:: Zelazny :: [polish] :: sparks that fly from the ironsmith's hammer ::
::. Saturday, May 24 .::
Perverse Access Memory:
WISH 48: Money, Money, Money The price and availability of miniatures goes up as more companies leave the market. Wood costs lead to extended paper costs, and supplements and gaming systems are becoming a serious financial investment. Is this affecting your gaming any?
Nope.
Since I got into diceless (and a game product that needs/has minimal support) I haven't had any cash crunch for gaming.
I also peruse the second-hand bookshops or bargain bins for stuff. This has continued to prod me with ideas and benefits of cross-pollination. At some point, I may create my own diceless game, based on the book, War for the Oaks, by Emma Bull.
Google Search: alt.books.roger-zelazny "Of course, the AI's are Zelazny's immortals and Amber's infinite possibilities find a new incarnation in something like the world wide web. Which brings up the philosophical question, when we type key words into Google are we finding new web sites or are we creating them?
---Terry
Last Unicorn: Sweetness of being yourself Cat: "Because I be what I be. I would tell you what you want to know if I could, mum, but I be a Cat. And no cat anywhere ever gave anyone a straight answer."
and
Unicorn: "Don't look back, and don't run. You must never run from anything immortal, it attracts their attention."
Last night watched "Return to Neverland" which struck me as one of the best "Disney sequels" I've seen.
I like the original James Barrie material. I'm also well disposed to the stage play (both versions, there are at least two). While I'm not keen on the first Disney pic, as it seems to lack zest and sparkle and much story interpretation, the "return" is set in London of the 40s. This is where the sequel "Neverland" hits its stride. It has a nice story setting, good plot, fun characters, and a worthy set of character developments (including Wendi's role as a grownup mom.)
Peter hasn't changed much -- and that's as it should be. Superior to "Hook" and Spielberg.
Ginger has second thoughts on Fiona in House of Cards Log: Alternate Castings: Fiona I've done some updates myself to the Legendary Cast of Eternal City -- always with an eye towards capturing immortal 'je ne sais quoi'. Caine, Gerard, and Florimel have all gotten 'more perfect' castings. And for a lark, instead of the pic of Mirelle (as a young woman) on the page with all the sibs, go look at this one which is more current. She is definitely Random's sister.
OK, the blogosphere in general is up in arms about Blogspot shortfalls. Sometimes slow, often archives unavailable or are otherwise corrupt, and other glitches as Blogger "updates" their systems. I apologize for any readers who experience these troubles --- none of which usually prevent me from posting new stuff.
Again, as soon as I get things re-arranged (post my moving to new home and ISP provider) I'll be addressing a new URL and MT version of this site.
Ginger comes clean and breathes a sigh of relief at The End of Buffy. I found the Buffy-verse somewhere at the beginning of season 4 (or about halfway through the 7 season epic.) I found it a confusing and quirky place, and one that I wanted to know better.
For me as a TV fan (but someone who can only skim 3 hours of watchable TV a week), I enjoy the exercise of figuring out Buffy's world, her friends, and her burden of "being Chosen." Yes, it's only TV, but it is TV that shakes up the way we see our entertainment and heroes. It's TV that breaks out of the mass media way of telling stories. The writers of Buffy, led by Joss Whedon, have deconstructed typical storytelling on TV and reconnected to savvy viewers from the beginning (when Joss wanted to put an actor's face in the opening credits that he planned to kill within the first couple episodes.) Joss understands "red-shirt" dynamics of series television and he wanted to unseat that dynamic. He wanted us to care and kept us guessing even within a predictable format.
Like Farscape, I'm going to miss Buffy for being unexpected.
Hey Ginger, I'd like to see some blogged pics of the reorganized drawer when you get it done.
LOL :)
September 18 through 21 :: AmberCon North 2003 schedule At $160 a night, I was wondering what that meant to my wallet. $116 American. Higher than I recall from previous years. Exchange is 1.38
In 2000 it was 1.48. In 2001 it was 1.57. In 2002 it was 1.57.
You can make meals in your room easily. Or walk to fine dining if you like.
Exchange Rates - Bank of Canada
Hmmm. With more time taken, the values do change quite a bit. RP Purity Test second go.
Hacklust: 60
RPing: 26
GMing: 28
Systems: 87
LaVida: 37
Overall: 50
Angel Mills "A GM is doing you a favor by running a game, it's not easy, and the GM should never find him/herself under verbal attack in the middle of the game in the middle of the room, with a group of gamers looking on like they're watching a train wreck - because generally most people are too shocked by this breach of etiquette to react at the time."
---Angel Mills
Here's a new look for a former week's page. itSoG Notice how CSS gives you the ability to make links show one way in the left links column and a completely different look in the blog column.
Feel free to comment on this less colorful shadow of greatness.
This test seems very thorough and accurate. I'm an average RPing sort. Note lousy combat score and decent GMing score. However, my systems knowledge is not too good since my campaigns seem to run a long time (which means I don't switch often) and I'm often using my own rules.
Ginger posted some impressive numbers.
