I just got some Heroscape for Christmas :). It is a less serious wargame, with a multi-genre slant. It is an easy game for beginners with some simple game mechanics, and is a good introductory wargame for non-gamer friends. I really like the terrain pieces and miniatures that came with the game. Some of which I'll be incorporating into other games I play.
So, I'm going multi-media now and trying out posting videos. I figured I might as well put some of this technology available to use. It looks like I definitely need a better camera though :(.
So I painted up another Warhammer 40,000 tank last weekend. This one is a Chaos Space Marine Vindicator. This is the old version of the kit and has many metal plates and parts. It was very difficult to put together due to the parts not fitting together very well. The newer kit is all plastic and looks much simpler to build. I might get one for my Dark Angels army :). Anyways, here's some still pics for those that can't view the video.
Some months ago I bought the Family Guy: Blue Harvest DVD. It was the hilarious Star Wars spoof they did. This was a Fox DVD and was labeled as including a Digital Copy, which you can download to your computer and mobile devices. It was so cool :). It had several options. I was able to get a copy of the DVD through iTunes for my iPod and also download a WMV version for the computer, which I was also able to upload to my PSP. All of this was absolutely free and awesome. I thought this was how grand the future would be.
Then recently I bought the Warner Bros. DVD of the movie Mongol. On the package was labeled "Get a Digital Copy." Now based on my previous experience, I was overjoyed. I thought I'd have another movie for my mobile devices. So, I just tried to download this Warner Bros. branded "Digital Copy." Following the instructions I went to the WB website link, and it redirects me to a third party site I've never heard of, where to my surprise I'd have to pay $1.99 to download the "Digital Copy" :(. I had failed to read the very fine print on the packaging that said there were additional charges to get the "Digital Copy." I know $1.99 isn't really a lot of money for that convenience. But, after the freebie from the Family Guy DVD, it just seems lame to charge for the "digital copy." It seemed like such a cool reward and selling point for buying an official DVD. In any case, I'm going to be much more careful in reading the fine print on DVDs with "Digital Copy" labeled on them.
I got a Spiderman t-shirt I got Converse that are rotting off my feet I got a bad mustache A reoccurring rash And not a lot of cash I spend it on my stash Man it's good to be a geek
Well it's good to be a geek It's good to be a creep It's good to draw my pictures That no one will ever see. It's good to be a geek It's good to be unknown It's good I'm never waiting Right beside the telephone Cuz no one ever...
I play Dungeons and Dragons I got a 13th level halfling fighter thief Got seven hit die on my backstab Sometimes you know it's good to be a geek. It's good to be a geek It's good to play the freak It's good to comb my mullet once every other week As far as I can see It's good to play the Wii Then stay up painting miniatures 'til 2 or 3 Cuz no one ever...
Someday I'll learn to play guitar Start up a band and be a star And when you wind up pumping gas Just fill 'er up and kiss my a$$...
I'm addicted to star trek I'm a Klingon speaking Federation freak I find I'm more inclined To spend the bulk of my time On the starship Enterprise Than talking to girls I meet
Well I never get the girl But I like to be alone Cuz I can always m@sterb@te when there's no one home It's good to have a plan It's good to be the man It's good to download p0rn0 from a website in Japan Cuz no one ever...
Someday I'll learn to play guitar Start up a band and be a star And when you wind up pumping gas Just fill 'er up and kiss my a$$...
Ninth grade is when I got the swirlie Tenth grade is when I got the indian burn Four years of continuous wedgies Wore nine pairs of briefs so they could all get a turn Someday I'll buy a fancy condo Someday I'll drive a car that's more than your house Someday you'll kiss my a$$
It's good to make some noise It's good to scream outloud It's good to feel immortal Like your last name is MacLeod It's good to be a geek Its good to be unseen Its good to watch The Wrath of Khan on a plasma screen It's good to be a geek It's good to be the man It's good to download p0rn0 from a website in japan It's good to be a geek It's good to be unknown It's good I'm never waiting Right beside the telephone Cuz no one ever...
I got a bad mustache A reoccurring rash And not a lot of cash I spend it on my stash Man it's good to be a geek You know I've gone in debt To look like Boba Fett I got my Holland set Although it makes me sweat Man it's good to be a geek!
So, I've been playing around with this ANIMOTO site, and am very impressed with the results. Basically ANIMOTO is a new way to make dynamic, slideshow videos set to music without any editing. Just upload your pics, pick a song from their list, and then the site mixes it up into a cool video. It amazes me actually. Unfortunately it only lets you make 30 second videos for free, about 12-15 pics. But you do get to make an unlimited amount. Longer videos you'll have to pay for. I believe $3 per video or $30 for a year's unlimited use. Not a bad deal, but for now I'll just play around with the free service.
