Timewaster's Guide Archive

Have you guys heard anything about Hecatomb? They just gave everyone in the company starters. It hasn't been released yet (not sure when it will be), so I wasn't sure if you've gotten it for review.

Anyway, it looks great. The cards have such a fun look and feel. I haven't read through to see how it's played yet. I'm having a few people over for my birthday this weekend; maybe I'll try to play it with them.

Izzy and I have decided my car needs a name. But not just any name. I mean something as cool as the car I parked next to at work today, whose Vermont license plate says "VADER" on it. Not that I'm going to get a vanity plate or anything.

But this is an 85 Jeep Cherokee. Two-door, so it's shorter than most Cherokees. Dark grey. Paint is oxydizing, so it looks rough and brownish on the hood and roof. Tan interior. Backfires occasionally (but not as often as when I first got it! it needs the idle adjusted and carburetor tuned).

Suggestions?

Two things: if Peter's sister reads this, welcome! I live in Seattle! It's great that we live so close.

My semi-rant for the night: who the heck do I know in Nebraska? I got a missed call on my cell today from the 402 area code. I got sidetracked from tracking it down till now, but they didn't leave a voicemail, so it was probably a wrong number. Funniest thing about that was as I was trying to access my menu to see about it, a guy in my ward called. So I was thinking, "But I didn't hit the button to call Ryan! What's this phone doing?" So I hung up on him, thinking I had accidentally called him. Whoops. He called back, which is a good thing, because he's the one with the info on the folk music festival this weekend. I'm jumping right into the music scene in Seattle.

Speaking of which, you guys coming to Cascadiacon will get here right during the middle of Bumbershoot, which is supposed to be the Seattle music festival to go to. Ryan, the folk guy, says that he actually prefers Folklife (this weekend), and I have a feeling I'm going to agree, because I prefer folk to alternative. But I'm going to experience both.

You know, somebody should be visiting me this weekend. It's Memorial Day weekend! Come to Seattle, play on the beach, go to a folk music festival, and go hiking with me on Monday! The weather is finally absolutely gorgeous. I can't wait for my bike to get here so I can go riding up along the coast.

My welcome packet contained (in addition to much, much paperwork):

D&D Basic Game
Years of Adventure (30 yr anniversary book)
Clone Strike Starter Set (SW minis)
D&D dice set
Duel Masters starter set
GI Joe 2-player starter game
City of Towers (Eberron book 1)
Dragoneye Expansion Pack (D&D minis)
A set of Magic cards (Kamigawa--Spiritbane)
and several small packs of cards, like Star Wars RotJ, Neopets, and Magic Unhinged
oh, and the New Jedi Order Sourcebook and the Epic Level Handbook for D&D.

And I have a handful of other sourcebooks at my desk, because I'll have to become at least nominally familiar with the game so I can edit the books. So, maybe one of these days, I'll know what you guys are talking about!

Okay, guys, down to the wire. Last paper of all, due today. I find I can't see straight, especially because my printer is packed up and I can't print the paper to see it all together. Editing on screen doesn't work for me. Plus, I slept a total of four hours last night and I'm just out of energy. SE is going to try to read it on his lunch hour and give me feedback, but if a couple others would have the time, as well, I'd be forever appreciative.

Only thing is, I need it right now, within the next two or three hours. I'd even do something like buy you lunch the next time I saw you (offer is good for SE, too--he's done a lot of reading for me this week). It doesn't need a heavy hand, just a quick once-over to look at the organization, help me know where things might fit better, where I might be arguing against myself instead of pointing out the complications, that sort of thing. This is such a last-minute paper that all I care about is passing so I can graduate.

So, any takers? Pretty please?

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1540&ncid=1540&e=2&u=/afp/20050422/sc_afp/sciencebritainwomen_050422114707

Oh please. I think there's a lot more going on in those relationships than the women liking Cinderella. What the story--and apparently the researcher--fail to recognize is there are abundantly more versions of such fairy tales than just the Disney versions, and even if Disney has become synonomous with "fairy tale," you would think that stories like Beauty and the Beast would actually be in the "less submissive" category. And "submissive" is a problematic word anyway--there's a difference between "submissive" in scriptural terms, for example, and being willing to be a doormat to an abuser.

I feel remiss. I don't think I ever posted a link to them. http://saintehlers.com/Stacer/gallery/LTUE

First page or so is a dinner with a bunch of friends, and then there are pics of me presenting my paper and lunch with TWG people. Enjoy.