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So, I'm going in to the latrine. As I'm taking a well deserved piss, someone else enters the room. And stands respectfully at a distance, then steps up to use the urinal after me. Which is fine. Except that the place was empty. There was another urinal, and two empty stalls. Totally empty, and he waited in line behind me. Maybe he has performance anxiety? Dunno. It was a little creepy, though. D

After all, it used to work on the Carburator on my old Ford. "If all else fails, hit it with a hammer. If that fails, use a bigger hammer..." D

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I think for the Voodoo protection, you need to sacrifice a small animal. Hit a rodent with your car and offer the kill up to the Computer Loa. D

Fourth Doctor. D

Q: What'd you win on that new MTV gameshow. A: A Lowbid Intern on Crack! D

So, we went out to dinner yesterday to celebrate my first paycheck at the higher pay level. We went to Ruby Tuesdays (since it's the closest real restaurant to my house). It was amazing how many "low carb" items were on the menu. Mashed Cauliflower, BBQ pork crisps, high fiber wraps. TGIFridays advertises their Atkins food plan, and they don't have anywhere near as many choices at Ruby Tuesday. They spent their money on the food, not the licence I guess. D

I've always seen the ELofgren signed pictures in the various books as a little ... muddy I guess. Not very crisp, a little blurred on the shading. Having seen the originals now, it's obviously not a fault in the artwork itself. Nice stuff. Beautiful Shading. It looks like these are all real critters, and that someone drew them from a duck blind in the wild. I've got a new Dragon Picture to scare my PCs with. Thanks for sharing. This stuff is really nice. D

Mom and dad should be getting the CD today. Wonder how long it'll take them to call us so we can help them. I hate Microsoft and HP. Mom gets a Printer/Scanner/Fax/Copier device for Christmas from my dad. But, in order to install the operating software, you have to have IE5.01 or higher. Not be connected to the internet, just have IE installed. According to the friendly HP people, there's no way around it, but also that IE isn't necessary for operation of the software at all. It's apparently just part of the check in process. Once the software installs, everything's fine. You just can't install it unless you've got IE. And my parents don't. Mom's a technophobe, and they live in the middle of nowhere, and certainly don't have internet access. So, they've got no way to get it either. So, they call my wife and I, so we can make it better. So, we need to get them IE, somehow. Nowhere on Microsoft's website do they discuss what's actually on the CD version of IE. One might assume that it's all the information needed to put IE on a computer without having said computer online. But, I can't be certain, because the download version makes the computer go online to get the rest of the program. So, I spend tons of time on what they delightfully call the Microsoft discussion boards until I find someone that's asked a similar question. No answer. Finally I notice that someone asked about downloading the Entire Software Package, and was directed to a nice website that has that information. So, I follow the instructions, download everything, burn it to a CD, and install it on my not connected to the internet PC to see if it works. It does. Yay! So, I package up the CD and send it away, so mom and dad can get it. I wrote out detailed instructions in the move your mouse to here, click on this, move the mouse to the top, do this vein. I wonder how they're going to screw it up, and when the first phonecall will come in. Damned technophobic luddites. D

Seems like it could be interesting. I had thought I had made a comment on random character creation, but I see I hadn't. Part of me (the lucky bastage that rolls well) loves random character creation. Nuff said. Part of me (the point whore) hates them (not enough customization--too locked into the rolls). For easy of play, customizable archetypes are cool. But, they have to be pretty customizable. D

Alas, the guy with the books moved back to Huntsville. So, I'd have to hunt down books, and learn a system, and find people who want to play. Too much work for me. D

It might be, we never got farther than character creation. The GM seemed amazed that anyone could draw that many high red cards from the deck... Have no idea what to do from there. D

Well, it takes quite a bit of time to get very proficient at using the program. And yes, having a pro works wonders. D

Drat, but understandible. Thanks anyways. D

Hmmm, that makes one wonder if it'd be possible to get/buy the CC versions of the maps? It might not be cost effective, but my wife for one would like to have a CC version... D

Simplest solution... Buy the simplified Healing with the advantage Trigger (when character is reduced to 0 Stun) +1/4. The Biomonitor/Autoinjector combo is just the SFX for the Triggered Healing power. You could make some sort of "Detect Health Condition" using Enhanced Senses if you must have the Biomonitor, but if it didn't have any game effect other than as a trigger for the healing, I wouldn't require it. You could make a Computer, with the Enhanced Sense, and the Healing Power, but that might be a little too complex, and a little too cheesy. I think the Triggered Healing is your best bet. D

