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Tea Time–Vanity Blend

Cody and I went for Friday Tea again this week! This week we tried Friday’s Vanity Blend from her Etsy Shop. Cody was surprised by the dash of blue. The tea brewed quickly & smelled fantastic! We poured out two cups–the first one was much darker then the second for some reason. Cody added a…
Final Session of The Bake–Longest Running 4E Eberron Campaign Ends

Final night at Vandale’s Garage playing the Bake! We started with Pizza Spent longer then normal getting set up & arguing about tech stuff…We also spent time setting up our Epic Words stuff The game was a total blast! I have started using my pocket Moleskine for adventure notes–spreads things out more & I go…
Podcast — Round Table 91 – Goodbye WotC Forums

Here is the blurb James Introcaso sits down with Dave Gibson, James Haeck, and Craig Haasis to discuss the closure of the Wizards of the Coast community forums. This podcast was recorded on October 7, 2015. This is a totally great podcast focused on the loss of something that I once really enjoyed–the WotC Forums…here is the official release: The Community Forums…
Podcast– Game School #6: A Red and Pleasant Land

Game School talks with Zak S about the game A Red and Pleasant Land. Here is the official blurb: R&PL is an old school D&D supplement that allows you to play in a world similar to Alice in Wonderland. It is horrific and bizarre in all the right ways. The game book is beautiful and full of everything you’ll need along…
MLK 2016
Tool, Primus, & 3Teeth In San Diego

Started at Mexican place Kerry recommended–the Quesso dip had Chicken Stock so we could not enjoy it. The drive was easy. We parked in a lot on the college campus–easy to get into but getting out was going to be a nightmare! This warning was well placed… https://vine.co/v/iMbrJAA5rn1/embed/simplehttps://platform.vine.co/static/scripts/embed.js https://vine.co/v/iMqE6vAghnt/embed/simplehttps://platform.vine.co/static/scripts/embed.js http://davidgiven.tumblr.com/post/137062873186/you-know-what-would-be-great-if-when-threeteeth https://secure.assets.tumblr.com/post.js
Harold Bloom’s List of Shakespeare’s Masterpieces.

“Shakespeare has some two dozen masterpieces among his thirty-nine plays…” “twenty-four of which are masterpieces.” The Merchant of Venice A Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing The Taming of the Shrew The Tempest Twelfth Night Romeo and Juliet Macbeth Hamlet Othello All’s Well That Ends Well As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Love’s…
Resolutions 2016

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eSports Arena Hearthstone Tournament

Jack & I went to eSports Arena in Santa Ana for the $500 Hearthstone tournament. Jack was on fire and excited to play–first round he played one of the better players who crushed in him two games. The second match was also a stomping by Mike, who was actually super friendly about it, but Jack…
The Leash – Ada Limón

After the birthing of bombs of forks and fear,the frantic automatic weapons unleashed,the spray of bullets into a crowd holding hands,that brute sky opening in a slate metal mawthat swallows only the unsayable in each of us, what’sleft? Even the hidden nowhere river is poisonedorange and acidic by a coal mine. How canyou not fear…