Archive for April, 2005

Gaming Bits

Saturday, April 30th, 2005

(First, for non-gamers (who probably aren’t going to be the least bit interested, anyways), and those who game but haven’t gamed Requiem yet, some primers: What is Vampire: the Requiem?, Requiem’s Clans, Requiem’s Covenants, OrdoDracul.com and TheInvictus.com.)
Our regular storyteller, MrJames, had been storytelling Vampire: the Requiem for us for about six months. He got tired [...]

Worrisome At Best

Sunday, April 24th, 2005

Here are a few frightening links for you:

Life After The Oil Crash
PeakOil.net
PeakOil.org

The problem, as I see it, is that fairly shortly, living they way we do will become too expensive for us regular folks to maintain. We will not be able to afford to heat our homes, power our homes, and drive our cars. The [...]

Customers Suck: “Yes, I Can Read, Which Is Why You Can’t Use Your Coupon.”

Saturday, April 23rd, 2005

We have this coupon in circulation, for our restaurant. The coupon reads, “Buy one Big Tex (our name-brand Italian steak sandwich), get a second one of equal or lesser value free”. (The coupon is valued up to $3.99, because there are lots of add-ons to the Big Tex which make it more expensive.) Some assholes [...]