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Art, tdr and I all have Gmail accounts. I suspect db may as well. It's pretty spiffy. I've made a friend here who I talk to a lot over email, and the conversation archiving feature is incredibly useful for rambling back-and-forth exchanges.

I may just be projecting my own opinion here, but I'd say that changing the default style -- without (for the moment) leaving the old one available -- is always going to ruffle some feathers. Sometimes that feels like change for the sake of change, although I don't think that's your intention...

Last Hero is one of my favorite Discworld books overall -- like Interesting Times, you get to see a lot more of Cohen the Barbarian, the art is great, and it's just a lot of fun to read. Going Postal is quite enjoyable. I'm blanking on his name, but the main character is neat -- and there's a...

Well, after starting it and following it with intense interest for awhile, I stopped posting to it because I stopped running the dungeon. The amount of work I would have needed to do to retrofit Region A to my tastes, coupled with the metric crapload of other stuff going on in my life, meant it...

Well, I picked it up yesterday with some Christmas money, and thus far it's excellent! I was very much in the mood for a dense and detailed read, which this book looks to promise. One thing that strikes me as odd -- not sure how I feel about it yet -- is that abbreviated titles (mister, doctor)...

The names really bothered me when I saw it in the theater, but by the time the DVD came out I was excited about it for the parts I enjoyed. And you're right: it's not exactly a new tradition to give things pretty obvious names, whether in sci-fi or in real life. I still have trouble swallowing...

For my group back in Michigan, either 6 or 7 years (I voted 6) -- and we're still playing together online, as we're now in different states. I also found a great group here in Utah, but I've only been with them for about 3 months.

Back when I painted minis, I found that this also happened when it was too humid outside. If I waited for a drier day, I got good results (incidentally, good results with Citadel primer -- to each their own!).

Merry Christmas to you all as well. :)

Haiiro is an archaic word for "gray," or "the color of ash" in Japanese. I took and enjoyed a lot of Asian studies courses in college, and when I was casting around for a new username about 5 years ago, this one jumped out at me. It has always been very deliberately lowercase. At the time, I...

I'm impressed that you've managed to deal with that situation for two years -- with more lumps piling up over time, as well -- without going batsh*t. That says a lot about your character. I wish I could say something that would help, but all I can think of is: Wow, that really sucks.

I loved Snatch, but I wasn't wild about Lock, Stock. Have you checked out Guy Ritchie's BMW film? It's easily my favorite on that disc, and it's brilliant.

I was listening to the author on NPR today, and decided that I really wanted to read this one. I picked it up in the store a little while back, flipped through it, and didn't think it was my speed -- but now I rather suspect it is. What do you think of it, greg?

I read that long story, and as much pain as it's causing you now I'm still very glad you got out of that situation, AMG -- it was the right thing to do.

I believe so, and I think I also spotted the chap who plays Hamish in Braveheart. Looks like a pretty good cast overall -- Liam Neeson in a medieval role is excellent!

The "bigger" combats in my current campaign have been on the order of 10-15 rounds, and taken 3-5 hours. I'm similarly impressed at how much ground you covered in your 5 hours, Creamsteak!

Forgotten Realms, in my book. Between the ones from the old gray box and the ones from Dragon, the maps do everything I need: nicely evoke the feel of the setting while providing concrete, easily accessible and very useful info about the world. I found Greyhawk's kind of boring, Eberron's...

I'm guessing the eastern seaboard has been engulfed in a horrible nuclear fireball, or maybe eaten by cannibal Canadians. I've been busy too, so no worries -- just needed to rib you all. ;)

Thanks for the great feedback, all! This sounds like a series that would be very much up my alley, and I appreciate the info. :)