The Frothing Otter

So just FYI... I do have a Facebook.

Why is it, of all the films in all the multiverse, the one that resonates with me (and has for years) in particular is "Apocalypse Now"? Such that I -must- see it yearly, and each year go "Oh, NOW I get it".... It isn't THAT good a film....

(my email is (myusername)@gmail.com, for anyone wondering...)

HEY! It's another auction for a copy of "Villains By Necessity" signed by me to the buyer! Take a look, spread the word! :D

And yes, I'll write -anything- on the dedication page for you! This is your chance to get a line or two of exclusive dialogue or a brief discussion of Arcie's foot-care practices! Or a silly sketch of a flower or a smiling dragon, or whatever you'd like! Thanks for looking!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220107486323

Anyone want to play D&D with me?( Read more... )

From "Dinosaurs that could eat Han Solo"

(Don't get me wrong, I like Han just bunches, but dinosaurs eating people is funny.)

Somewhere on the Intarwebs I have seen an LJ icon with characters from the movie "Eragon"; it has one character (Jeremy Irons I think? don't know the book/movie) saying, "Isn't anyone else going to act?" and then a succession of the other characters going "...." and then Irons going *sigh*.

I want this icon. Not for LJ, though... for play-by-post. There's been times in the past when it would have been -perfect-.

And I know there will be times in the future.

Two completely unrelated people on my Google contacts list have a variant of "SPAAARTA!" for their status message. This means something. Where are we dining tonight? ( Read more... )

If y'all haven't yet seen it, I heartily reccomend panoptes 's dissertation on "10 dinosaurs that could eat Han Solo". Very educational, and I for one am going to file some of these away for the Eberron game... lots of dinos in Eberron!

300 (no spoilers)( Read more... )

Top 10 Meme ( Read more... )

So I got some seeds.( Read more... )

Another big hole in the landscape.... (shudder) Guatemala City sinkhole

The work has subsided, and the cold is mostly gone....( Read more... )

Workworkworkwork...
sicksicksicksick...
stressstressstress....

Vick's Formula 44 is making me feel like my skin is trying to float gently off. But at least I'm not coughing anymore. Coughing, while trying to paint detailed miniatures, is a real annoyance with a capital B.

He remembered the freesias! :D goooooo.....

This is a pretty interesting series of links, and discussion thereof. I too was generally praised as a child and now have crushing insecurites and fear of failure.

OK you people, why did no one point out to me that I ALREADY went over the Blood War minis!? Here! I feel like such a dumbass now! GAH!

Jen says she thinks I should post more. I -would-, but the things I could post about aren't interesting; "Got up, fed cats, did laundry, wiped up cat barf, read LJ, read Metafilter, ate, slept"... and the things that are interesting, like mini painting assigments, and story work, and business matters and game stuff, are things I can't post about because they're either under Non-Disclosure Agreements, or they're about other people who may want privacy, or they're all about people you probably don't know anyway. So I make a post every so often, when I think of or see or do something that's interesting, and the occasional strange dream or short meme that catches my brain. Actually I'm behind one on a DDM post, so I'll try and get to that soon.

Went to see Abney Park!( Read more... )

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/80129/christmas_island_red_crabs/

OMG. OMG. OMG. I was fine until there were the... masses... of baby ones... crawling on the walls... and then I was screaming at the computer screen and slapping myself.

And now I wanna know, can you eat them? Anyone know?

So a combination of stomach flu, vitamins, and D&D ramped up the dream engines last night. ( Read more... )