Here are some videos I made of my Warhammer 40,000 collection. These are some of the models that I have built and painted :). It's really cool to see them this way :).
Well last weekend (Fri-Sun,) I spent at the New York Anime Festival :). Was a great time, though I do wonder about the anime and manga industry. Compared to last year, there were fewer industry booths, but a lot more, smaller, merch venders. Noticeably missing this year were ADV, TokyoPOP and Viz. Also absent this year was any sort of video or table-top gaming at the con.
The companies that were present, had a few interesting offerings. Bandai Entertainment will be bringing out the Gundam 00 anime. Their booth seemed to be the most popular with a lot of swag giveaways and lots of Haruhi and Lucky Stardance lines :). There was even a NYAF Lucky Star dance contest video that is hilarious :) Del Rey Manga was there promoting a Dean Koontz manga, In Odd We Trust. They will also be putting out The Genshiken Official Book soon. Yen Press was new to the show promoting their Haruhi and Soul Eater manga. They also had free copies of their Yen Plus magazine.
I only went to a few panels at the con. At the Gaia Online panel they announced that their ZOMG MMO will be out by the end of the year. Robin Sevakis of Anime News Nina fame had a panel on making comics with Photoshop. I also attended a panel on the history of Gekiga, which is a genre of mature, dramatic comics from japan. Where Manga literally translates to "Whimsical Pictures," Gekiga literally translates to "Dramatic Pictures." One series brought up in the panel was the Sanctuary manga, which the lecturer said was out of print and took him over a year to find the entire series. I happily thought in my head how I bought and read the entire series around the time they were released ages ago :).
I attended the mc chris concert on friday night at the convention. One thing that bothers me is that the con charged $10 extra for tickets to the concert. At every con I've ever been to, the concerts had always been free, even at last year's New York Anime Festival. Last year's Unicorn Table concert was awesome. This time around the extra ticket price had the effect of low interest among the con goers. Only about 1/3 of the seats were filled. The mc chris performance also had so many sound and lighting technical difficulties. It was a real disappointment, but mc chris's performance and comedy pulled the show together as best as possible.
I was not able to see the Rie Tanaka concert at the Masquerade event, which was free. The room they had it in was filled to capacity leaving many attendees to miss the event, another flub of the con organizers. I don't know how Reed Exhibitions could make these kinds of mistakes when they know from last year's con how popular these performances are. This year they did not provide adequate seating and space for most events.
So, what did I get at the con? Well, mostly manga. I needed to catch up on some series and there were many good deals on manga at the con. Pictured here is the stack that I got. I picked up some Negima, Genshiken, Welcome to the NHK, Megatokyo and others. I also got a Yotsuba Revoltech figure and the Yuki Nagato Figma figure :). Not pictured is the Final Fantasy VII Yuffie figure in the original costume and the Gundam: Char's Counter Attack DVD which I got.
Overall, the con was great, but with a few problems. The attendance is growing with enthusiastic crowds and cosplayers, but the con organizers and industry really slacked off this year and provided a less than stellar show. I don't know if it is due to the economy and lowered promotion budgets, but one thing is for sure, that the fans are willing to gather in great numbers and have fun even if they have to rely on themselves to party :).
Looks like the painting table is getting a bit messy :). Working on several projects at once is probably not a good idea :). I've taken a bit of a break from the Warmachine Cryx and am going to work on my very first Warhammer Fantasy Battle army. I'm normally a Warhammer 40,000 player, which is the science fiction version of the game.
Well, I've been painting away and have finally finished painting my first regiment of Night Goblins :). Goblins are way too small, and were quite difficult for me to paint. But, I think I'll get the hang of it and improve. After all, I've got about 100+ more goblins to paint :(.
Here are a couple of my Night Goblin Heroes. They will be commanding the army. The one on the left I'm thinking of naming Skrub and his pet squig I'll name Dub :). The figure on the right is a Night Goblin Shaman, which I'll probably name Skreech. Don't know if those names are taken anywhere, but at least now I have something to call them :).
Hey folks, it's been a long time since I've painted any minis. When I was living back home with the parents, I had everything all set up in the basement with a paint table and even a nice wargames table with terrain. Now, living in a small apartment, it's hard to have any space at all to do this kinda stuff. Well anyways, I've broken out the painting table once again, to get back into the swing of things.
