Thursday, August 26, 2004

Acting in the office of a parrot

Just reasons to dislike John Byrne, outside of the usual of course...

Acting in the office of a parrot

"I remembered that this wasn't the first time Byrne had to retract a public statement (later proved to be false) about a fellow professional. When Fantagraphics recently asked people to place orders with them in order to help them with their financial troubles, I made an order which included a few back issues of The Comics Journal, which always make for interesting reading. One of those issues (#82) featured an apology written by Byrne in which he retracted some statements he made about Roy Thomas at a convention panel. Like the Larsen apology, however, the phrasing of the apology left something to be desired, as you will see below."

A link to the main page.

Wednesday, August 25, 2004

QT's Diary

I am guessing that it is probably a fake.

QT's Diary

Please save my mother

Please save my mother

A kitten watches fire Capt. Levy Davis try to revive its mother at a house fire in In Bowling Green, Ky. The oxygen did the trick, and both cats, along with a third, were taken to the Humane Society.

Friday, August 20, 2004

Cunning Folk

Just a little something interesting to throw out for folks, something to put a little flavor into their Fantasy games. Particularly useful for Fantasy Fudge GMs and Players, using the Hedge Magic "rules" for 5-point Fudge.

Cunning Folk

A Most Squamous Birthday, indeed...

Happy Birthday! Or have a most Squamous Birthday, indeed...

The Definition of H.P. Lovecraft

All New Meaning To 'Fox in Sox'

All New Meaning To 'Fox in Sox'

"A man has tried to extort the widow of legendary US children's author known as "Dr Seuss" by threatening to circulate a painting of his famous characters engaged in sexual acts."

Killer In The Phone

Killer In The Phone

"A NIGERIAN mobile telephone firm has sought to quash a widespread rumour that users answering calls from two "killer numbers" had been struck dead on the spot."

Hatebeak

No, seriously....

Parrot Lead Death Metal Band

"Face-crushing guitars, head-pounding drums, bass so low you'll vacate your bowels, and vocals so scorching, so extreme they simply can't be human! They're not. This death metal outfit with a parrot for a singer makes trashes the pathetic birdfeeder you call the metal underground!

"That's correct, a parrot for a singer, savaging you with feathers of razored steel! This is not Jimmy Buffet's parrot - be warned! Try as one might, they will not escape the claw; nothing can dodge the talons of hate!! These three songs are an ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY beak in the ass of all things sacred in the underground. The holiest shrines of metal and hardcore seriousness are duly trashed, burned, laid to waste, smeared in Avian excrement. The pecking order has been established! For the last time, it really is a parrot, not the loser from Six Feet Under.
Groundbreaking, nest-crushing, egg-shattering! You can run, but you can't fly."

Teen Sleuths, Dog, Thwart Plot To End World

Film at eleven.

THE rANT FARM

[Warning, this is a tripod site, so there is a pop-up.]

Thursday, August 19, 2004

GURPS Update

This links to the pdf file with the conversion guidelines from GURPS 3e to the soon to be released (and currently for sale...I guess...at GenCon) GURPS 4e. Just remember that no conversion is ever perfect or exact, and from what I have seen of the changes for 4e in preview, its going to be a much better game.

GURPS Update pdf file