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You've e-mailed me in the past, but if you don't have it now I'm at dave_stebbins at-thingie hotmail dot com.

Great news, Steve! Good to hear that your health problems are abating enough for you to come! :)

How much it gets used might not matter. A surprising amount of the time, these things are stolen by hacking the databases of banks which sponsor them. As you can probably understand, the banks don't publicize this very much.

Same thing happened to me earlier this month. The Visa Corporation called me to ask about suspicious activity on my card. It's happened a couple of times in the past, but it was always just me on a shopping spree. They asked me if I had made a purchase from Air Madrid, I said no, and we put a...

Truth! Plus, it's a much better place to let off steam.

I have always felt younger than I am. I'm still not ready to grow up. -Dave "I don't think I've become 'old.' Not your actual 'old.' Just more aware of where the next lavatory is." --Boy Willie, member of Cohen the Barbarian's Silver Horde; The Last Hero by Terry Pratchett and Paul Kidby

Currently, my con schedule would not allow me to stop by the picnic. :( However, the one constant is change, so I'll leave open the possibility.

Eh, as has been alluded to, you'll receive back what you give. This is very true in the lightly moderated forums of the Circvs. I am constantly entertained by people who face life with nothing but spite and vinegar and then complain when life doesn't give them roses in return. -Dave "A loving...

I didn't check the case-to-case distribution, but over two cases I had four huge rares and eight huge uncommons. The only duplicate rares I ended up with came from buying one booster on the Friday they came out, because my cases weren't going to be delivered until the following Monday. So I...

Cell phone use while driving is dangerous enough that many companies are adopting policies that employees are not allowed to use cell phones for company business while driving. It's a liability move, of course, but I heartily agree with it. I used to receive all kinds of calls from field sales...

Happy birthday Byron_Soulweaver and megamania. Age is just a number, you're as old as you feel and act. I still climb trees in my mid-forties and am in better shape than the rest of my gaming group, despite most of them being five to ten years younger than I am (except for the one guy who...

Thanks! It turns out Ladytoll will be accompanying me this year after all (Yay!). Can you put her down for a waiting list spot (or open seat) for Saturday morning? Thanks! -Dave

Well, I guess I could try pole dancing if the ladies want me too. I'm not sure why you'd want to capture it, though, Carlos. I didn't think I meant that much to you... :p -DS

As we talked about a couple weeks ago, please add Ladytoll to the waiting list if one of your reserved spots comes open. Thanks!

Steve, I'm so glad to hear that you have a diagnosis, and that your doctors think your Crohns can (largely) be controlled. That is, in many ways, the best news you could have hoped for. Looking forward to seeing/meeting you at GenCon. -Dave

Why, yes, I have. At the last game night at my house I used a wrackspawn... ...under the short table leg to even things up. It was perfect! :p -Dave

I have also heard a rumor that LadyToll may be joining the TBR again this year after all. She is a member over at CM, but not here. What are the sponsorship and membership implications of that? -Dave

Hey Alenda, can we put LadyToll in one of the open slots on the Saturday 6-10 game? Thanks! -Dave

I also maximize my return by looking closely at each set before purchasing anything. If a set has great rares, I'll pre-order a couple of cases which, even including shipping, drops the cost from $13 per booster to something like $8.50. If a set has hit-or-miss rares, I won't pre-order any and...

It's great to hear about good experiences with a new group for a change, and even better when good things happen to good people. :) -Dave