Woo hoo! This year you had to register for a lottery with your credit card with an Austin billing address. All wristbands are tied to a name, and you could only order two. South By Bob Noxious did the heavy lifting and I win. I’d like to hear how many people signed up for wristbands, … Read more
“The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.” -James Monroe Getting back to the list of presidential qualifications, we have number five: James Monroe. He presided over the acquisition of Florida, and the statehood granting to Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama, Maine, and Missouri. The Missouri Compromise … Read more
Described in an article this week, the Beelzebufo, or Devil Frog is the largest currently known frog to have existed. It totally makes me want to support the reanimation of extinct creatures from DNA. I want a frog from hell as a pet! They were predatory. He could live under my house and eat the … Read more
My biggest complaint about presumed Republican nominee for President of the United States John McCain is that there is no “r” in Washington!
I played Crokinole this weekend for the first time. I saw it up at BGG.Con in November, and saw some talk about it before that (someone made two custom boards for the convention), but didn’t get around to playing it. Greg has his hanging on his wall like the art piece it is, but we’d … Read more
So, I started off the OwnCon with a game of Tichu. I’ve been meaning to learn this suspiciously popular trick-taking card game. And I am very glad to have learned it. Another Bill and I “won” the learning game, so I got some free games from it.