Aces is a pretty common term for "ones" where dice are concerned. "I rolled all aces" == "I got all ones". D

He's a Patriot of Truth Justice and the American Way. Patriot seems to be Steve's funny way of saying Avatar, or "ultimate expression of a concept". I don't believe Patriot has jack all to do with actual patriotism. Captain America is the Patriot of "the triumph of the American common man." In that regard, the powers of a Patriot in some way should reflect the concept he's expressing. Captain America is at the peak of human ability, but not beyond, because he's the "common man". He has great training, and some stuff, because that's "common". But, he can't shoot forcebeams out of his nose because that's not common. Superman is "Truth Justice and the American way" and so, has a tremendously powerful and versatile suite of powers because that supports the American Way. Batman could be considered the Patriot of Vengeance in some incarnations, or the Patriot of Ingenuity in others. And Rebar's right, it's a character archetype, not a powers one. D

Colossus again. D

Why are people so damned amazed that Nashville isn't all shoeless hillfolk eating from a Shoneys buffet? I was talking to my Father in Law, and casually mensioned our visit to Wolfgang Puck's. "We didn't go when you were out here?" "No, the one in Nashville, silly." "You have one in Nashville?" "Ayup." He was also amazed at the Baha Fresh and the Royal Thai. Californians. Sheesh. D

lots of thoughts this morning. Finished putting together the prefabricated wood entertainment center that we bought with the christmas money from her dad. I love putting that stuff together. Simple, easy, and just enough actual carpentry to bring back fun memories of spending time with my grandpa. But not so much carpentry to bring back bad memories of spending time working construction. ___ It's the holiday season, and Music Row has been evacuated. I think we're the only people around, and in my department we're at 20% staff. I volunteered to stay here and work so other people could have time off. The joys of senority, I suppose. It's quiet. Almost too quiet. I keep wanting to light something on fire, or break something, or just scream really loud to wake everyone up. At least the thrice damned Roundabout is clear of morons driving at 15 miles an hour around it staring at the statues in the middle going, "Hey, Look, Look, you can see her boobies." I'm going out for lunch. I wonder what'll be open. ____ You know, I've never been at a job long enough to get any benefit from senority before. Hmmm. ____ We didn't bother to put up a tree this year. We haven't put up decorations. We spent time and energy getting presents for each other. ____ It's nice to be staying here for the holidays. Especially after hearing some people talk about it. ____ Oh, look Connie brought in Krispy Kreme's. Nifty. Tis the season to put on extra weight. I'm in shape. Round is a shape, right? ____ Every time I see someone driving a Hummer H2, I look at the plate on the back and the driver. If it's a Dealer Plate, I think, "Can't wait for my wife to get Level 8". If it's a Woman, I think, "Soccer Mom". If it's a Man, I think, "Sorry about your dick. I would have gotten the 'vette instead." I don't have a problem with a Suburban, a Yukon, an Escalade, or an Expedition. Hmmm. I don't have an issue with some guy driving an Escalade, with it's Cadillac Logo the size of the driver's head on the back, but the H2 makes me make snide comments about poseurs. ____ I'm going to go get a donut. D

I think we need to wait for the Turakian Age setting book before we get any of those. Gotta have some sort of shared background for the characters... D

Same as any good monster book. New things to kill and loot the bodies of. D

Hmmm. cue sfx Flip, flip, flip. /cue sfx. Not that I can see. Couple of pictures of semi-clad nymphs (Dryad, Naiad, Oread) and the Lamia. No chainmail Bikini's though. D

I always end up stuck as the leader/tactical coordinator, so I guess I play alpha. I've made characters that no one in their right mind should follow. And yet, people do. Would you follow a purple clad priest of the God of Seduction? They did. Scholar Bard, with no useful combat abilities? They did. 80ish Museum Curator with a narcolepsy problem? They did. Homocidally insane Dwarf Mercenary? They did. Crazed Wizard's Apprentice who sang the "I want to be a necromancer" song? They did. Sigh. Apparently, I have more Presence than I give myself credit for. D