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The Day…
Today was one of those days that makes you wonder why the hell you keep going. At work I’m expected to be about 3 different employees at all times: I’m…
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Writer’s Block: The Things We Carry
Hmm… My wallet (which contains a tarot card given to me by Wolf what seems a million years ago) and a silver unicorn pendant I had made at a silversmith…
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Gary Gygax
Mr. E. Gary Gygax, the gaming world’s version of J.R.R. Tolkien, passed away yesterday. Mr. Gygax was best known for creating “Dungeons and Dragons”, the progenitor of nearly every fantasy…
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Nature abhors a vacuum…
The refurbished Dyson DC07 I ordered from Dyson a week or so ago arrived here via FedAxe this evening and, thankfully, even though the box was mangled beyond belief the…
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Kids…
Very, very occasionally I click the little link up there that says “manage friends” just to see who lists this rambling collection of words as something they look at on…
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Falling off the wagon…
Hi, my name is Rihahn and I’ve been WoW free for six months… I’ve played a lot of MMOs… A *lot* of MMOs. I’d say they are my favorite form of…
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Where I work…
People often ask me, “What’s it like working in the games industry?” Well, it’s kinda crazy some times, kinda silly some times, and kinda frustrating sometimes… Hmm… Let’s start at…
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Congratulations on another trip around the sun…
2008… Seems amazingly like 2007 don’t you think? I spent the night at home, watching old Twilight Zone episodes ’til about 1am before calling it. Only 1806 days left till…
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Another year down…
As I’m unable to sleep due to the flu I seem to have contracted I guess I should post a bit… This holiday season I got myself a new laptop to…
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The obligatory update…
I’ve been working on more electronic voting testing… The place where I work is one of the four NIST accredited testing labs in the U.S. that can certify voting software/equipment,…
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Giving thanks…
Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone. Zeze and I had roast turkey, honey baked ham, mashed potatoes, and corn on the cob. All in all it was a damn fine…
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Still breathing…
I’ve been nose-to-grindstone working on some electronic voting stuff… Please stay tuned.
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Horizons…
Well, little Kaeliss was reborn today. He was far to common looking in all red and I decided that he should be part of the warrior caste of the Dragons…
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On the Horizon…
Some of you may recall from years ago an MMO I was into called “Horizons”… Horizons was a benchmark in the MMO genera for several reasons, most of which are…
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wow!
Well, all in all, my little trip to SoCal went pretty well. Blizzard puts on a helluva show really – of course when your company makes like $3000 a minute…
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Blizzcon…
I made it back from SoCal in one relatively large piece… Plane landed at noon, will be at work till 9… I’ll write more when I get home from work.
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Update…
It’s been a month… For those of you who’ve been wondering where I disappeared to, I’ll dispense with the low-down… About six months ago, the company I work for decided…
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Furniture…
Well, I took the plunge today and bought a sectional sofa for the living room. I’m not normally one for lots of furniture, but I’ve been finding myself drawn to…
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Blizzcon 07
Well, Blizzard made the announcement today: BlizzCon 07 will happen August 3-4 this year back in Anaheim California… So you all know where I’ll be the first weekend in August.…
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My faith in humanity…
This morning I took Zeze over to Walgreens to pick up supplies and while Zeze was inside I expereinced the following: A rather well dressed young man, probably in his…