This is a Cryx Nightwretch Bonejack. Recently the game Warmachine has gotten my interest. It's quite different from Warhammer, and I liked the models. So, I am starting a Cryx army :).
I am still a bit rusty at painting minis, but I hope to get back up to speed and hopefully learn a few new tricks. You can look forward to more "Paint Table" posts in the future :).
So, I was able to catch the new animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie last week. I didn't feel like spending the money to head into Manhattan. So, I decided to take a walk to the Kaufman UA theater in Astoria, despite childhood warnings never to go around that area. My parents had told me stories about how a friend of theirs was mugged and stabbed in the eye in that area. Whether the fear of walking around that area was irrational or not was questionable. I did have to walk through quite a desolate and crappy neighborhood to get there. The odd thing was that the theater itself was a nice, standard, suburban-style cineplex with an Uno's, Applebee's and a Panera Bread next to it. It reminded me of being back in the suburbs :).
So, How was The Clone Wars? Well it had a few problems. The first to stand out right away was there was no opening crawl of text. Instead we have this cheezy opening narration. The series is of course geared towards kids, but you figure they'd at least be able to read for a little bit at the opening of the cartoon.
The animation itself was nice, though not as smooth in some of the action scenes as I would have liked. But, somehow I think the stilted movements might have been intentional. The character style for me worked better in the previous 2-D Clone Wars animations than it does in 3-D. The battles were nice, but not as epic as I would have liked. They could have done a lot more. My main gripe was the canned animations of all the droid combatants. Also, I found it annoying for some of the ships and armor to be off-model from previous movies. Looking up things on Wookieepedia only brings the explanation/excuse of them being different ship and armor variants.
The story was a bit blah to me. I know this movie is just an introduction to an animated series coming this Fall. But, I would have liked a grander story focus for a feature film. The search for Jabba's son? Are they serious? I thought I would like the new character Ahsoka, but she ended up being a little too annoying at times.
All of this though is totally forgivable to me since I am such a total fan :). Just seeing another chapter of Star Wars on the big screen was enough to give me a grand, fun afternoon. Although, after dinner at the Panera, this lead to an after-movie walk to the Northern Blvd. Toys R Us and a Star Wars toy shopping spree :). Yes, I like to punish my wallet every now and again :).
Well, I'm back from Florida. Had a great trip and totally geeked out with my myriad of cousins. We ended up playing Dungeons & Dragons for three nights :). Games of Chez Geek and Super Munchkin were also played to unexpected results. Our normally non-geek cousin Darwin ended up winning both games. I attribute this to him growing a goatee and therefore it must have been an alternate universe version of him that had won the games :). Later, my cousin Darwin set up some poker and black jack games for us on two nights using casino chips. Was an awesome time, and I'll even miss the annoying though often amusing antics of my little cousin Ryan :).
While in Florida, my cousin Ernest showed us some very cool stores. I was able to add 5 new astromech droids to my collection :). Three were found in Wal-Mart as part of the new Droid Factory line. The coolest finds though were two Star Tours droids found at the Acme Superstore, an amazing collector's paradise. The place has the biggest selection of hard to find Star Wars, Star Trek, G.I. Joe and Transformers toys and collectibles I have ever seen. We also visited Cool Stuff Games and Rhubarb Games to pick up some D&D stuff. Of course we also ended up checking the local Barnes & Nobles and Borders for some manga browsing :).
Here's some pics of the droids I picked up. The three in front are R4-H5, R2-T0 and R4-F5. The two in the back are the Star Tours droids R3-D3 and R4-M9.
Here's a line up of some of the astromech droids I have. I have ten more that aren't shown because they are still in the display packaging.
Thanks again to all my cousins. It was a really fun time, and way too short. Hopefully I can visit again soon or maybe you all can visit me up here in NYC sometime :).
I ended up watching M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening lately. The trailers had intrigued me, and for the most part I like his movies. The Happening starts off with an unexplained "gas" attack that breaks out in New York City's Central Park. The unexplained result is that people become disoriented and start committing suicide. News of this spreads and people quickly try to escape the city. Unfortunately the "attacks" spread to the rest of the US Northeast.
Wahlberg and Leguizamo play school teachers that try and get their families out of the area by train. The cast was convincingly quirky and kept my interest. Some have said that the inclusion of kids in the traumatic scenes were a bit disturbing. But, if this were a real incident, the kids would realistically be caught up in the mess. Adds to the drama.
