Background: Neil Newbon is the actor who supplied voice, performance capture, and direction for the character of Astarion in Baldur's Gate 3 (among many other roles). I'd planned to get Real Angela a cameo for her birthday. At the last minute, I realized that I'd totally forgotten. I went to the cameo site and put in for…
It looks like the murder mystery party I'd planned for Dec 7, 2024, is not going to happen. That's the TL;DR version. The rest of this post goes over the details, if you're interested. I'm not sad Let's get this out of the way: I'm not actually disappointed by this. A murder-mystery party is fun, and I…
I know it's only been a week since I sent out my last post on this party, to be held on Saturday Dec 7. Normally I'd wait a couple more weeks before asking folks for information. However, circumstances are different this time around. I have to make arrangements for the venue now. Believe it or not, it…
I hosted a Murder Mystery Masquerade for my 60th birthday. It's been five years. A couple of friends suggested that I don't wait until I'm 70 before doing a mystery party again. The date will be Saturday, December 7, 2024. Save the date! The place: I could use some suggestions for the venue. I think we'll only…
It's been two weeks since the party. I said it then, and I'll say it again: It was the best party I ever hosted. I don't think I'll host a better one for the rest of my life. This is one of my longer blog posts. I want to get all the details down so that if…
I invite my friends (new and old, near and far) to my 60th birthday party. Date: Saturday, December 7, 2019 Time: 6PM - 11PM Location: This is a public blog post, so I'll send the address separately. It's the same place as my 40th and 50th birthday parties, and a few Yule celebrations. The event: A professionally-published…
For my 20th, 30th, 40th, and 50th birthday parties, I organized events centered on gaming. As you'll see if you click on the links in the first sentence, for my 40th and 50th I set up a LARP party. For my 60th birthday party, I'm going to take a simpler approach and host a murder mystery. This…
Today (July 4) is Neil Simon's birthday: "If you can go through life without ever experiencing pain, you probably haven't been born yet. And if you've gone through pain and think you know exactly why, you haven't examined all the options."