On the subject of roleplaying related crankiness...
A few days ago I decided to organize my roleplaying book collection and found that two boxes of my books had been infested by termites. Fortunately, most of the books were okay but I had to toss two Mystara box sets and all my Rolemaster books were chewed up. They're still readable but I spent a lot of money on these books over the years so it's frustrating. On the bright side, the termites spent so much time chomping on my books that there's little damage to the part of the floor the books were sitting on. Even better, the termites chewed through the bottom of the box full of my Robert E. Howard hardbacks but didn't chew the books inside. The Worms of the Earth are no match for Bran Mak Morn.