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That line was so good Dan I was gonna give ya experience points. But alas, according to the site, I've spared you too many already. But ya made me laugh. But what I meant in this case was that they were more like real life in that totally unexpected things come up out of the blue, and often the...

I'm gonna disagree to an extent with Dan on this one. I leek the pacing of the Nordic Sagas and enjoyed the Silmarillion much more than the LOTR precisely it was like a Saga. In the Sagas things happen more like real life. I find such forms very refreshing from the modern obsession with...

Stage Disaster This is to me a very good example of a real tragedy where a well trained Vigilante (and other trained Volunteers) would have been of enormous benefit (and I'm sure were of enormous benefit, for I expect many crowd responders were trained to some degree) in saving lives and in...

I have run into this situation before, numerous times. I think a lot will depend on what you want to do and what the players really want to do. Since I have a world setting in which we have been playing for a long time now, I have some pretty easy solutions in my case. 1. go...

Just as a philosophical point Janx, this is something I think Geeks and Nerds accept just on face value, but it isn't objectively true at all. All computers and programs are designed by people. They therefore arise from the biases and design assumptions of either the designers/programmers...

Personally I adore examples of Ancient and Medieval ingenuity and innovation. I've never seen this robot before. Thanks for the post.

In this respect I am the same way. I try not to be offensive towards others but I really don't give a crap what anyone thinks of me or my actions or opinions as long as I'm not harming anyone. And I think this affects how others view my nerdiness, that whereas I have a few what might be called...

If it's the recent HBO one I have. I've also seen a few others. One I think that was on Discovery, and one on the Documentary Channel, and one maybe on G4. But I don't recall the names, of the shows as it's been awhile. But most of the people I've seen in such shows strike me far less as...

I'm writing down many of these ideas. They're very good. And useful.

I think, that in modern times anyways, the suit versus costume debate is an interesting one. I will say this, in a loose, slang sense they can be the same, but I agree with DB's definition of suit for the most part. And think he added a good point by his post. With the following caveats...

This sounds interesting to me. I like many Russian writers and think some of them among the best writers in the world. I'd like to read the books in translation. See if they're any good. Plus I like the emphasis on the Silmarillion rather than the LOTR.

Cops, soldiers, detectives, undercover agents, fire-fighters, rescue workers, first-responders, volunteers, etc do this kind of thing all the time. They do it without costumes, then again costumes don’t make you heroic. Of course cops and so forth are paid to do this, but the pay is usually...

I've only had a chance to briefly read over many of the replies but this looks like some extremely good advice. The kind of help I was looking for. I'll read it in detail tomorrow. But for now I'm played out. Thanks for all your help guys. Goodnight.

Had a superb day with our no work/explore/idea generation day. Likely landed a new client (with the wife's help, and a contract to help rewrite/edit a training program for an international translation company), and there is a possibility we could land 2 more new clients. I hope this will also...

Don't kill the messenger, he may still know more than he claims One man's monster is another man's "let's see if that's possible!" Explore every possibility but always rope yourself off first Behind every new door lies the unlimited opportunity for severe injury If it looks like...

Yeah, but if it weren't for Shakespeare I'll betcha the Brits would still be speaking English. But more seriously, I've noticed that when Brits write on fantasy subjects they tend, generally speaking, to do a better job of it than Americans. I think this is because they have a real set of...

Oh, ... you said tentacles...

I'm in the planning stages of our family trip to Disneyworld. I've got two problems though. 1. The park has expanded a good deal since I was last there (though my wife has been recently), and 2. although I've been seven times myself not once was the trip really well planned in my...

Tomorrow the wife and I are going out to a new industrial park/design center, the old mall, and to a new park on the river. I'm gonna talk to some people, take photographs, record sounds, get some ideas, and take notes. It should be both interesting and productive.

I don't know about better but they do it with a funny accent.