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Monday : 26 June 2006
And another Monday comes to a close.

The work day wasn’t too bad.  Started out easily enough.  Wound up dealing with a really simple “problem” for one of the Rikti Monkeys.  I also got to preview/demo the program that I have been working on.  The overall response was quite positive.  That’s a good feeling.

Post-work brought D&D night at ‘ place.  Veni.  Vidi.  Pugni.  “We came. we saw.  We very nearly got our asses handed to us.”  Actually, we did… alright.  We had a good (read: “challenging and tough”) fight with an elven vampire at the end.  He saw the light.  Literally.

The Adventures of Indigo Bolt
Security Level 37.  Booyah!
Only a million (and change) points until Level 38.
And this is an enhancement – not a new power – level.  This might be a good time to consider a respec and change some powers.

Stray Toasters

• I have my confirmation ticket for a 9:30 AM showing of Superman Returns on Wednesday.
• Frogtown.
• “Spiral Death Trap.”
• By way of : Math Rock
• While watching The Life and Times of Juniper Lee (yes, that one…) this weekend, I discovered that Judd Winick was the creator, a writer and a producer of that show.  Mr. Winick first came into the public’s eye on MTV’s The Real World.  He later gained notoriety for writing Pedro and Me about his Real World castmate who died of AIDS.  I came to notice him when he wrote the “Hate Crimes” story arc, part of the Green Lantern: Brother’s Keeper graphic novel from a few years back.
• From Business 2.0: 10 People Who Don’t Matter
• Podcasts.  Mmm.
• Rocking out:  It’s not just for City of Heroes/City of Villains anymore…
• From Real Tech News: RemoveWGA… if you really don’t want your PC phoning Microsoft
• Covet!
• : Steampunk robotics
• I can find just about anything else on the Interweb… so, why can’t I find a video of Jesse Jackson reading “Green Eggs and Ham” on Saturday Night Live?

Quotes of the Day
Today’s cavalcade o’ quotables comes from tonight’s game session:

Chris: “Brad, is my whetstone about this long (*gesture*) and this big (*gesture*) ?”
(Chris, about to shove his whetstone – no, really!!! – into the mouth of a succubus.)

: “My game was hijacked… by Michael Jackson.”
(After a Scourge HeroClix was placed on the table to represent the vampire elf we were about to fight.)

John: “What have you done with the children, Michael?!”
(We were sent to find/retrieve children who were abducted by the vampire’s minions.)

Me: “Bifurcated.  Nice!”
(You had to be there…)

Namaste.