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Updates for the week of 2009-08-16

  • Adrift: No. Kaetlyn sent me the wave. She had to know I’d find the Ante-D ship. Burns’ kid mi.. http://bit.ly/1a3MqX #
  • Happy Birthday Robot – an excellent little storytelling haiku game. http://bit.ly/s4Dpe #
  • Adrift: That’s the first thought in my head. Second thought is “Are you /really/ getting jeal.. http://bit.ly/4lgDyg #
  • Adrift: I ignore that thought. The more important point here is that Burns wants something I can provide .. http://bit.ly/dzjqX #
  • Ok Brain, you’re nervous about the new class we teach today-I get it. Please stop the “you die stupidly in front of jovial onlookers” dream. #
  • Adrift: We stare at each other until it becomes uncomfortable. Takes much less time than I expect —.. http://bit.ly/XXdoh #
  • “This has become less an argument about health care reform and more a statement about our failed education system.” http://bit.ly/aYcCU #
  • “I’m going to come right out and say it; The Fox Network is the fucking devil.” http://bit.ly/OHYMr #
  • Stupid test-run of stupid class is stupid postponed, due to a bunch of last minute cancels. So much for getting it off my mind by EOB today. #
  • Random Average: “This ends in Mud.” http://bit.ly/L241X #
  • Stormy, sunny skies – blue and gray finger paints smeared with gold glitter. I love my home. #
  • RT @DaphneUn Deep thoughts I have while road-tripping: “America’s pretty.” “The Earth is neat.”– It’s like reading ‘Walden’ as I drive. :| #
  • Another Thoreauism from @daphneun: referring to the Great Sand Dunes nat’l park as “a giant meringue of landscape!” #reservethaturl #
  • Giant meringue of landscape http://flic.kr/p/6PALiB #
  • Know what’s harder than climbing a mountain? Climbing a mountain of sand. #
  • This tweet brought to you from tallest sand dune in North America. Tweet reads: “Think I have something in my eye. Plz hlp. Might be sand.” #
  • Adrift: I tell him I’ll split them up, if he let’s me out of here. He scoffs. I risk another .. http://bit.ly/FBQuF #
  • Dunewalking tip: Repeating “I am Legolas” under your breath will not keep your feet from sinking in. I’m looking at YOU @daphneun. #
  • How to turn a vodka gimlet into a vodka Gimli: same drink, served in a big mug. I’ll give you that one for free, internet. You’re welcome. #
  • Restaurant rec: Alley House Grill, Pagosa Springs, Co. I want to take it HOME with me. #
  • Rt @YoungIskander I approve heartily of steampunk cosplay. Lots less pallid flesh on display. #gencon #
  • Bottle of water at the ready. Netbook charged. Wifi disabled. Writing time. #
  • Adrift: Me: Hellooooooo, delicious iced coffee. DIC: **BRAINFREEZE** Me: GAAAAaaaaah… *cries* *take.. http://bit.ly/5SgDk #
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Updates for the week of 2009-08-09

  • With the airing of the recent (unwatched, yet) mini-series, I finally decided to man-up and watch seasons 1 & 2 of Torchwood. Daddy like. #
  • Adrift: Burns sees me watching him, shakes his head, and says one terrible word. ‘Eloped.’ http://bit.ly/pF6qr #
  • I have been in the same meeting since 1:30 yesterday afternoon. I have nothing funny to add to that – my funny did not come to this meeting. #
  • Adrift: Makes no sense; Kaetlyn’s utterly dismissive of romance, let alone marriage. Burns says he .. http://bit.ly/1vxtfX #
  • I love that the sponsored links in GMail are always about Serenity and Firefly when I’m emailing about my daughter. #
  • Dresden Files books joins Torchwood on the “stuff it’s silly and amazing I wasn’t enjoying years ago” list. Former members: Brust and B5. #
  • RPG Musing: there’s viable comparison to draw between never-ending RPG campaigns and players who always revisit the same character concepts. #
  • The Dora the Explorer/Dr. Who semi-slash fanfic being storyboarded by @daphneun and @Three_Star_Dave is breaking my brain. #
  • I needed this: RT: @sethsimonds: Your refusal to call it quits is the only thing standing between you and eternal obscurity. Don’t give up. #
  • What my life really needs are live-action parentheses. (Or, as @cyface suggested, multiple, simultaneous, IRL discussion queues.) #
  • Kaylee’s been v. well-behaved this week – unfortunately due to temp and cruddy cough. I’d much rather have my ornery princess back, please. #
  • Adrift: FORBID?! Might as well buy Kaetlyn a dress and honeymoon cruise with a note reading ‘Congra.. http://bit.ly/170PX1 #
  • LOLorks: Uruk-oh-HAI. #
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Updates for the week of 2009-08-02

