I went back to work today, after the Christmas holiday. My major contribution today was helping Jess carry in the boxes the new laptops were in. I found my power supply on my work computer had died (we replaced it), and that the network was offline for repairs… which killed most of the useful work I could do. So, at lunchtime, we came to a … Continue reading I am Legend
This is what I like to see. 🙂 Continue reading A good moment.
Well, an amazing last over for the India vs Australia test match. Three wickets to Michael Clarke, a part-time spinner, and an record-equalling victory to Australia. I only saw the last over on tv (busy playing poker), but I’ve had the radio on all day, so it’s been exciting. Umpiring was atrocious. Steve Bucknor needs to retire. Not sure about Mark Benson either… However, some … Continue reading Cricket
Picture this: I’m playing facebook poker, and my hole cards are a 10-5 of clubs. I buyinto the hand because I’m one of the blinds. Normally, I’d fold on such a hand. The flop: 5 Hearts, 5 Spades, 10 Diamonds. Oh, that’s good. I raise a little. Most people stay in with me. The turn: 10 Hearts. Oh, wow. I can’t lose now. I raise a little … Continue reading Poker story
At my birthday, a few people were playing the boardgame Zombies. Now, much as I like Zombies, the actual game tends to the tedious. However, there’s a new game that takes the same theme – Zombie attack – and does it much better. The name of the game? Last Night On Earth. LNOE is a scenario game that it comes with five scenarios of Zombies attacking … Continue reading Last Night on Earth
Well, I’m playing a noble. And, as normal, a human noble. (The alien races in Star Wars don’t appeal to me at all… they never have for role-playing purposes). I’ve been toying the idea of this well-born military nut, who hasn’t been able tostay in the regular (imperial?) navy due to his problems with accepting commands from above that he doesn’t agree with. As I … Continue reading Dawn of Defiance… character musings
I’ve been a bit lax in posting recently, partly due to the weather (it’s been hot, and I’ve been exhausted), and also because I just haven’t been in the mood for writing anything recently! (I’ve gotten tremendously behind on writing session reports on BoardGameGeek, for instance…) I’ve just been working my way through some Jack McDevitt books. McDevitt is a really good science-fiction writer, whose … Continue reading Long time, no posts
Thank you to everyone who came to my birthday party or sent me notes of well-wishing. It was a good day. 🙂 Hey, I’m now 35! Continue reading Birthday thoughts
Here’s the link to the original post: http://www.paulkidby.com/news/index.html And the text: AN EMBUGGERANCE Folks, I would have liked to keep this one quiet for a little while, but because of upcoming conventions and of course the need to keep my publishers informed, it seems to me unfair to withhold the news. I have been diagnosed with a very rare form of earlyonset Alzheimer’s, which lay … Continue reading Pratchett – an Embuggerance
Terry has revealed he has early onset Alzheimer’s Disease. I’m trying to find his original post (the newspapers are reporting it as being on Paul Kidby’s site, but I’m having no luck in finding it… anyone?) This really has me shocked and surprised and saddened. I came to and appreciation of the Discworld late, but I’ve really enjoyed Terry’s last ten or twenty books greatly… Continue reading Dreadful news for Pratchett fans…
