Ditto what Dan said. I always thought that it was some bullshit cliche that your kids grow so fast, but it feels so true when you have them (especially post-40 like us).
Originally shared by Jonathan Tweet Tonight, my "Lethal Damage" 13th Age campaign draws to a close. Meanwhile, the guys are work have talked me into running a couple D&D sessions for them. That was the day 13th Age was announced, and they're happy to play 13th Age instead. That will be my "Great Center" campaign, based in the imperial capital of Axis, the center of the world. It's my opportunity to explore the setting from yet another perspective.
From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
Originally shared by Curt Thompson This is an interesting theory, but I notice the author has to omit one of the most important Heinlein novels to make it work. Time Enough For Love was written in the very early 70s and was a straight (heh) extrapolation of the chaotic and frenetic zeitgeist of that era. http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2012/11/the-joke-is-on-us-the-two-careers-of-robert-a-heinlein/
Happy birthday Abby!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Abbyday!
ReplyDeleteI like your posts because they show me what I can look forward to.
ReplyDeleteDitto what Dan said. I always thought that it was some bullshit cliche that your kids grow so fast, but it feels so true when you have them (especially post-40 like us).
ReplyDeleteDid she like the coffee?
ReplyDeleteShe got hot chocolate. Not so grown up yet.
ReplyDeleteTrue. But remember: Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional.
ReplyDeleteAw this is a happy memory in the making
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, Abby!
ReplyDeleteHappy B-Day Abby!
ReplyDeleteHow long have I been on this effing social network?
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the same thing, Anxy P.. It's five years or so for me.
ReplyDeleteYeah a little over 4 for me. It's crazy watching other people's kids grow up online.
ReplyDeleteCasey G. you seem like a real good dad. +1 if the rest of you agree.
ReplyDeleteWhat is this, facebook?
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