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Discovering Kate Bush
This is the story of how I came to love Kate Bush through my hatred for my father.In 1980, I was staying at my Grandparents in Newport Beach for some reason & my brother got a copy of Rolling Stone which had record reviews for Van Halen & Pat Benatar. The reviews made these sound…
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Robert M. Pursig
No one is ever fanatically devoted to something they have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They *know* it is. Whenever someone is fanatically devoted to a set of beliefs or dogmas or goals, it is only because those beliefs or goals are in doubt.…
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China Mieville
“The problem with most genre fantasy is that it’s not nearly fantastic enough. It’s escapist, but it can’t escape.”
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Elemental Evil–D&D Encounters S20 S11
Another huge night of D&D Encounters after a I missed two in a row because of work…. Before the game we did a T-Shirt selfie contest Which was awesome. Jack and I were a little late this week & the action was already on outside the shop at DM Camille’s table [he was filling in…
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DM Summit @ Native Foods
I rode my bike over the district & ordered a Soul Bowl at Native Foods which is without a doubt the best thing on the menu.Camille had posted up at the outdoor table by the fire place right out side the movie theater–it was a perfect day We talked college, girlfriends career, RenFaire, and a…
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PODCAST VIRTUAL TABLES & BOARD GAMES
Another great D&D Podcast The blurb for this one reads We talk with Doug Davison from Fantasy Grounds, and then a visit from R&D Gamer Designers Chris Dupuis and Ben Petrisor.Fantasy GroundsFantasy Grounds is an application acting as a virtual online gaming table primarily intended for pen and paper style narrative roleplaying games. Designed to…
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Round Table 71 – Dragon+ and Survey Results Review
A rather short episode this week–they open with what is your favorite module & someone says the Dinosaur Lair Assualt which really was great!The blurb has: James Introcaso sits down with Joe Lastowski, Andrew Kane, and Vegas Lancaster to discuss the newly launched Dragon+ app and the results of the second D&D 5th Edition survey. This podcast was recorded on May 21, 2015. I…
David Given Schwarm
Married, Father, United
