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Shakespeare by the Sea @ IVC
Lisa and I left the kids and had a great night at Irvine Valley College watching The Tempest. One of the themes I got from this performance was that the play is about fathers dealing with their daughters getting married. The storm that proceeds it, the sense of control & ownership, the familial resolutions are…
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Elemental Evil–D&D Encounters S20 S18
Another perfect night in Orange County for D&D! We started in the night at a Sushi Place–the decorations were awesome! There was this massive case with incredible treasures! Brian, Chloe, & Jeffery were there After sushi we headed to the shop. John continues to paint some fantastic mini’s I joined DM Chris this week–his table…
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DM Summit @ Twisted Noodles
Spenser, Chloe, and I had lunch at Twisted Noodles today to discuss D&D Encounters at Comic Quest. Actually, I needed to hit the Starbucks there to earn some stars to regain my Gold standing. And actually, we spent more time talking about Spenser’s upcoming Babymoon to Portland–I was that old guy with kids giving too much advice,…
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Your Creativity Is Born of Boredom — Felicia Day
From a creativity standpoint, the fact that everyone is always reflexively going to their phone and checking it means that you don’t get bored. And basically your creativity is born of boredom. So your brain starts to connect things that they wouldn’t connect normally. Taken from the Gaming the Brain episode of Takei’s Take.
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Elemental Evil–D&D Encounters S20 S17
Another great week of D&D Encounters starts at Chipotle. We saw an amazing Kragle license plate! It was DM Chris’ birthday and his amazing wife sent this incredible Dragon Cup Cake Cake! We got some Video of the birthday cake presentation Here is a close up of my amazing USA Kick’s Ass lighter More birthday…
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Rush @ Irvine Meadows
Jack & I drove over to Beckners where we meet up with Christine & Jay. We found Robert in the lot. Tickets were hard to find. We got lawn and found Jack’s friends. the show was a lot of fun–like a backward career retrospective. After the show we had a wicked good time walking back…
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Phish 07/26/15 @ Forum
Jack, Brian, & I went to see Phish at the Forum in Inglewood. We got there early & were ushered onto the floor in a very long boring line. We had great position on Page Side. Jack and I sat and waited for the show talking to people–we had beer poured on us and everything!…
David Given Schwarm
Married, Father, United
David Given Schwarm 