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Message: <blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 1041825" data-attributes="member: 6777">Ah, so they have d8 hit dice and better favored enemy bonuses?:ducks:Anyway, this thread has been a pretty interesting read. I'm very happy to see that so many teachers and clergy are part of the ENWorld community. To all of you, I say: INDOCTRINATE THE YOUNG! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Anyway...I'm Buzz, and I'm a gamer.33 tomorrow, and have just made it through my first year as a husband... utter bliss. Currently a Web designer getting by on consulting work, but could really use a stable job, if such a thing is even possible any more. I have a B.A. in English from one a' them thar black-turtleneck-n'-cigarettes colleges on the East coast.Politically, I'm fairly libertarian (small "L"), and religiously, I'm fairly agnostic, but with some Taoism thrown in. I tend to get really riled up about defending women's issues, despite not being one. Basically, I'm one of those psychos who actually enjoyed reading Atlas Shrugged.I started gaming in 1980 with the "blue book" Basic D&D set; the days when real gamers used chits! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> AFAIC, Runequest is pretty much the RPG by which all other RPGs are measured. My current fave systems are d20 and HERO.I read quite a bit, though my enjoyment of good fiction has been curtailed by the seemingly endless supply of great gaming books coming out lately (damn you Steve Long, DAMN YOU!). I'd probably list Harlan Ellison as the author I enjoy and admire most, while Heinlein, Card, Leiber, Niven, Tolkien, and Zelazny would make my list of "other authors I enjoy a whole lot."I really like reading graphic novels as well, but I wouldn't say that I'm an avid comic collector. Alan Moore rocks my world, as does Kurt Busiek.I've never been too hardcore into computer gaming, though I did get hooked on the original Civilization for a while. Frankly, I prefer games that are a social experience; I spend enough time sitting alone in front of a computer at work.The only TV shows I watch with any regularity are Gilmore Girls, Smallville and Enterprise (I'm a Trek whore), though I keep my eye peeled for MST3k. I'll happily watch That 70's Show, The Simpsons, and even, uh Friends while my wife and I have dinner. Honestly, though, I'd rather be reading, spending time with my wife, or lurking on ENWorld and RPG.net than watching TV.I hardly go to movies any more, but will gladly leave the house for LOTR or X2. Most are simply not worth the high ticket pirces; that, and I don't need to "shhh!" anybody when I watch a DVD at home. Fave films include: Excalibur, Bliss, Shawshank Redemption, The Man Who Would Be King, It's a Wonderful Life, Aliens, Raiders..., and, the mother of all movies, This is Spinal Tap. I also have a really high tolerance for "chick flicks," e.g., I genuinely enjoyed Anne of Green Gables. Sorry, guys...My other main hobby is music. I've been  playing guitar for about 17 years now, occasionally even getting paid to do so.  U2, XTC, and the Police are my musical holy trinity. I am, however, also well-versed in the funk. Though I'm a little less Eddie Hazel and a little more Leo Neocentelli...Now, my main musical outlet is <a href="http://www.bhtch.com/" target="_blank">Gyrating Bhtch</a> (we've been having server issues, so apologies if the site is down). There's oodles of profanity and other silliness in these songs, so please be careful where and with whom you listen to them. All I can say is, I don't write most of the lyrics.We generally get together once or twice a year and write and record as many songs as possible in the span of a day or two. We also do Christmas parody songs. We've written and produced a musical, "Captain Flywheel and the Produce Section," and will be performing our Christmas material as part of the "Christmas, My Ass" show this year at the WNEP theater in Chicago. So, there you go. More info than you ever would have wanted. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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