Tipa

Death 2 U vs the Queens of the Stone Age

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I took my fictional metal band, Death 2 U, on stage last night. Packed stadium. Roaring crowd. Wetting-their-pants crazy to see us, just last week an unknown band playing in someone’s basement, cover Queens of the Stone Age’s “No One Knows”. No one knew how nervous we were. This song is HARD. Even on “Medium”. … Read more

Ruins of Varsoon

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I got a group for Nashuya in the usual way… someone needed help killing a named in Thundering Steppes; I was running Dera through there on the way to Enchanted Lands to meet up with Nashuya and knock off some writs, so I offer to help (with Dera), then get them to invite “my SK”. … Read more

Kingdom of Loathing

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For those of you who love the hyper-realism of Order of the Stick and have maxed out your ProgressQuest characters, give Kingdom of Loathing a try. Web based, single player, usually hilarious. Tipa is a level 1 Turtle Handler. I think she has enough Musclarity or whatever to level…

Stupid Stuff I Did With The Rest Of My Weekend

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Watched the Academy Awards; followed by placing my characters on the red carpet. I guess I should have gotten a better dress for Nash… Changed the name of my Guitar Hero band to the suitably necrotic Death2U. I also became a guitar god and was lifted bodily into Rock Heaven for beating the game on … Read more

Car Talk

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Being a liberal geek, my car radio is pretty much perma-tuned to NPR (especially if the jazz station is out of range). So driving home Sunday from Escondido after not getting my Miata started, I was listening to Car Talk – two brothers from Cambridge who weekly answer car (and other) questions. They have a … Read more