  • Just realized we’ve got some kind of group activity scheduled for every bloody evening this week. Error; I *DO NOT* like people that much. #
  • Is my internal debate “Green Day Concert vs High School Reunion” or “Experiencing New Things vs Reliving Old Things”? Does it matter? #
  • I enjoy my work, but it’s only in my play that I get to set my favorite toys on FIRE. #
  • For better or worse, ADRIFT has taught me two things: actions can convey ANYthing, and plot complications are the Jello of my story stomach. #
  • Adrift: The blue-white brushtip shape of the lighter flame grazes my shirt; its ignition makes a hard WHU.. http://bit.ly/zdlKE #
  • Know what I hate? When you tell me “It’s probably a virus” when I mention my weird computer problem. I hate it EVEN MORE when you’re right. #
  • Oh, Blue Screen Of Death, why do you always wait until fifteen minutes past my desired bedtime to come a-knocking? #
  • Still waiting for final confirmation for tomorrow night’s game. Prepping anyway. Whatevs. #
  • This is pure happy-making. RT: @DaphneUn: I didn’t know I liked Swedish swing hip-hop, but I do! http://bit.ly/2tmlR #
  • RT: @jchutchins: Dun-dun-dun! J.R.R Tolkien estate sues to block “The Hobbit” adaptation — http://is.gd/1RerC — regrettable actions. #
  • Desktop BSOD-ploded last night. Up til the wee hours getting it functional again. Worse, it was utterly, UTTERLY my own stupid fault. #
  • Says too much re: my old WoW habits that non-WoW-player @DaphneUn gets the jokes: Secret Raimi WoW Shooting Diary http://tinyurl.com/klhl3j #
  • Evony ads provide a surreal background noise, eventually revealed as the Evil Behind It All. Like the missing bees. Or Bad Wolf. Or Weevils. #
  • Followed some followers I’d missed. Blocked some ‘social networking gurus’ and spammers I’d missed. Feeling much more twitter-balanced. #
  • Adrift: Adrenaline encourages large gulps of air – *supremely* unhelpful when on fire, or coated in extin.. http://bit.ly/HbLcv #
  • RT @MylesMarlow Did you lose followers? Twitter apparently kicked off a bunch of spammers and bots. Good. #
  • WOW that was a crushingly awkward entry for @Finnras today. The in order… words of… my brain… not… goodly. Fire bad. Tree pretty. #
  • Adrift: Burns could be stabbing me while I’m blinded and coughing foam, except… he is too. Le.. http://bit.ly/16VdTg #
  • At a The Wiggles show. Trying to contain my shivery, dancing glee. Not that difficult. KAYLEE, however, is pure electric glee. Worth it. #
  • Adrift: The foam smells like kids medicine – burns the skin. Ironic, that. Scooping it away from my eyes;.. http://bit.ly/VBafu #
  • RT: @DrWicked: I wish beating myself up for not going to the gym burned more calories. #
  • *Pries himself out of the muck and mire, fully-formed and ready to kill, like Saruman’s Uruk-hai.* Rawr. #
  • Actually, the muck and mire were pretty productive today, even with the sigil of the white hand painted over my laptop screen. #
  • Adrift: No knife in my ribs, or bullet. Or shouted call to his troops. When I can see again, Burns is jus.. http://bit.ly/A72gj #
  • Food, Inc. http://bit.ly/uXBrp
    – Must see. #
  • Completely unrelated to my desire to see Food, Inc.: my desire to see Paper Heart. #
  • At Kk’s classmate’s over-precious birthday party. How is it? I’m ready to go back to the Wiggles. #
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Updates for the week of 2009-07-26

