Nice Slow Weekend
This weekend was nice and slow. Not much happened, except we had the Greek and Ladybug over, because we haven't seen them in forever. My lovely wife made stuffed peppers (mmmm!) and a creamy swiss onion soup which, honestly, just blows your socks off.
We played Settlers of Catan (I won, but it was our guests' first game and it takes a game to figure it out) and Kill Dr. Lucky (my lovely wife took the prize in that one).
Did you go see the basement pictures on his blog? Seriously, go look. Awesome.
Weaksauce
RJA was musing about 'weaksauce' on his blog. No, ze Germans won't get it. I do think it is very funny though.
I read someone (on a blog) refer to an argument as 'weak tea' recently.
Also, this:
Vampire
Non-Geeks, feel free to skip this part.
White Wolf released a mini-expansion called Nights of Redemption, a while back. It deals with supernaturally powered vampire hunters. Slayers, in other words.
It has a bit of a bad rep because they don't work the way Vampires do, and a lot of the rules don't apply, and a bunch of special rules do, and people get confused and fear change. But, for obvious reasons, I've always found them interesting, and want to play with them.
I've repressed that urge so far because my playgroup was still finding its footing. Vampire is not a straightforward game; it has a lot of rules which are very subtle, and a lot of complexity. Throwing even more complexity at everyone seemed like a bad idea.
Now, though, I think maybe I can get away with it.
Hallowe'en
I'd never seen Rocky Horror Picture Show before. My lovely wife wanted to watch it once the yard-stomping little fiends were done coming to the door to grovel for candy on the 31st, so I watched it with her.
Very, very, very strange. I enjoyed it though.
The Criminologist totally sold me on it, really. And, as Once More With Feeling will attest, I do have a soft spot for musicals, properly presented.
Further Housekeeping
I got a 1TB external HD at Costco. It rocks.
And, Finally, A Quote
Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
- Henry Louis Mencken
2 comments:
It's a slippery slope from Sweet Transvestite to knowing why Idina Menzel was really the best Elphaba or thinking that The Magical Mr. Mistoffelees really is a lot more fun when you see the 17 fouetté turns in the performance.
C'mon in, the water is fine.
So far we're just that one, Buffy, and Doctor Horrible. In general, nothing which involves people spontaneously breaking into song can be taken seriously, nor should it take itself seriously. As long as everyone is on board with that, then I'm in.
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