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Books

Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs

Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs, by Chuck Klosterman
A light book covering a number of interesting thought experiments and rambles, that Dad & I enjoyed enough to read together.

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Misc

Daily Update 11/3

Kerry Endorsement Gets it right. (from Obsidian Wings)

Media Matters’ new book, Misstating the State of the Union

Bush’s National Nightmare of Peace And Prosperity Over with hyperlinks to where the ‘predictions’ came true. Urgh.

Card Game (strong, party game): Big Idea by Cheapass Games
Board Game (interested, but not strongly): Ideology by Z-Man Games
Board Game (strong): Feudo by Zugames

Recent Books (returning to library today):
Sex, Drugs & Cocoa Puffs, by Chuck Klosterman
Vanishing Point, by Michaela Roessner
The Burning Hills, by Louis L’Amour

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Politics

Stereotypes

(From a commenter, PD Shaw, on Dan Drezner’s site)

On stereotypes, I like the article I read the other day (sorry don’t remember where), which said:

Republicans fear that a Kerry presidency will lead to endless appeasement of terrorists and the French, culminating in the subsequent presidential election of Hillary Clinton.

Democrats fear that a second Bush term will lead to a state of endless war and the introduction of an economic system known as feudalism.

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Ancient Links Misc

Various October Links

Some links from the last few days, to be organized, etc.

Updated to convert links to hypertext– the plaintext was annoying me.

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Ancient Links

A collection of old links

Tons of old links to various threads, rpgs, etc. It’s all raw… but better than cramming it in a text folder on my hard drive. (Insert whistling here…)

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Ancient Links

Lots of old links

The New York Times forcefully supports Kerry. (via Kevin Drum).

An attempt to legalize torture (sadly, seriously). Torture by Katherine at Obsidian Wings.

Voter registration scandal by Krugman, via Kevin Drum.

Projected Defecits (via Brad DeLong)

Synthesis article on GWB. (TAPPED)

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Gift Coordination

Scott birthday list 2005

Why Did the Chicken? (Play Again Games)
Competitions : Book Two of The Blending (Blending) by Sharon Green
Challenges : Book Three of The Blending (Blending)
Betrayals : Book Four of the Blending (Blending)
Prophecy : Book Five of The Blending (Blending)
Vinci (boardgame by Philippe Keyaerts from Eurogames / Descartes – USA, Inc.)
BuyWord (by Sid Jackson, Face to Face Games: Board Game)
Storm front (Book by Jim Butcher)
Monte Cook Presents: The Year’s Best d20 (RPG Book, Sword & Sorcery)
Shaye — “The Bridge” (Music CD)
Spirit of the Century (RPG by Evil Hat Productions)
For Sale (Card Game by Stefan Dorra, published by Uberplay)
Dress Shoes (Black, size 12, simple stylings)
Early American Chrononauts (Looney Labs Card Game)
Mage: The Awakening (RPG by White Wolf)
Keythedral (Keythedral by Richard Breese from Pro Ludo)
Polaris (RPG, online order– http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/products.php?publisherLink=tao)
Big Idea by Cheapass Games (Party Game)
White Dress Shirt (16 1/2 neck, short sleeve)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
The Speed of Dark (book by Elizabeth Moon)
With Great Power (RPG, Online Order– http://incarnadine.indie-rpgs.com/wgp-order.html)
Jinx High (book by Mercedes Lackey)
Carmen Dog (Book by Carol Emshwiller)

A good place to order boardgames online (if the local store fails you): http://www.housefullofgames.com/

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Ancient Links

Politics

Big Picnic Leftie political satire site

Minimum wage and eitc Taken to task, explained.

Hindus vs. Homosexuals Comparing ethics and religion in our treatment

The Original Meaning of Judicial Review It goes back before Marbury v. Madison. 22 pages.

The Texas Miracle What happens when you mandate but don’t fund.

Conservative Bloggers A link to many sources, some of which made it to my blog list.