  • Quite a weekend. House painted. Killed a balrog. Watched Chitty Chitty Bang Bang AT LEAST SIX TIMES (no, wait, that was Kaylee). #
  • Note to self: buy Chitty Chitty Bang Bang before Library repossesses newly painted house. Also, might as well get The Sound of Music, too. #
  • Here’s a picture I took the last time @maureenjohnson went skydiving: http://is.gd/1Fq79 – she does this kind of stuff ALL THE TIME. in reply to maureenjohnson #
  • Adrift: As soon as we’re alone, Burns rounds on me, growling threats too… /honest/ to be igno.. http://bit.ly/UZDJa #
  • Random Average: This weekend… http://bit.ly/1tYLa3 #
  • Adrift: For a few seconds, I even can’t sort out who he’s angry at, let alone what he’s.. http://bit.ly/qZSHc #
  • RT: @wilw: I dream of a world where every thing related to Michael Jackson isn’t covered with the breathless urgency of a national crisis. #
  • Light-headed. Hungry. No idea why. *squints at clock* Okay, /one/ idea why. #
  • Adrift: Now he’s talking about his son. Didn’t know he had a s- wait, what? What’s he s.. http://bit.ly/roFsH #
  • This one’s for @daphneun – on several levels – http://bit.ly/7ok21 #
  • WiFi is acting a little too much like ‘sufficiently advanced technology, indistinguishable from magic’ today. Blasted summoning circles. #
  • Adrift: He tries smashing something into my head, by my shoulder takes most of it. Fishes some aerosol ac.. http://bit.ly/m5WB8 #
  • Saw HP6 with @daphneun. “Is this a kissing book?” Yes, yes it is. Pity about the plot, though. #
  • RT @Maggie Pop Rocks slogan is “Taste the Explosion.” That’s what he said. #
  • I’d like to go home now. *looks around* Make it happen, people! #
  • Adrift: Shirt soaked in accelerant. I keep choking him. Don’t know where he gets the stim-lighter, .. http://bit.ly/DOTBE #
  • You should be reading this. Yes, YOU. RT @tordotcom Cory Doctorows Makers, Part 9 (of 81) http://is.gd/1JTkY #
  • Sometimes, I question those profiles that flag me an major extrovert. In other news: BBB. #
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Updates for the week of 2009-07-19

  • Dear Aaark Electric (seen on a van during morning commute): You’re not fooling anyone, and angling to be first in a phone book is… quaint. #
  • Heh. Via @cyface RT @rdonoghue: schauden4ede, the pastime of enjoying people’s freak outs about D&D 4e (orig: @Judd_of_Kryos, @robertbohl) #
  • Although it *was* the weekend, I feel I left @Finnras hanging for two days. Let’s see about a few extra posts from him today. #
  • Adrift: I know Burns – better than I’d like, and well enough to regret. Right now, he’s stall.. http://tinyurl.com/l9829x #
  • A weekend of painting projects. Deck is 50% primed. Big bench with a million zillion nooks and crannies is primed, painted, and reinstalled. #
  • Unplugged for lunch hour. Sat in the park. Ate a wrap. Read a chapter. Unfurled a solar sail and recharged. Ahh. #
  • Weekend painting soundtrack was provided by Slacker Radio, streaming on my Blackberry. (Free download, free audio stream.) Recommended. #
  • Adrift: Educated guess: he wants to gut me on the deck of my own ship, AND wants what I know about Kaetly.. http://tinyurl.com/msdytk #
  • Don’t have the tools, know-how, or sufficient knowledge of the series, but Use Somebody (Kings of Leon) wld really work in a Dr Who fanvid. #
  • Sweet jumping Jebus, I managed to stick my foot in it this morning. There’s two hours of my life I won’t get back. #
  • Bah. Tried to see how hetero I tweet at http://www.stockholmpride.org/howhetero/ – but apparently I don’t use clichés. I’m compliffended. #
  • Re: hetero test: @Finnras is apparently a deeply conflicted soul. (Also, their list of ‘indicative words’ is ridiculous. Bodyguard? Really?) #
  • Free, neighborhood-wide ice cream social at the park tonight. Bad timing; scheduled on a day I (a) don’t have KK and (b) hate all humans. #
  • Adrift: The problem: he can’t ask me for anything in front of his people – comes across weak. Hell,.. http://tinyurl.com/mmss6v #
  • RT: @lapsedcannibal: Bill Moyers expose of health insurance company practices. http://bit.ly/xRhni #
  • RT: @DrWicked: Simon Pegg argues for a return to our slow zombie roots: http://short.to/jm1c #
  • I’ve hit that crazy gameday headspace where I lose all desire to play the game I’ve been anticipating all week. Happens .every. time. #
  • Adrift: Solution: I beg. For my life, my crew, my ship, my daughter. I beg to reveal what’s going o.. http://bit.ly/j8jy3 #
  • Dear Denver homeowners: I want to share – K&H Windows/K&H Home Solutions has authored the worst homeowner experience of my life. #
  • Random Average: [PTA] Ironwall, Episode 1: The Ambassador http://bit.ly/pkEgt #
  • Kaylee has been introduced to the concept of cold pizza for breakfast. She loves it. Genetics at work. Huzzah for Science! #
  • After I vid-skype her w/Kaylee, her grandma starts CCing me on ‘inspirational’ emails. Not sure she gets how positive reinforcement WORKS. #
  • Via @weedatheevil Inappropriate Soundtracks for Return of the King (awesome) http://bit.ly/mkm5h #
  • Adrift: He takes an underling’s weapon and pistol whips me – shuts me up before I say anything more.. http://bit.ly/ssaxk #
  • Random Average: [3:16] Actual Play: Reptiloid Chameleon Tricksters in the Goya Asteroid Belt &#82.. http://bit.ly/6Uq09 #
  • After careful self-assessment, I think it’s fair to say a day of house painting in 90 degree weather robs me of some of my childlike glee. #
  • RT @brianrathbone REMINDER: Have you backed up your website lately? Databases? Relying on hosts’ backups is not wise. #
  • Adrift: He has me hauled to the bridge. (*My* bridge, technically – I let it slide.) No one objects; Burn.. http://bit.ly/aOi5k #
  • Breakfast: gingery pancakes in The Skillet. Need some kind of reward for MORE PAINTING. *sigh* #
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Updates for the week of 2009-07-12

