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I've heard that, in Asia (or South-East Asia), pointing at someone with your forefinger is widely considered to be magic-evil or insulting (I can't remember which). And luck is supposed to be catching in such regions. A relative's relative won the lottery, and had people assembling outside his...

Happiness is important to me; thus the gift of dark humour is particularly useful, as it allows entertainment to spring from even the most fallow grounds of the past. And apparently I can't lie - I might be able to twist the truth with a few days' prep time, but that's about it, and I quite...

The knowledge that things could always be worse. The knowledge that things could always be better. (Paradoxically.) Talking to God and the dead. (Sounds weird, but they don't particularly talk back and they're nice people.) Happy endings. Pets. They're just like people, but less complicated. (I...

I'm an unemployed/freelance artist/illustrator with a webcomic. Somewhere between those axes. In a little over a month, I'm going to be studying 3D animation for two years, and hopefully start a career in that area. In the past, I've studied technology and aviation, but never got anywhere in...

Something creative. Or lazy. Or both. I'd like to be a media mogul, starting with a line of edgy sci-fi novels, branching into movies and gaming (all types), and maybe see if geek wisdom on why Hollywood sucks is true. It's probably not lazy, but it's creative and I get to tell people what to do...

OK, here's what goes through a spammer's 'mind': (A) There are people I want to whom I wish to sell products. (B) Some people object to my invasive time-wasting procedure. They put up walls and go to great lengths to keep my junk away from them. (what's after B?) I must try extra hard to target...

Digimon, season 3 (I think, they numbered them kinda funny - the first season to be unconnected with the previous ones). The kids have entered the digital world and are close to the Phoenix Sovereign's palace. They've gone through a lot together. They've grown as people, overcome obstacles...

I know that The Land of Mist by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, one of his sequels to The Lost World, is all about theosophy and the Spiritualist movement (it's quite a classic example of Clubbing The Reader Over The Head With A Real-World Point Of View, but still quite worth reading), and simply by...

First: When threatened by cold-like infections, my first recourse is to change my diet. After years of practice, I've reached the point where raw onion sandwiches are dull, chilli sauce goes with anything (especially noodles), and pepper spray is likely to cause mild discomfort. It also helps my...

I remember him. I didn't have much to do with him, I probably never came within five thousand miles of him, and yet I remember him. Fondly. How could I do otherwise?

Some out-of-context PC quotes from games I've run (one D&D, one In Nomine, one homebrew): "I jam the crystal into my eye-socket." (She had two eyes at the time.) "What do you mean, you didn't need to cut my throat?" "Excuse me. There was a mountain there a moment ago. Have you seen it?" (Most...

Is 'Uh-huh-huh' an acceptable phrase?

Joke or no, it would be a hit in Japan... any teacher who knows the first thing about Japanese pop culture will recognise that! (Also, you have to post that rant in Japanese - I don't speak it myself, but it'll surely sound awesome.)

In Dungeon Damage Europe: Kobolds are members of a saurian primate family, occupying the role of monkeys. (For reference, the troglodyte, troll, and lizardperson are also members of this family, occupying roles similar to the chimpanzee, gorilla, and human.) They are unintelligent (only...

I always thought that pwetty tiny faiwies were a comparably recent idea, the Tiny People Living At The Bottom Of My Garden - probably Victorian-era. There are certainly scattered accounts of tiny individuals across folklore (although I'll have to look over my Celtics again), but I'm not certain...

On the 'die-dice' thing, here's my (unfounded) theory: Blame the dictionary makers. Until a few centuries ago, spelling was by no means standardised. When you made an english word plural, you ended it sibilantly. The word 'die', a polyhedron featuring numerically-labelled sides, could be...

Well, the colour and lapels on the cloak give off a hint of European dictatorship... very Doom. On the other hand, we can't see the rest of the costume yet, and I though at first it looked a little stiff, but then I remembered Star Wars (which I'm sure ripped off Doom many times) and thought...

Could you ask your brother for help on the subject? It might help (or it might not, but I figure you two will be more alike than two students chosen at random). Also, how much subbed anime do you watch? Serious question. It's a good, quick source for the spoken language in many permutations...

I've DMed a large-scale battle with a few hundred goblins, somewhat less well-trained human mercenaries, and four 10th-level characters in the past. After a while, the PC fighter with the heavy cavalry troop said 'you take the right flank, I'll take the center', and proceeded to turn the tide of...

New Zealand again. (Although I do have a vaguely English accent that I picked up while on holiday. In Australia.) :confused: