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First things first -- that was a darn good strip, even better because it took me by surprise. If we posit a church with infant initiation (baptism, presentation in the temple, etc.), which strikes me as even more likely in a LG church, then the child might have gone there by default, so to...

Happily, it is available at rpgnow/drivethrurpg .com. I love the internet age.

Now *this* is the sort of post of which we need more. Better living through insightful analysis.

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with pointy, obolete d4s! Long live the dodecahedral d4!!

Surely I wasn't the only one whose clerics were running around wielding lucerne hammers before finding out that the darn things were a pole arm with pointy, blood-shedding spikes...

True enough. It might also be hard to track any effect with all of the other variables involved: height of the mound, physical developement techiques for pithers and/or hitters, trends in the sizes of ballparks ...

So many people were showing so much love for LoM that I ordered it myself. I got it, but I haven't had the chance to read it yet. It you have confidence in its fluffy goodness, pat yourself on the back for enticing me to order it. I also got the 30 yrs book (fair price for $4) and a FR...

That's an interesting idea. Perhaps it could be tested by looking at the general rate of home run production. What's happening with that? That would be an interesting alternative to: http://www.theonion.com/content/news/mlb_credits_hank_aaron_with_50 Instead, we could have "All pitchers...

Zowie. I addition, the Persied meteor shower in the late 90's were particularly good. This last August, I was at my in-laws house off the road in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan. Very good sky, but the gigantic lights added less than a mile away at a power substation just cut at me. The...

Primitive vs. elegant, as opposed to primitive vs. bestial. :) If you can get a hybrid that gets 60 miles to the gallon, why use a Model T? (The only other comparison I could think of was neutron bomb to A-bomb. I've been doing too much war gaming ...)

What I can take comfort in is that while Babe Ruth held the record for about fifty years (1925 IIRC - 1974), and Hank Aaron held the record for more than thirty years (1974-2007), Barry will be eclipsed by Alex Rodriguez in five to six years, at A-Rod's current rate of production. Now that's...

As prevoiusly noted, this assumes that one has an unfettered choice about where to live - something most people don't have. As has also been noted, better lighting, which preserves the night sky and the local ecology unchanged (I like something more in an area beyond deer, rats, and...

In the design diaries for MMV, this point is made fairly explicitly. At the very least, the preparation for 4e strongly informed the construction of MMV and its monsters. (I'm not sure how this plays out, because I was going to get MMV only to find out that it would be good until 4e, so I...

Thanks. Fortunately, I got a bike from my father-in-law (he decided he didn't need three) so I can bike to work and in town. I can't really complain because the towns all around us had a tremendous number of homes and businesses destroyed.

About 20 hours of continuous rain. This was not part of Hurricane Erin, I was taken by surprise in that it just seemed like another rainstorm coming. Sometimes everybody all rolls a "1" at the same time. First indications are that my car is hosed...

(Minnesotan) Twelve bodies have been recovered, and there is one person missing (a construction worker, so not in a car to be found). I am impressed that the information that came out within hours of the event seems to have turned out to be accurate. My wife and I haven't crossed that...

I was bouncing back and forth, and I had been thinking that a relevant question would be to ask if chickens in the campaign world were normally intelligent (or, are there any intelligent meat sources). This convinced me, though. I vote 'yes'

When I'm looking at a world, my personal style is that it is easier to get into it if I have to suspend my disbelief on limited topics, to make what is different more special. Expeditious Retreat Press' A Magical Society: Ecology and Culture has gotten a good deal of use, as have textbooks on...

For me, the Linear Guild has become a vehicle for Thog, especially now that Elan seems to have grown beyond the "Nale" plotline. (Did I just write that?) The only thing that I can see them doing to mainatin any relevancy would be if they had some power source or Macguffin that would force...

"Vaarsuvius" is strikingly similar in sound to "Vesuvius", the Italian volcano that erupted in AD 79 and destroyed the city of Pompeii.