  • Adrift: The guns, which are many, are being pointed our direction by a crowd of serious-looking people. S.. http://tinyurl.com/nqa6aj #
  • I like that I’m still my daughter’s favorite swing. #
  • Kaylee Tiger – Excellent face painting at the Colorado Ren Faire. http://flic.kr/p/6CedXE #
  • I utterly refuse to concede that I need to qualify statements made on my blog with “in my opinion” disclaimers. It’s redundant. Also stupid. #
  • KayleeTiger informed me she wants only food eaten by Lions & Tigers. I suggest corned beef hash. She misses the reference. #weepforthefuture #
  • RT: @boymonster: I really want this t-shirt: http://controversy.wearscience.com/design/elements/ – sooth. #
  • Wow, @jhtatroe; our first SoC game, we not only lost, but Britain was retroactively scoured from Earth’s history. Timelord stepped in. Ugly. #
  • Gods playing Poker explains the Medical Industry: http://bit.ly/hbpeY #
  • RT: @thecreativepenn: Reactions to Author 2.0 program by happy participants http://bit.ly/XwK2q #
  • Gamers: you really are rolling more 1s than anything else: http://bit.ly/Bnnnd #
  • Also: accidental amputee today, or at least it feels like it: left my phone appendage at home. #
  • Dozing off (entitled!) while writing yourself a note turns your moleskine into a tiny Book of Marzabul. #
  • Adrift: The attack was Burns’ “bolting hound, flushing game.” For a man living in deep .. http://tinyurl.com/my98wp #
  • Adrift: He also enjoys cooking analogies, which is disturbing. The pointed religious analogies are a new .. http://tinyurl.com/nsp894 #
  • They apparently handed out free, economy-sized bottles of Crazy Pills while I was out of the office yesterday. #
  • As near as I can tell, the Crazy Pill Directions for Use are: “Eat entire bottle. Write something. Send it to Doyce to sort out. Repeat.” #
  • RT: @turbine: LOTRO: Welcome Back Week July 9-15th. Returning players play for free, and +25% XP bonus for all. http://bit.ly/zs6Og #
  • RT: @wilw: Isn’t there already an open source, lightweight, free operating system that runs nicely on netbooks? #
  • RT: @skagency: Andy Borowitz: New iPhone app translates Sarah Palin speech into English. #
  • Adrift: I have to wonder why he keeps making references to fanatics and martyrs. Is he part of whatever K.. http://tinyurl.com/mpwfhz #
  • Random Average: LotRO – a set on Flickr http://tinyurl.com/nmhzgy #
  • RT: @Maggie: Melissa just ordered a burrito with hummus. I can feel the entire Mission cringing from here. #lifelist #
  • RT: @lilithsaintcrow: Agents are not the enemy. They are invested in their authors’ success, and they work hard for us. #
  • Adrift: Really, the answer to that is obvious: Burns is violent, territorial, and vindictive – yes. Creep.. http://tinyurl.com/mv33jj #
  • PEOPLE: It’s Friday, and you need to see this: http://is.gd/1tzQA (It’s okay, you’ve been good; you deserve it.) #
  • Okay, if (like @julichilliard) you’ve NOT been good, see it anyway. Also, this: http://bit.ly/mj3RU #
  • Adrift: I think about Kaetlyn, mixed up with Burns. I’d much prefer him morbid and apocalyptic inst.. http://tinyurl.com/lul342 #
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Cheers

Here’s to my parents, celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary today.

wine-glasses

They are the best parts of me, as well as the most… colorful. My first teachers, first storytellers, and first friends. I love them, I’m happy for them, I’m proud of them, and I’m unaccountably lucky that they were able to spend the weekend with us.

