“I can’t stop thinking big, I can’t stop thinking big…”
books, comics and animation, dining and cuisine, everyday glory, family and friends, games, geekery, history, music, news and info, office antics, quote of the day, science and technology, workout, zombies August 11th, 2010Wednesday – 11 August 2010
Mid-week and all’s well.
It’s Comics and possibly-Sushi Wednesday.
Last night, Chris, Jeremiah and Sinister came over to play ‘Clix. (Yeah, I know… what a concept!) Our theme for the game was “War of Light,” based on the “Blackest Night” storyline from DC Comics’ Green Lantern titles. Â Chris and I played the Sinestro and Green Lantern Corps, respectively, while Jeremiah and Sinister played the Black Lanterns. For some reason, we thought that 1200 points per player was a good idea. And we also thought that starting (theoretically) at 7:00 was a good idea. We didn’t really get under way until 9-ish… and wrapped up somewhere around 12:30 this morning. We just called the game, but I think that if we tallied up points, Chris and I were ahead… but the other guys played one Hell of a game. And, it was a lot of fun. Pictures of the game can be seen here.
Workout
Tuesday’s step count: 4,633
Stray Toasters
- Tonight is the Epic Brewery Dinner at MacCool’s. SaraRules and I are going with the in-laws. If it’s anywhere on the level of the Guinness dinner from a few weeks ago, it should be fantastic.
- Letter from a freed man to his former slave owner
- I’m not a Twitter user, but found this article interesting: How black people use Twitter
- City of Heroes: Going Rogue comes out on Tuesday.
- Last week, Comic Book Resources’ “Comics Should Be Good” column asked for submissions of Disney-Marvel crossovers. This week, they posted some of the submissions — and they are good. Check them out here.
- This had me literally laughing out loud… and then sharing it with the rest of my team, when they came over to see what was up: Soul-Toons
- Another cooling unit’s pump appears to have gone out in our server room. Â This would be (more) Â understandable… if the units were more than a year old!
- Anti-terrorist hotline ad banned for being ‘insensitive’
- By way of Brad Guigar (Evil, Inc.):Â
- My Day of “Dreckoning”
- Literary Destinations: Five Books to Help You Escape
Quote of the Day
Today’s quote comes from last night’s game. Â Attacked by two Black Lanterns, my Ganthet evaded an attack from BL Superman and shrugged off part of an attack from BL Martian Manhunter. Â Jeremiah looked at Ganthet’s dial and saw that he was still ready to rumble. Rolling his eyes, he muttered:
“Stupid Ganthet…”
…and considered options for trying to remove him from the game. (Didn’t happen, just for the record.)
Namaste.
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