I do have to say most of the shock scenes were adequate, but could have been done better. One scene in particular was poorly done and laughable. It was a scene in where people were viewing an iPhone video of someone being mauled by bears. It looked like a Saturday Night Live sketch filmed on a blue screen, completely fake looking. At times in the movie I felt I wasn't actually scared but startled by the loud music that punctuated every shock scene. I did like the situations that transpired though, as it seems to be similar in theme but the total opposite of a zombie horror flick.
In the end though, I left unsatisfied by the movie. The events that occur are poorly explained and purposely vague. I really wanted to see more of what was "Happening." I wanted to see more of what was going on in the major population centers, but was forced to follow the characters into the countryside. Then just as quickly as the "Happening" started, it just ends with the cop out explanation that things can happen in nature that we will never fully understand. This kind of ending works great on a TV show like The Twilight Zone or The X-Files, but for a feature film is hardly acceptable. M. Night Shyamalan's trademark twist ending fails this time around.
At the moment the Xanga one is the most complete. But, I'm thinking the Blogger one will be my main blog from now on. I like all the customization that is possible.
So I was doing some shopping and saw a Pizza Hut location while walking home. I had seen the commercials for the new Pizza Hut Tuscani Pastas. So, I decided to give it a try. Big mistake. First of all, I should have just gone home and ordered from there, because I was informed I'd have to wait 10-15 minutes for the order. The location was one of those bare bones Pizza Huts that only did deliveries. When did Pizza Hut stop doing actual restaurants? In any case by the time I got my order and walked several blocks home with an unwieldy tray of pasta on a hot, humid day, the pasta was kinda luke warm. How was it? Well, I had ordered the Meaty Marinara version, and I found the sauce to be too sour, but passable. The cheese was the usual crappy cheese that Pizza Hut uses. One thing I found odd though was that there were all these hard dry pieces of pasta all along the edges. It was kinda annoying. I don't think this was frozen, but maybe the pasta they are using is the kind that isn't boiled but cooks in the sauce?
You can only order the pasta in a 3 pound tray for $11.99. Depending on your appetite, you can get about 3-4 meals out of this tray. If you're single, you're going to be sick of the stuff by the third meal. At least that was my experience :(. In all honesty, you can buy a better quality, frozen, pasta meal at a Costco/Price Club or Sam's Club or BJ's Wholesale Club. I'm not sure if the Creamy Chicken Alfredo is any better, but three other people entered the place and ordered that instead of the Meaty Marinara. Maybe I just ordered the wrong one? In any case, I'm not going to be recommending these "Tuscani Pastas."
Last night on the G4 channel, I saw the documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. It's about the controversial, current contention for the world record high score on the Donkey Kong arcade game. I was fascinated by this glimpse into the classic, arcade, game subculture.
We are introduced to Billy Mitchell, named the Video Game Player of the Century, holding world records in several classic arcade games. He's arrogant and over-confident and has a solid clique of gamers on his side. Then comes Steve Wiebe, a soft-spoken, middle-school, science teacher who attempts to claim the new world record high score. Controversy ensues as claims of fraud force the players to meet at an official arcade location called Funspot. The tension and repressed animosity is unbelievable, and makes for a good story.
I know most people who are not into video games will make fun of this documentary. But, I really admire these gamers and am glad to see another geek subculture film akin to the Trekkies documentaries. It's at least a validation that there are other like minded geeks and nerds out there that take their hobbies seriously.
So, let's talk about exercise. Being as it's summer. I decided to try and regularly work out everyday and try and get into shape. I've got an exercise bike, some dumbbells, some Tae Bo tapes, and exercise videos on my cable OnDemand system.
In the past, I've tried several times to regularly exercise, with several failed starts. With all the trouble I've had in the last year, I figured I really should make a change in my habits. After all, they say exercising gives you more energy, determination and makes you feel better. Well, after four days, I gotta say I disagree. All my muscles are sore, my shoulders and back hurt in weird ways, I'm exhausted and less motivated to move, and now tend to unexpectedly nap off for hours.
I'm gonna keep at it though. This post is mostly a reminder to myself. Best of luck to myself. Keep at it :)!!!
Well, I've recently caught the flu somewhere and also allergy season has started up :(. So what better way to spend some indoor time than running around a virtual version of your very own city :)? In Grand Theft Auto IV you can run around a fictional version of NYC called Liberty City. The game is so detailed as to have several neighborhoods and landmarks approximated in the game. Imagine my surprise when I found my own neighborhood in the game :). I'm not very far into the game, so I'll have to review the game at a later date.
