Juxtaposed Life

First a few important notes: I need to say Happy Birthday to my Daughter; today she is two years old. It has been any amazing couple of years, and I pray that I can be blessed by her for many, many more. Moonsand Apparently I cannot function on 4 hours of sleep for several days…

While my wife’s interest in wow faded, mine continues to stay strong. So much so that this week’s “Age of Conan” release, does not tempt me; much. When I returned to WoW, I did so back with my horde characters, and a couple of weeks ago leveled my priest to 70. I played her with…

We are still playing WoW. My wife for a couple of hours every other night or so, while I am on at least for bit every night. It has basically taken over my free time; again. I would like to watch a movie, TV, or read a book but then I sit down at the…

Its been about three weeks since my return to WoW and the game is still as fun and addictive as it always has been. Currently I am trying to balance time between three characters; Ayria my 70 hunter, Quinora my priest who just hit 62, and my new level 19 mage. With each one I…

My latest reading expedition was through the Darksword trilogy, circa 1988, written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. I do not recall why I originally picked these three books up, but when I saw them, still unread, in a box I figured I should take a peek. Sadly I found the first few chapters of…

Reading the news that Gary Gygax passed away today, made me reminisce a lot about my introduction to RPGs. The first time I ever heard of DnD, I was in a playground at an after school day care. A couple of older kids were sitting in a circle ,each had a sheet of paper in…

So the other day I am sitting on the floor digging around in my closet looking for a book, and over my shoulder my daughter pokes her head in. I slid over to let her look in the box I had open and she starts lifting books up. A moment later she lets out an…

I took a break from my normal sci-fi / fantasy reading and read a couple of books I last opened in high school; The Great Gatsby and The Heart of Darkness. I feel a bit lowly almost dirty say this, but I really did not enjoy these books at all. Maybe I am too far…