Content-Free Friday: No, really, it's like having nails driven into my eyeballs.

I finished The Iron Council last night. I will be sending China Miéville my therapy bills.

triadruid and I spent the ride in discussing a peculiar mark on the fictional body of one of the characters in our upcoming D&D game, what it might mean, and whether or not it might "do" anything. Now, I am the sort of DM that, if you go into a town and there is a bar, I can tell you what the drink specials are, how the bartender got into the business, and whether or not there's a back room, and if so, who meets there. But I think this is a new level of anal-retention, even for me.

Proposed: It would be better if there were two Gods of any given world, and nothing could get implemented unless they both agreed on it.
GOD1: THOU SHALT NOT [INSERT ACTIVITY HERE].
GOD2: ERRR... IF THEY DON'T DO THAT, THERE WILL BE NO [INSERT FAVORABLE RESULT HERE].
GOD1: OH. RIGHT. STRIKE THAT LAST.
The platypus project would have never gotten greenlighted. I'm just saying.

Also, the other day (other week? I am lost in time lately), I wrote a chunk of a filk to The Nails' 88 Lines About 44 Women. I'm particularly fond of filling in other lyrics on this one, since it is basically a list, and could be filled with anything. Sometimes it's 88 Lines About 44 Deities, or 88 Lines About 44 Drivers, or whatnot. This time it was 88 Lines About 44 Fangirls. I got a couple of approving comments, and a WTF?, which I expected, but I also got a sternly-worded note to the effect that, when you came right down to it, "Dr. Who" was not acceptable, and the thing always had to be "Doctor Who", spelled out, in any situation. Canon conflicts with AP style, apparently, and the Internet is a funny place.

Content-Free Friday: No, really, it's like having nails driven into my eyeballs.

I finished The Iron Council last night. I will be sending China Miéville my therapy bills.

triadruid and I spent the ride in discussing a peculiar mark on the fictional body of one of the characters in our upcoming D&D game, what it might mean, and whether or not it might "do" anything. Now, I am the sort of DM that, if you go into a town and there is a bar, I can tell you what the drink specials are, how the bartender got into the business, and whether or not there's a back room, and if so, who meets there. But I think this is a new level of anal-retention, even for me.

Proposed: It would be better if there were two Gods of any given world, and nothing could get implemented unless they both agreed on it.
GOD1: THOU SHALT NOT [INSERT ACTIVITY HERE].
GOD2: ERRR... IF THEY DON'T DO THAT, THERE WILL BE NO [INSERT FAVORABLE RESULT HERE].
GOD1: OH. RIGHT. STRIKE THAT LAST.
The platypus project would have never gotten greenlighted. I'm just saying.

Also, the other day (other week? I am lost in time lately), I wrote a chunk of a filk to The Nails' 88 Lines About 44 Women. I'm particularly fond of filling in other lyrics on this one, since it is basically a list, and could be filled with anything. Sometimes it's 88 Lines About 44 Deities, or 88 Lines About 44 Drivers, or whatnot. This time it was 88 Lines About 44 Fangirls. I got a couple of approving comments, and a WTF?, which I expected, but I also got a sternly-worded note to the effect that, when you came right down to it, "Dr. Who" was not acceptable, and the thing always had to be "Doctor Who", spelled out, in any situation. Canon conflicts with AP style, apparently, and the Internet is a funny place.