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Presenting: Creatheater →


Leftunder Books has begun work on an open-source role-playing game:

Creatheater is intended as the first step in developing an original fantasy role-playing game. This game takes its…

25th November 2009

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Sign Language: week 75 - Telegraph

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Sign Language: week 75 - Telegraph

Awesome Limited Edition Jones D&D Spellcasting Soda →

Including Bigby’s Crushing Thirst Destroyer and Eldritch Blast

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Imaginationist →

I have a confession to make. I am not a writer. I do love literature. I love a good story. Heck, I love books. Always have. What I don’t really warm up to is the sitting down at the desk and staring at the screen part of the whole thing. I am not someone who likes to sit for long periods of time. And the typing. I can’t really type. It’s more pecking at the keyboard like a hungry bird looking for seeds in the grass. I can’t spell either. Thank God for spellcheck. 
So if I can’t type and I can’t spell, (and I forgot to mention my grammar), what am I? Not a writer. Nope. 
I think I’m an imaginationist. Yes, that’s it. That’s what I am. It sounds good anyway. I explore the fields and woods of my imagination. I know. Weird. But I’m just being truthful here.
I have always daydreamed. It has gotten me into some awful jams over the years at school and at work.
I try to fit into the world of practical people, the people who don’t have time for creativity, where others want me to be every day. I do manage to balance my time in the real world while finding the time to be creative.
Once I accepted that I am an imaginationist I could finally get down to writing my stories. The stories that had been floating around in my head for a long time. I stopped worrying what others thought of me. I struggle daily with the practical side of writng, but I allow myself the time to create. I get into my characters and walk around in their shoes. I hope it makes a difference in my books.

from http://reginaldstjohn.blogspot.com/

Tagged: imaginationistwritingwriter

24th November 2009

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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Neil Young performs a haunting cover of the Fresh Prince theme song and, just like that, my life is complete.

Also: A rift in the spacetime continuum.

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Tagged: Neil Young,Fresh Prince of Bel Air

24th November 2009

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Two headbands at once (via Marc Johns)

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Two headbands at once (via Marc Johns)

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24th November 2009

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24th November 2009

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Morning Links:

AOL introduces a quieter brand identity.


The Oatmeal presents: How Twilight Works.


Google Maps-powered Zombie Outbreak Simulator.


 LiftMagic: The Cosmetic Surgery Simulator. (via.)


 Morning Distraction: Atari Arcade. (via.)


 Morning Wood: Emma Frain is ridiculicious.


 Morning List: 50 more of Wikipedia’s most interesting articles.

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Morning Links:

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24th November 2009

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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when my fear is gone I will turn and face fear’s path, and only I will remain.
— Frank Herbert - Dune (via misstugui:benjaminhilts) (via liquidnight) (via signa) (via crashinglybeautiful)

Tagged: dunefrank herbertbene gesserit

23rd November 2009

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When the Chips Are Down →

Let me ask you something.
What could possibly drive you do perform a sex act in exchange for a case of Frito-Lay chips?

If you’re anything like me, it’s hard to imagine any circumstance that might make that exchange seem reasonable.

…but then there’s Lahoma Sue Smith of Oklahoma City.
Lahoma entered a plea of No Contest to the charge that she prostituted herself in exchange for a case of chips.
First the obvious question.

What flavor were the chips?

I mean, let’s be honest. What one might do for a case of Mrs. Vickie’s Sea Salt Kettle Chips is VASTLY different than what might be done for a case of Blazin’ Buffalo & Ranch flavored Doritos. (For the sake of decency, there will be no discussion whatsoever of Funyuns flavored transactions.)

Read it all at Weapons Grade Stupid

Tagged: prostitutionchipsfrito-laybusted