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Taking Five

on August 15th, 2010

So, after all that work on the primaries (so go vote already, folks), I’ve been taking a rest from the blog (in part because the Lovely Bride is back from vacation with her mom, in part because of really cool stuff with the day job). And it doesn’t loo…

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On The Road Again: Wilburton Redux

on August 14th, 2010

So long ago and far away, I talked about the demise of the Wilburton Tunnel in Bellevue, just north of the concrete tangle where I-405 meets I-90. The reason for the removal was more lanes and better traffic flow, but it hasn’t worked out that way.Let …

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The Political Desk: Senator – Bonus Round!

on August 2nd, 2010

About a month ago, all the blogs were running this “I Write Like” quiz, where you plug is a bunch of text from your blog, it analyzes it, and then tells you who you write like. This was followed by the shocked screams of hundreds of bloggers realizing …

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The Political Desk: Senator

on August 1st, 2010

Now things get interesting. We have a veritable horde of candidates for US Senator this time. A Democratic incumbent. A couple solid Republicans. Democrats who are protesting the incumbent. Republican who got into the race before the party-sponsored du…

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Podcasts and Personal Appearances

on July 20th, 2010

So, Facebook being what it is, it failed to rebroadcast my schedule for San Diego Comic-Con. Here it is, again.Friday July 23, 2010 1:00 p.m.–1:45 p.m. NCsoft Booth #5345 – BookSigning and Giveaway – Stop by for a limited giveaway and booksigning b…

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A Bite Of Pinafore

on July 20th, 2010

So this past Sunday, I headed out to Seattle Center to catch this year’s production by the Seattle Gilbert & Sullivan Society – HMS Pinafore, with a performance of Cox and Box, which has music by Sullivan but is sans Gilbert. More on that in a mome…

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ENnie Which Way But Loose

on July 17th, 2010

The ENnie voting is open, from now until 25 July, so if you’re playing what is currently being shelved as “hobby games”, this is a good place to declare what the best of the year is.The ENnies are given out yearly at GenCon, and run off a two-step proc…

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Convention Circuit

on July 6th, 2010

While by nature I am a reclusive homebody, I am going to be all over the joint in the next few months, promoting the Ghosts of Ascalon and Guild Wars 2.  Look for me here!July 21-25  -  San Diego Comic-Con (we’ll be sharing a booth with …

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Blatent Plug Department

on June 30th, 2010

Just got my hands on a hard copy/dead tree edition of The Kobold Guide to Game Design, Volume III, to which I contributed but a single sentence (the blurb on the front cover). However, it is a wonderful book, with essays by Monte Cook on Game Balance, …

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Origins Awards

on June 26th, 2010

Sigh. It is a sign of how far out of the RPG orbit I have drifted in that I almost missed linking to the winners of the Origins Awards this year. But it is nice to see that Margaret Weis’s company took an award for Big Damn Heroes Handbook for Serenity…

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