hey, that's MY giant slug!
The quote of the day:
There were quite a few of them at lunch. Unfortunately, they were all context-sensitive and so can't be repeated. Sorry.
Running news:
9.4 miles! Whoo hoo!
I got up at 7, went for a 9.4 mile run--yay!--and then came back in to reset all the clocks. Part of the problem with going back to Daylight Standard Time is that you have to wait an hour longer to eat. We hung around until the Great Greek was open, and then had lunch. Greg would have preferred to eat all his meals there--as Greek food goes, it is quite tasty; Darin eats there all the time--but as it was we left it until today.
Then Greg and Darin went off to the Boys to play Starcraft or something and I sat down to play more Clan Lord.
Clan Lord. A teensy weensy, non-threatening little game.
My life is over.
On Friday Darin showed me this new game by Delta Tao Software.
I wasn't sure I wanted to play it at first. Of course, this resolve lasted, oh, thirty seconds; if you join the game, I'm "Bathory." I could play this game a lot. I am playing this game a lot. It's currently pre-release, with a whole bunch of features they have yet to add.
My life is over--I'm addicted. It's like a MOO/IRC only with little characters running around. God help Delta Tao if they integrate building stuff into their world. Well, actually, their bankers will love them (because they're going to charge subscriptions when Clan Lord goes final).
It's a cooperative D&D game--you can't kill the other players, you can pretty much only help them. You kill the game-created critters running around, help other players kill stuff, go on adventures. Some players are "Healers" (like Darin's character Dact) and you heal the other players when they get hurt. You can chat with the other players and have thought balloons and actions ("Bathory sneezes into her hankerchief"). It's a lot of fun.
The only downside? It appears to be Macintosh-only.
Bwahahahahahahaha. I crack me up sometimes.
Today was the Silicon Valley Half-marathon. Rob ran it with Gordon, not me. Waaah.
Of course, I haven't heard from Rob, so perhaps he didn't make it.
I don't honestly believe that--I'm just trying to make myself feel better, since I missed it.
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