Santa Came Late!

Our local CompUSA is closing (well, they all are… but so is our local one!), so I went down there to scavenge today. And, oh look what Santa had for me at discount prices. Dungeon Siege 2 with the expansions. That DS game where you draw your character and lots of other stuff in the … Read more

EQ2: Here’s what a good day looks like.

Saturday was an off-day for the guild, so I figured I’d get going with the whole crafting biz. I have to get Dorah, my jeweler, to 40,000 faction with her tradeskill society, *and* to level 80 jewelcraft so she can make Dina’s spells. No problem, thinks I. I drag her to Gorowyn because there’s no … Read more

A Place for My Stuff

George Carlin on “Stuff” Ya know, every time I have moved since I left Northern California, I moved into someplace smaller. My current hovel in Connecticut is the smallest place I have lived since college. And I am totally out of place for my stuff. I had a lot more of it. I had hundreds … Read more

EQ2: New guild, first raid

In the morning, I deguilded from Eternal Chaos. I didn’t ninja deguild. I wrote a letter to the guild leader, and I explained to the people online at the time that I was leaving, and why. Being guildless gives you a certain kind of freedom. Spend the day crafting? Why not! Join pickup groups? Sure! … Read more