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  1. was this the deal ... on Chinese Satellite Crashes Into House · · Score: 1

    ... where some martial arts stuntmen from the Hong Kong film industry were going to catch the plummeting satellite in mid-air with a very large pair of chopsticks?

  2. Re:celibate D&D geeks on 30 Years Of Dungeons And Dragons · · Score: 2, Informative

    No offense to celibate D&D geeks intended. I am a recovering D&D geek ... no comment on the celibacy status.

    Loviatar, a goddess from Finnish myth, was in the AD&D Deities & Demigods manual - in fact, in her picture in the first edition she bared her breasts! This is something of an "in" joke for ex-D&D dufi like yours truly. Back in the early-80's, Loviatar's picture no doubt gave many an adolescent 'gameboy' his first glimpse of ... a woman. So what if she was a cheezy drawing ... she was hot!

    The fact that she was the goddess of pain made it all the more titillating. I would try and scrounge an image, but I lost my manual years ago ...
  3. Re:Waitaminnit! on 30 Years Of Dungeons And Dragons · · Score: 2, Funny

    Be careful, man! Everyone knows you can't utter names of the dark lords without running the risk of summoning them and meeting a untimely Lovecraftian end. Phew, I was sweating for days in a self-constructed tent of bible pages last time I said Orcus ... oh wait ... I've done it again! What was that noise? There - in the shadows - no! Dread darkness! The colors! Ahhhgghhg ...

  4. Re:World Record? on 30 Years Of Dungeons And Dragons · · Score: 1

    ... followed shortly thereafter by the Guinness Book record for all-time largest virgin sacrifice.

  5. Re:i still prefer Basic edition the best :-) on 30 Years Of Dungeons And Dragons · · Score: 1

    Erol Otus rocks! Tentacles, eye-stalks and ooze, oh my!

  6. speedy sword-draw getting in the way of intimacy? on 30 Years Of Dungeons And Dragons · · Score: 2, Informative

    Don't be ashamed! Numerous adventurers suffer from the same problem and have found a solution. Talk to your healer to see if our solution is right for you!

  7. Re:Old Tricks on 30 Years Of Dungeons And Dragons · · Score: 1

    Mordenkainen's Entropic Force Missile

  8. cool on 30 Years Of Dungeons And Dragons · · Score: 1

    QuestionS

    - using a separate server for Teamspeak, or does one 'player' act as server?

    - how clunky is 'DM' feature in NWM?

  9. celibate D&D geeks on 30 Years Of Dungeons And Dragons · · Score: 4, Funny

    Once you've had wickedly nubile Finnish goddess of pain Loviatar (1st Edition Deities & Demigods p. 55), who can be ever be satisfied by mere mortal women again?

  10. It's almost as if ... on 30 Years Of Dungeons And Dragons · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... some unseen force is controlling all actions in the world, determining fate by the roll of a die - an all-knowing, all-powerful being who enjoys pizza and pepsi ...

  11. Careful! on 30 Years Of Dungeons And Dragons · · Score: 1

    Don't make me hurt you!

  12. D&D virgins? on 30 Years Of Dungeons And Dragons · · Score: 1

    I think not!

  13. Re:Bush's Fault on IT (And Other) Salaries On The Rise In The U.S. · · Score: 1

    My experience mirrors yours - the same is true for many of my friends and colleagues. Laid off by Nortel in 2001. Eight months of unemployment. Blew a chunk of my savings to get by. Found employment at much lower pay in 2002. Job-hopped to better digs in 2003. Another 3% and I'll be back to my 2001 level (discounting inflation). I've lost a lot of cash, though. My savings rate has been nil. Hand to mouth. I was paid well in 2001 - not as much as some of my peers at high-flying startups, but I was comfortable. High tech has always been volatile though, I guess I can't be too bitter about it. I do think that Bush, even if he didn't have full responsibility for precipitating the recession - well, he sure helped the rain to come down long and hard once it started. I've been thinking of working towards a license in a trade as a fallback for times like we've just gone through.

  14. silk purse from a sow's ear on IT (And Other) Salaries On The Rise In The U.S. · · Score: 1

    I got fantastic pay increases in both 2002 and 2003, but I'm still making less than I was in 2001.

    One big pay decrease in 2001.

    Woe is me.

  15. sonic screwdiver option on The Swiss Army Knife of USB Drives · · Score: 1

    a must have for dealing with those dogdy Dimensional Stabilizers

  16. 1 TB? Ha! on Movie Playback From 1TB Holographic Disc · · Score: 1
    That's nothing! I used an EUV source for writing the holograms and switched from red to blue for encoding. I recorded this morning if you'd like to look it over again.

    Now if you'll please excuse me, I have to get back to my study of high-energy tachyon pulses.

  17. GYGAX! on A Dicebag of Dungeons and Dragons Documentaries · · Score: 1

    It's also the nine year anniversary of the recording of the smash indie hit, GYGAX!