Well, the New York Comic Con was last weekend, and I've been looking up YouTube videos of some panels I might have missed. Found some very cool videos that show the great, fun atmosphere that was present at the show. The cosplayers were great fun :).
Hey folks, I was at the New York Comic Con last weekend. The convention was huge and I had a blast :). Lots to see, lots to buy and the cosplayers make the trip all the more fun.
Notably more present at this con were videogame companies. I got to try out some Warhammer Online by Mythic. I found the graphics to be fantastic. Way better than World of Warcraft. The only problem is the combat seemed dull and boring. Konami had Metal Gear Online available to play in linked multi-player. For a game of this type, it seemed very slow and unrealistic. After Call of Duty 4, the bar has been set very high for these types of games, and I might just have to skip this one. Bandai Namco was showing off the latest Naruto game. Looks very fun as usual, though I'm still waiting for a PS3 version. The people at the booth were nice enough to give me a Naruto Trading Figure pack which contained a Kakashi figure. Thanks :). Square Enix was also present, but did not have Final Fantasy XIII or any of their new games on display :(. Mostly they were there to sell some merch, of which I bought the Aerith Gainsborough figure, and a Shinra Electric Power Company business card holder :). New figures to be released soon are the original FFVII versions of Yuffie, Vincent and Red XIII with Cait Sith.
Notably absent from the con were anime companies ADV, Viz, and Central Park Media. In fact, anime seemed to be very underrepresented at the show, even with the small dealers. This might be due to the fact that New York now has the New York Anime Festival. Manga on the other hand seems to be in a boom. Several mainstream publishers now have manga offerings, including Tor. Even Stan Lee has a manga project in the works. These mainstream publishers really have to do their research and study how to sell to their audience. Most of their booths were quite dull. Tokyopop always gets it right though, since they've been in the game the longest, and Del Rey Manga has a fun group and a really good list of titles.
Table-top gaming has very much been in a decline. Absent this year were Rackham, Privateer Press, WizKids and Games Workshop. The Fantasy Flight Games booth did have the Rackham AT-43 Operation Damocles set, but nothing else in the series. The Wizards of the Coast gaming area had a very weak turnout compared to past years. The booth itself had demos for Star Wars and D&D miniatures, the Magic the Gathering and Maple Story CCGs, and the new Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edtion RPG. I demo'd the new 4th Edition rules and found them to have a radially different feel. Things seem more like videogame or anime powers. Especially the new Adrenaline Rush way of self healing. Too early to tell if this is a good or bad thing. In Star Wars gaming, it is confirmed that there will be miniatures based on the upcoming Clone Wars animation series :).
Gaia Online was there at the con. DJ Helsing ran into me on the show floor and remembered me from last years Today Show meetup :). Went to their panel and seems the MMO is soon to be a reality. Looks very interesting. Also, got to meet Lanzer and get his autograph.
The dealers area was greatly expanded from last year. Though I do wish they would have widened the aisles in some areas. The crowding at some points was unbearable :(. Lots of cool deals and oddities were to be found. I was able to get several Star Wars comics trade paperbacks at $5 each. Not bad since they are normally $18. I found three more Star Wars astromech droids for my collection :).
In other news, there seems to be an Andromeda Strain TV series coming to A&E. Zuda comics looks like the place to be for new artists. Iron Man is going to be awesome. Upper Deck has a Call of Duty CCG coming out. The TMR concert was loud and not really my thing. The Unicorn Table concert at the New York Anime Festival was much better. Though it is really good to see the NYCC doing concerts like other conventions. Makes for a very fun atmosphere. I'm sure there is a lot more I'm forgetting but there was so much to see over three days of the con :).
Well, thus concludes another New York Comic Con and I hope to see everyone at the New York Anime Festival in September :).
Me and some friends got together to play the Star Wars Miniatures game and recreate The Battle of Hoth. Here's a picture of the game in progress. I photoshopped this picture for some fun :).
Well, I finally bought an air compressor for the airbrush I never used. Tested it out on a Basilisk, Warhammer 40k, tank kit I was working on. Really nothing to see, cause I rushed it and it turned out messy :(. But, eventually I'll get the hang of it. The zoom of the camera and the flash really make all the little mistakes stand out :(. But, it's been awhile since I worked on any kits. It was fun to get back into it again. Next up I'll be working on a Demolisher tank.
Here's a year-end, recap survey. Thanks to Christina :).
1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before? Make friends with a Japanese girl :).
