else new, just trying to post a little more of late. Course it's probably on too random and self interested topics to be terribly exciting. Ah well. That's all.

Solid State

The GITS SAC: Solid State Society OST (ie soundtrack) came today. It's not bad, it has a couple songs from previous shows alas with one that temptingly close to my favorite dramatic music from 2nd Gig. The Chief's theme is darned impressive. Good boost your morale music and such. I did a ton of paperwork tonight, keeping up with bills, etc, etc.

I am a little dissapointed, Death of a Journalist, the latest DMZ graphic novel (so no links today) is being delayed by Amazon. The good news is that the latest Exalted supplement is shipping early and the Halo graphic novel is coming as well. The Halo reviews are mixed but I am curious. I've seen the front cover and it's rather pretty.

And I just had a 40 min. phone convo with the sister, lost my train of thought and need to go to bed. So night!

Shadows and Phantoms

This weekend felt very lonely except for a few points. What am I doing wrong?

Spirits Within

"This was the phantom cleansing mission, it was supposed to end the war. My father's in here somewhere." - Sgt. Whitaker

So some book news although it's also RPG related. Found out why Rappan Athuk: Reloaded is so hard to get. There were only 1000 copies printed. It's been probably a year since it's came out so go figure. Kinda doubt Amazon will be able to get it for me in the end so now I am left with the problem of what to get in its stead. Part of me is tempted to go with World's Largest Dungeon but reviews are mixed and playability is limited. To do the whole thing could take 2+ years! It's longer lengthwise then Ptolus. I'll put the question out to the folks over on RPG.net and see if they have any suggestions about an alternative dungeon crawl.

In less geeky news I looked at houses today. Granted only from the outside for the most part. One house happened to have an open house so I got to go through it. It was lower on my list which probably was good cause I wasn't terribly impressed by it. My top choice thus far remains on top. Doesn't look like it much has of a yard but that might be more of a plus for me (less yardwork). Anyhow things are still early in the game so no big worries.

Well time to make sandwhiches. Hope part of this was less confusing Jamie (Side note to all: you can now get to Jamie's blog from here, see sidebar) but at least I provided links! :D

Weekends

Well lesse, my garage door won't open, my one of my shoes is half busted and Friday was a long day. Not sure what the weekend has in store for me at this rate.

I'm rewatching parts of Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex. I've found its one of the few shows I can pick up (either season in fact) and just watch through most of it in a burst. Kinda odd in a way I suppose.

Not a lot new at the moment. The house search is beginning albeit slowly. Tomorrow I will probably go drive by some of the initial candidates. Also need to go shopping for news shoes. I need to get more professional shoes anyways so this pair will prolly become work out/beater shoes.

Reading continues apace, could be awhile til I finish either book. I've been waiting on Rappan Athuk: Reloaded for awhile from Amazon but I don't think it'll show. Debating buying it direct from White Wolf. It's more expensive but the book is hard to find.

That's all for now. Looks like I'll be home most of Saturday so might even get Ptolus report up.

World of Darkness

So I am running a new World of Darkness game for PointCon on that Sunday (it's early much I can't remember the date) if you any of the -2 readers care. Right now it'll either by the White-Wolf adventure "Chicago Workings" or "Nelson Hall by Night" which would be my own adventure in our lovely Nelson hall. Reader input is allowed on what I do. w00t?

Not much else to say except Scion is getting previewed on White Wolf front page. It comes out early Aprill, I'm pretty excited.

Alas yes this is a gamer oriented post. Sorry. Ptolus will be forthcoming sometime I hope.

-25

I love the warm Wisconsin winters! Anyhow, this'll probably end up a lot shorter then I'd want but tonight feels rushed for whatever reason. Some bits of news: I've finished Man-Kzin Wars IV and moved onto The Silmarillion. Going is a bit slow cause I've had to go home for lunch the past few days to sort out things with the realtor. Also Silmarillion tends to be a slow read. I've only finished the intro letter and gotten into the first part. I am 4/7ths of the way through Major Ingredients but reading has stalled some there too cause I've been crashing at night.

Might get post for Ptolus up tonight so stay tuned?

Poor Bears

But at least they made it the Superbowl!

Life and Things

(Alternate title Things and Life)
So I've been on the job a month and survived. Whee. Funniest moment: Co-worker sends his latest build report. Report: 1 error, 0 warnings. Error: Maximum Number of Errors.

Hilarious. You probably had to be there or see the screenshot. Twas great.

That's all for now. I post tomorrow maybe.