The Ramblings of Rev. Karl

So this is a little late going out, but we are on for a GCOM-Brunswick session at Beans in the Belfry this Saturday.

Sunday is the Idol Hands LARP, we are still looking for cast if anyone's interested in playing.

What three dishes could you live on for the rest of your life?

Three? All I need is pizza. Mmmmmmm, pizza.

As an FYI, nominations for the LJ Advisory Board are going on right now over at lj_election_en. I endorse fuzzface00 and hope you will too, his statement can be found here.

Sexy map for the day.

Attention world: If you could give me a bit of a break from deaths among my friends and family it would be appreciated.

Thank to aylinn to linking to this remarkable story that serves as a reminder of the importance of living history.

I'll share in your toast "to those who must be remembered"

Another quick plug for the Frederick Celtic Festival, it's a small festival, but they have a great line up of bands including Enter the Haggis, Hunting McLeod, and Rant & Roar. If you're looking for something to do this Saturday come out and join us.

Thanks to acroyear70:

What To Do If You Find Out Your Parents Are Using Vista

So it's a day late. Anyway games played: Alhambra (twice), Anno 1503 (with expansion), Dominion (twice), Imperial, Insider Trading (twice), Kreta, La Citta, Ming Dynastie, Pandemic, Race for the Galaxy (twice), Rheinlander, Ticket to Ride, Ticket to Ride: Switzerland, Uptown, Vikings

( Commentary on the new ones and on the playtesting for my Dad's unpublished stock market game. )

This one's for thatliardiego:

Constitution Party rejects Alan Keyes

*points and laughs*

greyhawkfh reminded me about ljdq.

"Did you know that Cindy Williams made a pilot for a new show where she lives with a dragon with a barbed tail? It was called Wyvern and Shirley."

A couple of quick plugs:

Coming up July 11-13 is "The Island" - a one-shot weekend long supernatural horror game being run by moiramisu, details can be found at http://www.islandlarp.com/.

ambug666 is running the musically themed "Lullaby of Broadway." That's September 19-21 and more details can be found at http://www.interactivitiesink.com/larps/broadway/

And artful_username and I are still running Idol Hands, details at http://www.freewebs.com/idolhandsrpg/

4/26 GCOM-Middletown
5/1-5/4 GCOM Game Days
5/10 Frederick Celtic Festival - featuring Enter the Haggis!
5/17 GCOM-Brunswick
5/18 Idol Hands LARP
5/23-26 Balticon - anyone else going that's interested in splitting a hotel room?
5/31 GCOM-Middletown
6/10-15 Free Spirit Gathering
6/21 GCOM-Brunswick
6/25-29 Origins - still fence sitting on this one, currently leaning towards not.
6/28 GCOM-Middletown
7/12-13 my next free weekend!
7/19 GCOM-Brunswick
7/20 Idol Hands LARP
7/26 GCOM-Middletown

Work has been keeping me too busy to keep up with LJ much. Weekend plans include helping the radiant_one celebrate her birthday and working on the Idol Hands LARP.

I think this LARP will be better than last one, though we could still really use another GM. The workload is a little more than artful_username and I can handle and give everyones character the attention they should get.

Also note I'm not hosting GCOM-Brunswick this Saturday, but there is a GCOM session very nearby the following Saturday for anyone that's interested, and the weekend after that is GCOM Game Days which I highly recommend for gaming goodness.

Also, because it's awesome, Pulp Fiction ala Shakespeare, first seen from xiombarg.

Vanity Fair article examining how the use of torture at Guantánamo was approved by Bush administration lawyers, excellent reading for anyone that wants to know how the U.S. became a country that sanctions torture. Thanks to pope_guilty for the link.

I'm home again, safe and sound. Thanks again for all the condolences, it meant a lot, both to me and the rest of the family.

Placing here mostly for my own reference.

Visitation:
Tuesday March 25, 2-9 pm
Sourek Manor Funeral Home
5645 W. 35th St.
Cicero, IL 60804

Funeral:
Saturday March 29, 10am - noon
Engle Shook Funeral Home
135 N. Washington St.
Tiffin, OH 44883
Guest book

Memorial donations can be made to the

American Liver Foundation
75 Maiden Lane, Suite 603
New York, NY 10038-4810
http://www.liverfoundation.org

Tribune obit, Tiffin obit

BGG thread

My father, Jim Musser, passed away today after a long battle with Cirrhosis. Jim spent most of his life working as an editor and journalist for the Chicago Tribune, but his real passion was games. He contributed to many aspects of the gaming industry; as a game designer for Mayfair Games; as a writer and editor for Mayfair, FASA, and TSR; and as a game store owner and manager in Chicago.

And of course as a gamer. I was pretty well doomed as he introduced me to both board games and role-playing games almost as soon as I could read. Thank you father for a wonderful hobby. Who knows, perhaps some of his unpublished games will see the light of day yet.

Credits:
Game Designer for Mayfair Games:
Designer of Alibi, Road to the Whitehouse, and the re-design of Cosmic Encounter and its expansions.

Editor for Mayfair Games:
DC Heroes and Chill product lines

Editor and writer for FASA:
Battletech, Shadowrun, Star Trek, and Renegede Legion lines

Editor and writer for TSR:
AD&D: Tales of Enchantment
Forgotten Realms: Cormyr

Retail:
owned The Gamer's Place in Oak Park, Illinois
managed The Emperor's Headquarters in Chicago, Illinois

P.S. Thank you for all the condolences, they are greatly appreciated.

Full text of Obama's "A More Perfect Union" speech

Today's commute:

For My Lover - Tracy Chapman
Strange Land - Clannad
I Believe - Maire Brennan
It's For You - Three Dog Night
Put a Lid on It - Squirrel Nut Zippers
Jump - David Lee Roth/John Jorgenson Blues Band
Mahna, Mahna - The Muppets
Four Nights Drunk - Steeleye Span
Another One Bites the Dust - Queen
Whistling in the Dark - They Might Be Giants
Silver Spear - Slainte Mhath
Love for Sale - Dr. John
Inverigo - Thea Gilmore
Poundcake - Van Halen
Away in a Madhouse - H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society
Down by the Seaside - Led Zeppelin
All Along the Watchtower - U2
Mammal - They Might Be Giants
The Longest Time - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
I'm Only Happy When it Rains - Garbage