2. Did you keep your new year's resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Not really, though I had many obstacles in the way this year :(.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Yes, an old high school friend and his wife had a kid this year :). Congratulations :).
4. Did anyone close to you die? Yes, my Grandfather :(. May he rest in peace.
5. What countries did you visit? None :(.
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007? A career.
7.What date(s) from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory? The months of January and May/June :(. Also, July 4 :(. It was a bad year :(.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Completing my NYU Book Publishing Certificate.
9. What was your biggest failure? Succumbing to depression and not persevering :(.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Yes :(.
11. What was the best thing you bought? I honestly don't know. Unless you count my PS3. But, that was a gift :).
12. Whose behavior merited celebration? My sister for advancing her career :). Congratulations :).
13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? A number of people. But, it's all not worth mentioning :(.
14. Where did most of your money go? Trying to make myself happy with material things :(.
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Completing my NYU Book Publishing Certificate :).
16. What song will always remind you of 2007? Sorry by Our Lady Peace.
17. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder? Sadder :(.
ii. thinner or fatter? Fatter :(.
iii. richer or poorer? Not sure, depends on how you look at it.
18. What do you wish you'd done more of? Went out with friends more often.
19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Being depressed :(.
20. How did you spend Christmas? Family get together party :).
21. Did you fall in love in 2007? Not really :(.
22. How many one night stands? None.
23. What was your favourite TV program? The Office.
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year? Not really.
26. What was the best book you read? Spook Country by William Gibson.
27. What was your greatest musical discovery? Jonathan Coulton :).
28. What did you want and get? A PS3 :).
29. What did you want and not get? A career :(.
30. What was your favourite film of this year? Superbad :).
31. What did you do on your birthday? Went out to eat with family and go shopping :).
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? I just want good health and not have any health problems :(.
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007? Black.
34. What kept you sane? The internet.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? Olivia Munn :).
36. What political issue stirred you the most? The war :(.
37. Who did you miss? My Grandfather :(.
38. Who was the best new person you met? Kaori, a classmate of mine who is from Japan :).
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007. That life doesn't last forever and can end at anytime. So, make the best of your time on Earth while you can :(.
40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year. "Today's a reason for living Today's the blood from a stone Today's a light from a candle Helping us to find our way home Today we carry each other Today the past is a freak Today's a time for forgiveness You were never that good to me (Welcome to this world)..." Sorry by Our Lady Peace
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Dragons of Dragon Crate 5
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Finally, here are the Joker Dragons! I knew from the beginning I wanted two
headed dragons to represent the Jokers. Where that reasoning comes from, I
have...
The Broken Eye
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War. Revenge. Intrigue. Secrets. Magic. Everything you love about Brent
Weeks' Lightbringer Series continues in THE BROKEN EYE.
This is what you've been ...
Strengthening Your Core
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My son is in the NYC public shools after three years of living in Japan.
Here's our experience with the common core and standardized testing.
Another Year, Another Reflective Moment
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So I celebrated my birthday a few months ago. In all it was a great week
and I feel blessed to have such good friends.
A year ago on a trip to Vegas, I rea...
Pennsylvania Hiking Trip
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We just had a very nice week in Pennsylvania and wanted to share some great
spots we found for family hiking. The trails and parks listed below are
good fo...
Plamo Tsukurou SP-20 and SP-21 on youtube
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Took a while but they are online now. Quality is pretty poor and there are
some issues which will be pretty apparent when you watch it but better than
noth...
2011 Digable Arts Festival
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Sorry I haven't posted much up lately. I have been super busy getting ready
for the Digable Arts Festival, which I hope to see you all there. I've
recently...
Selling My Trollbloods
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This morning my computer’s motherboard died. In order to raise the cash I
need to replace my computer I’m selling off my Trollbloods. Here’s what
I’ve got....
My Future Girlfriend - Part 5
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In Part 5 of Ragtag Production's 5 part series "My Future Girlfriend,"
Clark has made his choice, n...
Hey I'm Still Around!
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*Sorry its been awhile since I've updated the 'ol blog. Life has been
incredibly stressful and challenging for the last 5 months and I'm working
to make t...
#136: My So-Called Life
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Though very specific to white people who were going through an awkward
phase in 1995 (basically anyone between eleven and forty), My So-Called
Life’s reson...
Schoolism Rewards Program
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Hi Everyone!
I'm very happy to introduce the Schoolism Rewards Program!
Get the word out about Schoolism.com and start earning points towards
Schoolism cl...