Self Improvement Update
Revising my goals a little. I'm going to start calling it "Self Improvement" rather than ten things so I don't have to maintain the exact number of goals: Run a half-marathon (21KM) in a decent time...
View ArticleRousseau's The Social Contract
As I mentioned earlier I've recently read through Rousseau's The Social Contract (not that translation though, mine was by Lowell Blair in the 1970's), and I'll expand on my initial review ("Wrong,...
View ArticleArmarium Magnus
I've mentioned Tim O'Neill's blog here before, but he hadn't posted since quite some time. (he's even worse than me at the whole regular posts things; though his posts are longer and far more...
View ArticleDeath Panels
The Queensland government's Adult Guardian decided to cut off aid to a woman with cancer who was deemed unlikely to survive. Sounds like a "death panel"* to me, something the public healthcare...
View ArticleThe Cost of Smoking to the Tax-payer
I've heard several people talk about the cost of smoking to the Taxpayers in medical expenses. I've always been curious about whether the actual costs and savings (from premature deaths and taxes) of...
View ArticleBlogging Again
I've had a few things I've felt like saying over the last little while, so I've decided to try starting up my blog again. We'll see how it goes. I've recently discovered OSRIC (a AD&D...
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Estgair RPG Map
The RPG setting I've been putting together is centred on a region called Estgair, which I've been working on mapping in Inkscape. Click for larger version I'm intending for most of the game to revolve...
View ArticlePublic Domain Paper RPG Miniatures
I've been using Paper A-Frame type miniatures for my OSRIC games so far. I've made up a few sheets with Public Domain images from Clker.com, Reusable Art, A Clipart History, and the Open Clip Art...
View ArticleDisillusionment
I'm kind of disillusioned that the world didn't end yesterday. If you can't trust crazy people's interpretation of ancient rocks what can you trust? Next we'll be finding out that Aliens didn't...
View ArticleSelf Improvement Update For the New Year
Since it's the start of a New Year I guess I should update these self improvement goals. Here's the six goals I've been working on throughout the year: Run a half-marathon (21KM) in a decent time...
View ArticleWil Wheaton's Tabletop
Just a shout out to Wil Wheaton's Tabletop Web Series, which is pretty cool. If you are interested in geeky board/card/role-playing games you should check it out. It's helpful to see the game actually...
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eM-4 Plastic Orcs and Dwarfs
eM-4 is a company in the UK that owns some of the old Grenadier molds; among them are a few plastic orcs and dwarfs for 22p each (about $0.30). Since I was purchasing the Combat Zone boxed set* I...
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Post-Apoc/Near-Future Gaming Terrain (Pic-Heavy)
I decided to try making a batch of terrain for Combat Zone, but it's also useful for generic 28mm Post-Apoc/Near Future gaming. I based the buildings on Craig Hardt's Cardboard Ruins tutorial on...
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Estgair RPG Map
The RPG setting I've been putting together is centred on a region called Estgair, which I've been working on mapping in Inkscape. Click for larger version I'm intending for most of the game to revolve...
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First Painted Miniature
Last month I finished my first painted miniature (one of the eM-4 plastic Orcs), but forgot to post pictures of it: There's some work in progress shots in my ImageShack gallery. I think the washes I...
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eM-4 Plastic Troopers and Gangers
I've finally got around to posting some pictures of the eM-4 plastic Troopers and Gangers. Note that there is an extra female ganger on the end since each pack of five comes with three sets of female...
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4 For $10 Meal 1: Sausages and Mashed Potato
Some people seem to think that good, home-cooked food is more expensive that it actually is, and more expensive that takeaway like McDonald's or Hungry Jack's and the like. It's not though; for one...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo
I've decided to throw my hat in the ring for National Novel Writer's Month, which if you don't know is a challenge where you try to finish a whole 50,000 word short novel in the month of November....
View ArticleNaNoWriMo Update 1
Well, I'm not doing too bad overall with NaNoWriMo for the first full week, I've got up over 10,000 words as of Wednesday, which is where I was aiming for. Unfortunately I got only about 150 words...
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