I have a weakness for certain franchises; for example, Stars Wars and Lord of the Rings. So I could not help but pick up Lord of the Rings: War in the North by Snowblind for the PS3. I've played it for about three hours, and already I feel it belongs in this topic: Finished playing. The plot…
I'm writing a biography of Isaac Bonewits (with the support of Phaedra Bonewits, Deborah Lipp, and Arthur Lipp-Bonewits). I continue to search for people who knew Isaac Bonewits. I know I've posted these requests before, but sometimes persistence pays off.Please let me know if you know how to get in touch with any of the following people.…
I'd like to say that I enjoyed this game as much as I enjoyed Arkham Asylum; based on the on-line reviews I've seen, I seem to be one of the few who was not as impressed with AC. The main difference in the games is the setting. In AA, you were restricted to certain areas of the…
This is the one with a character voiced and "faced" by Felicia Day. I rate this as very good. The environments were all new, the story was well-told, the characters were well-voiced and wittily-written. ("This is why you should not waste your last minute monologing.") The game took me about 10 hours to run on Casual difficulty.…
I tried to donate blood again tonight. Once again, my iron level was too low. It's in the normal range, but for blood donations they have a narrower range of acceptance. I got some tips from the phlebotomist and I'll give it another try. However, it's occurred to me that maybe blood donations are simply not the…
Last night, as I was eating dinner and watching The Last Starfighter on Blu-Ray, I got a phone call from a hospital emergency room. My mother had been feeling chest pains for the past week, and finally they got so bad that she called 911.
On the surface, here's what happened: I went to Fires of Venus. After spending a day there, I left.I'm not going to discuss why. It's much too personal for a blog post, even a private one.There's something I want to make clear: Yes, I had problems at Fires of Venus. But I do not have a problem…
So the guy I talked about before called when I was home.It was indeed about Wicca. I already know from the brief conversation that he's not a good candidate for my group. For one thing, someone without e-mail access is going to have a hard time interacting with the rest of the group.Still, it's a process. I'll…
This morning and this afternoon, someone called to leave a message on my answering machine. They wouldn't say what they were calling about, just that needed to speak with me and get an "interview." They asked me to call them back, and left their number. They were calling from a cell phone, and the quality of recording…
Not only is it National Talk Like A Pirate Day (which ye'd already know if ye not be a scurvy dog of a landlubber) but it's also the 29th anniversary of invention of smiley emoticon :-) To celebrate, write something humorous that's constructed well enough to make it obvious that it's a joke, and doesn't require an…