Majordomo & Ragnaros

We finally solved the Majordomo encounter in Molten Core. That’s a fun encounter; the first WoW encounter with the kind of complexity of the newer EverQuest encounters. I really had to work hard healing, used every bit of mana, three mana pots, and two dark runes. That won us the right to go visit Ragnaros, … Read more

The Marching Morons

Scariest thing I have read today is about an Arkansas regional science education center that is not allowed to teach or even mention evolution or the true age of the Earth. Here’s an excerpt: With regard to Bob

Finished Onyxia Key!

I really don’t like key quests. They’re just an intentional roadblock to slow people down – very artificial. EverQuest was full of these artificial roadblocks, but since then, they’ve become enlightened; for most places, five fully-flagged people can get a sixth unflagged in free. And many times, they can get a bit in the raid … Read more

Molten Core, Part 2: Coke or Pepsi?

This weekend, I joined millions of other people in the nation’s weekly Molten Core runs. But get a load of this… Count the number of health bars I’m watching… My group’s health bars, the health bars of the main tank group and the two offtank groups, a chart of the health of the ten unhealthiest … Read more

Prairie Home Companion et al

Heard on my way home from a frantic pre-MC shopping run Sunday, this bit on Prairie Home Companion about finding love with English majors on the Internet was hilarious. I knew nothing about the Prairie Home Companion until the late 70s, when my cousin Mark put it on one night while we were visiting down … Read more