Even if they did kick my ass at both bowling AND mini-golf.

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Updates for the week of 2009-07-05

  • Hey @mightymur, my nephew just finished (devoured) Dragon Breath, and wants more, more more. Any suggestions? :) in reply to mightymur #
  • RT @mouseguard: “If you told a 15 yo me the comic I was doodling would someday be an RPG that beat out D&D for RPG o/t year, Id’ve laughed!” #
  • I infer from others that Mouse Guard winning best RPG my be the result of 4eDnD haters skewing votes, but the result’s still correct. #
  • Which is not to say that I don’t like 4e DnD. Superior to 3e and its spinoffs, IMO, yesterday’s purgatory-like session notwithstanding. #
  • I think I’m done playing in that monthly DnD game: 20 minutes of fun PACKED into eight hours. It’s just poor allocation of my leisure time. #
  • PTA game cancelled due to parental visit. (Mom’s birthday blah blah, 40th anniversary blah blah. Whatever.) Maybe I’ll teach em Mouse Guard. #
  • Got the deck stained this weekend, but didn’t get the railing painted. Will save it for July 3rd. Happy birthday, Mom; grab a brush. #
  • Huh. Only 20% of twitter users go in via the web page. I’ve use the web page and a phone app. Are twitter apps really THAT much better? #
  • Adrift: He takes me back to Jon and De, fielding skirmish reports while explaining he’s just decide.. http://tinyurl.com/m77ykt #
  • Adrift: The good: There’s no way he can get us through the station, so we get a free ride to our sh.. http://tinyurl.com/n6rpu7 #
  • Random Average: Optimizing my free time http://tinyurl.com/m7ck7z #
  • Crazy morning. Crazy evening. Crazy yesterday. Probably crazy today. Wouldn’t mind terribly if things calmed down for a bit. #
  • Also: have read Lady Blackbird. Would like to play, please. ‘Now’ would be good. #
  • Werd. RT @AletheaKontis Having no dreams at all is far better than having nightmares. Thank you, exhaustion. #
  • You know; re-reading @finnras from the beginning (five months and 150 posts as of… now), it’s almost like I have a plan. (Note: I do not.) #
  • Adrift: The commander see me off with “Ishbel’s blessing”. He’s keen enough to se.. http://tinyurl.com/nbkfw9 #
  • Date Night brought to you by Film on the Rocks (http://bit.ly/18VnpA
    ). Tonight: The Princess Bride. \m/ #
  • Red Rocks Ampitheatre COMPLETELY SOLD OUT to see a 20+ year-old movie. Astonishing. Then again, it’s Princess Bride. #
  • Generated a flurry of activity on the Burning Wheel forum with a magic hack for Mouse Guard/Realm Guard. Am inordinately pleased by this. #
  • For the 151st Finnras post, I finally gave into the dark side and made a Star Wars reference. If nothing else, it amused ME. #
  • Adrift: The shuttle pulls away. I peer through a port hole at the big ship’s airlock with the Drift.. http://tinyurl.com/npfr8c #
  • Random Average: Huh. http://tinyurl.com/mbyq2g #
  • Oh, you feisty excel spreadsheet. Always good for a grapple, aren’t you? Now get back in the cage, and PUT THE GAG BACK IN. #
  • And now: apologies to anyone following both me and @jamieharrington – that was a LOT of nerd-spam. Off to lunch. As you were. #
  • Adrift: We dock with the Binturong. Breathing stale ship air removes a weight; feels good. The sound of g.. http://tinyurl.com/ls5wrt #
  • Damn, Panera Bread: back off the the a/c, for pete’s sake. It’s not THAT warm out today. #
  • Familial visits are awesome. Garage door is working again. We’ll save the deck painting for Elena’s visit next week. Shh. Don’t tell. #
  • Delicious dinner last night at the Black Pearl on… wait for it… Pearl Street. I know, right? Birthday and anniversary wishes wished. #
  • The secret to winning Shadows over Camelot appears to be “play with your parents.” #