Blog for America Dean’s website

Structural Problems with America’s debt In depth, scary

Ballooning Defit? Trouble, particularly in long term structure.

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Ancient Links

Music Links

Sarah McLachlan.com, The Sea of Waking Dreams (Sarah fansite)

Blastro Lots of Music videos

Amber’s website With much activity on her part.

Tar MacLean’s Multimedia Page Mostly “If I Fall” and interview clips

Tara MacLean – Can You Hear Me?


Someone You Should Know (live) Lisa Loeb preforming “Someone you should know”, live on the Rosie O’Donnel Show. (Link to the Lisa Loeb shrine)

Lisa Loeb Live Tail Lights Fade, Keep On Loving You, Guessing Games, etc.

Jessica Jacobs – Chapter 2 Net release CD (w/ 2 minute free clips)


WILD ORCHID: FIRE

Launchcast homepage Internet music

Artists without a Label A number of second tier artists

Half.com Their used music pages

Pollstar See which musicians are coming to town

CD Baby Lots of Indie Music

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Ancient Links

Games Links

Board Games, Card Games, Mage, D&D, Misc RPGs




Full Thrust Fleet Registry good FT site, lots of ships


Board Games:

Board Game Geek Excellent, communal game review (etc.) site

Billabong Boardgamers Reviews and more for lots of board games.

Links to board games particularly republic of rome

On Line Game Night Java board games: Ra, Medici, E&T, etc.

Addicting games java, etc. games


GMT Games
Board game manufacturers, based in Hanford. Makers of Manfiest Destiny.

Carcassone scoring updates (pdf)

spotlight on games board game discussion/analysis

Empire builder locking(more interactive), More EB variants




Card Games:

Cheapass Games

House of card games rules



D&D Links:

Adventures from Mysteria Basic D&D Adventures updated for 3E

Quick reference sheets Cards for animals are great


Arumo
d20 World Setting

Medieval demographics Based on real world research. Here’s a D&D version: DnD demographics


Ancient Worlds
Cool styles of magic for d20!

Tilesets , Cut & paste 3D Tiles


Dragon Scale Counters
A cheap, full scale alternative to minis. Sit flat.

3e character sheet templates

D&D Reference Sheets

EnWorld Lots of reviews and ‘up to the minute info’.




Mage (& Storyteller) Links:

DarkNexus
total cross system storyteller


Mage Metaphysics 101

Taraqual’s Mage An excellent rewrite of magic for Mage

Biblioteca – Magic Items with cultural flavors, for Mage.

Nephandi in training page

Akashic stuff from 1st Edition

Primium for mage





General Roleplaying

Noblis Chancel making tool

Timewaster’s Guide to RPGs Many reviews and some articles

Scene framing Detailed examples (from the forge)


Role Call
The most current Q&A (similar to GameWISH)

RPGMall Indie and small scale RPGs,
RPG Now Mass RPG seller


ROMANCING CATHAY
Wonderful Zine devoted to China’s Warring State period

Shadowrun Supplemental An eZine for Shadowrun

Amber Variant Cool drama point variant for amber

Orbit rpg Cool sci-fi, without endless tables

Sorceror purchase page Sorcery & the Soul

Sorceror Errata

World Building Advice stuff to consider when building a world (by Patrica Wrede)

Reverse RPG a marble allocation game

Pretender free RPG, Otherkind based


Ars Magica
4th ed free pdf

Future History A fun future history… similar in places to Trinity. Suspicious, no?

National security decision making game Run at cons, etc.

Deyrni.net Live Deryni chat- 2:30pm Sundays

An excellent (semi) hard SF world: Big Ideas, Grand Vision


Star Trek
– Decipher’s page


Valkerie Quarterly
a british RPG magazine


CRITICAL MISS
Lots of whacked articles

RPG Times A good RPG zine, devoted more to online roleplaying

Call of Chuthulu comments