The Year of Conventions

I have now gotten time off, sent in my applications, and made living arrangements for Odyssey Con, WisCon, DucKon, and, last but not least, my Mecca, GenCon.

Busy busy.

(Extra special super thanks to my friends, Cason and Jennifer, for getting me shelter in Madison--twice!)

Quotation Fun and RPG Meetup

I saw the following quotation today, and it made me smile:

“Critics are like Eunuchs in a harem. They're there every night, they see how it's done every night, they see how it should be done every night, but they can't do it themselves.”
-- Brendan Behan (1923-1964)

Also, don't forget:
The DeKalb Roleplayers March Meetup
Feb. 12th
6:00 p.m.
DeKalb Borders
A chance to meet and hang out with other tabletop RPG gamers in your area.

DeKalb Roleplayers Meetup Group

The DeKalb Roleplayers March Meetup
Feb. 12th
6:00 p.m.
DeKalb Borders
Just a chance to meet and hang out with other tabletop RPG gamers in the area.

Hope to see you there!

Author Interest

The following fantasy authors have caught my eye recently, for one reason or another:

Joe Abercrombie
Scott Bakker
Alan Campbell
Steven Erikson
Robin Hobb
Paul Kearney
Scott Lynch

Has anybody read their works? Thoughts?

Currently Reading:
Fading Suns, second edition revised
Castles & Crusades Players Handbook

Hailsperm and Cloverfield

Wow. That's a lot of snow. I'm thinking I'll have to be out there shoveling every 2 hours to keep up with it. It doesn't even look like snow. It looks like little tiny white beads falling from the sky, like all the world's hail shoved the young out of the nest. It looks like Hailsperm.

Still, it's a day off from work.

Went to see Cloverfield last night with and Kevin. It was fun and entertaining, with good effects, if a standard plot--the presentation was different, though, and it wasn't just a remake of a previously existing property. I'd give it 3.5 stars: entertaining (3) and trying to do something a bit different (0.5).

SO ... What to do today, eh?

I'd better work on that RPG conversion some more ...