Thanks to theglen for compiling this list.

1500 things Mr. Welch can no longer do during an RPG

Ok,

A couple of days ago, I noticed that Twitpic and some of the other links of Twitter would load normally and then go blank. Now I sign on to YouTube and it does the same thing. I've also noticed that some times when I have more then one tab open on Firefox and I go back to the hidden tab, it is also blank. What do these things have in common?

From Alyssa Milano's Tweet:

Strip Club offers free Flu Shots to Seniors

Ok here's the problem, I'm part of jkahane's Sunday Gaming Group. He'd like me to run on Sunday from time to time, he'd prefer it if I'd run something he doesn't have or isn't familiar with. There is the problem, you see usually if jkahane finds a game he'd be interested in playing, he's generally also interested in running it and so he buys it.

As I'd rather not run out and by a new game system on the hopes that jkahane would like to play it, I'm currently considering two games SPACE: 1889 and 2300 AD these are both games jkahane used to own, but doesn't any more. Advice would be appreciated, especially from some of the people in jkahane's Friday Night Gaming Group.

Thanks frustratedpilot
Deficits In Brain's Reward System Observed In ADHD Patients; Low Levels Of Dopamine Markers May Underlie Symptoms

As someone who started taking Ritalin in my 20's, I'd really like it more if they'd find a way to get me off.

I recently stated going on Twitter, but for the life of me I can't figure out why...

If this kid were older I'd suggest he buy a lottery ticket...

14-year-old hit by 30,000 mph space meteorite

Hey Folks,

Lately, I've been thinking about where I come from, and I've been thinking about getting one of those Genographic Project Kits from National Geographic. Has anyone participated in this? Are the kits hard to use?

Hmm, Donna and Kirk. Nah, she wouldn't want him...

I heard about it when jemstone announced the arg_comm community on the Mekton Zeta mailing list.

My first post was July 14th, 2006, and consisted of my answers to a survey posted by jkahane, but I actually had my account well before that, having gotten it to post in the arg_comm community.

Hey Guys,

I just finished reading War Eagles by Carl Macek on friday.



The War Eagles story is set just prior to the start of WWII and revolves around a publicly humiliated Army Air Corps test pilot who was court-martialed and discharged from the service for an unauthorized flight that ultimately endangered the life of President Roosevelt. He takes the only job he can get—flying an experimental airplane around the world from pole to pole—and ends up stranded on an uncharted island above the Arctic Circle. The island is inhabited by a lost tribe of Norsemen who ride giant eagles that, in a surprising turn of events, become America’s only hope against a devastating sneak attack by the Nazis and their powerful new electromagnetic weapon.

The novel is based on an original concept by King Kong creator/producer Merian C. Cooper. One of a number of intriguing film ideas Cooper never got off the ground, do to his own wartime activities with the Flying Tigers. The adventure tale about a lost tribe of eagle-riding warriors has long fascinated Harryhausen, whose Ray Harryhausen Presents shingle is also developing a feature film version with Angel Gate parent company Left Field Film Corp. and Hand Picked Films.

The book, which has been adapted by Carl Macek, (anime’s greatest monster) from the original movie concept. War Eagles reads a lot like a HEX scenario, dishonored hero goes on journey, crashes, finds lost tribe, bonds with the ofrior orn that destroyed his plane, wins the heart of the hilmir's daughter, and leads the tribe in battle against the Nazis. The book can almost broken into parts, first Lt. J.P. Brandt’s accident and court-martial, then his job flying pole to pole, the crash, his eventually becoming a member of the tribe, and then the fight against the German Zepplin over New York. Except for some incongruities, a female MP guarding Brandt in 1939, and Utahraptors that seem to be T-rex size, it was actually a very enjoyable read. Nothing special in pulp terms, but good none the less.

The feel good song of the Millennium.

If you hit them fast enough...

Up since 3:30 am, on the way home at around 5 pm, after work and helping John clear some of his gaming stuff, I hit a wild turkey, roughly a 60 pounder, with a good THUMP! sent it flying off the hood.

Bird seemed well enough to take off, but he left a dent in the front of the hood.

George, your career can only go down hill from here:

So is there any women watching Dancing with the Stars who doesn't seriously envy Cheryl Burke right now? or guys who don't envy Gilles Marini?

Thanks unquietsoul5

So, spross, your LiveJournal reveals...

You are... 2% unique (blame, for example, your interest in world-building.) and 16% herdlike (partly because you, like everyone else, enjoy star wars). When it comes to friends you are normal. In terms of the way you relate to people, you are keen to please. Your writing style (based on a recent public entry) is intellectual.

Your overall weirdness is: 34

(The average level of weirdness is: 29.
You are weirder than 72% of other LJers.)

Find out what your weirdness level is!

Hi Folks,

Just yesterday, jkahane introduced me to a game called Mutant City Blues written by robin_d_laws and brought to us by simonrogers and the boys & girls at Pelgrane Press.

So without further ado, here is my first mutant cop:

DONOVAN KINCAID
Donny was a student of Art History who joined the police shortly after discovering his powers. He's fresh out of the Academy.

Academic
Archaeology 1, Art History 4, History 2, Languages 1, Law 2, Research 2, Textual Analysis 2.

Interpersonal
Bullshit Detector 2, Bureaucracy 2, Cop Talk 2 (Default).

Technical
Chemistry 2, Data Retrieval 1, Document Analysis 2, Evidence Collection 1.

General Abilities
Athletics 3, Driving 6, Filch 2, Health 10, Infiltration 3, Mechanics 2, Medic 3, Preparedness 5, Scuffling 4, Sense Trouble 4, Shooting 4, Stability 8, Surveillance 6.

Mutant Powers - General
Fire Control 8, Spontaneous Combustion 7, Fire Immunity 7, Fire Projection 4.

Defects
Trance Susceptible.

All in all, character creation was no where near as hard as I expected. However, talking to jkahane, I've learned that the math on the powers and the defect are wrong. Also, after having the powers defined, I probably wouldn't have taken Fire Projection.

And now for something completely different:

I got this from simonjrogers thanks.

Traveller - 20 January - 19 February

They call me the Wanderer, yeah the Wanderer, I roam around and round and round and round... Sorry about that, Buttercup's playing 20 Number Ones of the 1950s again. That said, it pretty much describes a Traveller. Notoriously commitment-phobic, it's Another Girl, Another Planet. Buttercup, for goodness sake turn that off, how's a Moo to concentrate?

Most Compatible With: Frodos, who might like to travel along for a while and with Gurps who probably won't remember them in the morning.

Least Compatible With: Shoggoths, who have long memories and hold grudges.

I was thinking along the lines of astronaut, archeologist, or S.H.A.D.O. agent. Don't have the physical conditioning for the first, the education for the second, and as far as I know, I could be wrong, but the third doesn't exist. :D