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Headed over to the local science fiction convention today, with my wife (sportin’ a Dr Who T-Shirt) and my daughter, dressed credibly as Supergirl. (Pix later). Me? No costume’s to speak of in this genre, which is lame. I will rectify this next year. I hope to at least hit the panel on Game Design,…
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What is Grappling anyway?
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Locked blades in GURPS
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When told the reason for daylight saving time the old Indian said…
‘Only a white man would believe that you could cut a foot off the top of a blanket and sew it to the bottom of a blanket and have a longer blanket.’
Speaking from bright and sunny Arizona, what is this “Daylight Savings Time” you speak of? 😀
We've got plenty of daylight, we see no need to save any.