by Kevin Pettway on February 26, 2010
The Friday Blog (Thanks to Ron for the heads up on this sordid tale!) When Amy Bishop was a younger woman she “accidentally” fired a handgun into a wall, then went downstairs and “accidentally” fired it again, shooting and killing her brother. She then ran to a nearby car dealership and, brandishing the handgun, ordered [...]
by Kevin Pettway on February 24, 2010
The Wednesday Video It’s such a shame, but since Lena and I started minding our diet, we don’t even eat pizza anymore. But if I did, I’d be on a plane headed to Japan for some Pizza-La right now.
by Kevin Pettway on February 22, 2010
If you have a question for Dear DM, please ask it in the comments section below, and it’ll be answered next week! Dear DM, @TSED: Dear DM, do you remember your days as a college ‘chef’? I just enjoyed a peanut butter and mustard sandwich (seriouslyenjoyed), and I became curious if you created and culinary equivalents [...]
by Kevin Pettway on February 19, 2010
The Friday Blog I promised that I was going to keep everyone updated about the state of my and Lena’s efforts to become healthy. I haven’t written recently… because I kinda forgot to… but I thought I’d do so here, and also chat about some of the unintended consequences of our reformed lifestyle. We began [...]
by Kevin Pettway on February 15, 2010
If you have a question for Dear DM, put it into the comments below to get it answered next week! Dear DM @Christina: Dear DM, what would the Muppet Show have been like if all the muppets had been D&D characters (and non-human D&D races)? Dear Christina, While the player races of Dungeons & Dragons [...]
by Kevin Pettway on February 12, 2010
The Friday Blog Are You Gonna Get an iPad? To go ahead and destroy the tension, I probably am. Lena and I were already shopping for an e-reader, and having the rest of the capabilities of the iPod as well, with an enlarged viewing screen and a nearly full-sized keyboard pretty much sealed the deal. [...]
by Kevin Pettway on February 10, 2010
The Wednesday Video It is amazing to me how far this came before the whole project was scrubbed. It kinda makes me sad. I was really excited about playing D&D with my friends in Texas. It’s just sort of sadly interesting now. We had grand plans and we were overly ambitious in what could actually [...]
by Kevin Pettway on February 8, 2010
Don’t forget to write your questions for Dear DM in the comments below, and come back to see the answers next week! Dear DM @Layne: Dear DM, how much cough syrup did you take before answering these [questions]? Dear Layne, Dear DM does not abuse liquid cough suppressants which do not contain codeine. I hope this answers your [...]
by Kevin Pettway on January 29, 2010
Meet Kevin Singer. He beat his brother-in-law to death with a sledgehammer and now he can’t play Dungeons & Dragons. In 2004 the Waupun Prison in Wisconsin got a letter from an inmate saying that the prison should look into Singer’s D&D group. The inmate’s letter claimed that Singer was trying to attract new players and that [...]
by Kevin Pettway on January 27, 2010
The Wednesday Video It’s hard to have too much to say about this video (it’s actually a commercial for cheese… which you probably shouldn’t be eating) without giving anything away. It’s about a mouse… though I wouldn’t really put it in the “cute” category. I’d say it was awesome, but we all know how easy [...]
by Kevin Pettway on January 25, 2010
Dear DM @Darrell: Dear DM, Do you read Terry Pratchett? If not I recommend him, if so relate this to magickal theory for some interesting conclusions regarding theology, society, fantasy, and mythopeia, fan of your work Dear Darrell, I have read Terry Pratchett’s work, and quite enjoy it. However it was quite a few years ago [...]
by Kevin Pettway on January 13, 2010
The Wednesday Video Apparently the studios are relenting and allowing Sam Raimi to have his way with Spiderman IV: The Movie That Should Never Have Been Made. Maybe he’s looking for a little redemption… although… I have to be honest and say that I did not hate III as much as everyone else in the [...]
by Kevin Pettway on January 11, 2010
(As always, don’t forget to put your questions for next week’s Dear DM below! And if your question doesn’t get answered, try again! It’s free!) Dear DM @Glenn: Dear DM, Wow. How come you [Lena] don’t sub for Kevin more often? Dear Glenn, I have been trying to get Lena to post a blog here literally [...]
by Kevin Pettway on January 8, 2010
Splitting the Cheechakos from the Sourdoughs, One Balaclava at a Time. Thank the Unicorn for Mindlab International. Bravely they explore the frontiers of science-ish discovery and scientific-looking polls to bring us the information we absolutely could not live without. Namely, an enormous risk that has risen it’s ghastly head to menace our cousins across the pond… the [...]
by Kevin Pettway on January 1, 2010
So all like, Happy New Year and junk! For me though, the New Year isn’t about champagne and noisemakers, streamers, fireworks and kisses. (Okay, maybe a bit with the champagne and the kisses.) No, for me, New Year’s is all about Lena. You see, New Year’s Eve is Lena’s birthday, and this year she will [...]
by Kevin Pettway on December 28, 2009
Dear DM, @Jamescrappedcorn: Dear DM, blah blah blah blah, everything’s about me, blah blah blah. Dear Jamescrappedcorn, My day? Glad you asked! Okay, to begin with, Lena has been nursing her hands all weekend long because she is a designer and works on the computer all day and gets the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome so she [...]
by Kevin Pettway on December 25, 2009
The True Meaning of Christmas This year a little history. For those of you who wish everyone would drop all the secular commercialism and get back to the real spirit of Christmas. Three examples of pre-Christian Christmastime. The extremely ancient Persians worshipped a god of the sun Named Mithra. (Not even his original name, the Persians [...]
by Kevin Pettway on December 23, 2009
Christmas is almost upon us, as is HOLE’s #600! In the spirit of the season and in keeping with the Wednesday Video, I now leave this kick-ass movie on your holiday plate. Bon appétit.
by Kevin Pettway on December 21, 2009
Dear DM… @Woohoo: Dear DM, I live in the UK but am going to the US over Christmas and have arranged to game with some people while over there. It’ll be the first time I’ve done tabletop with a US group. Assuming they don’t just drag me out in to the garden and pummel me to [...]
by Kevin Pettway on December 18, 2009
Yesterday (12.14.09) saw one Matthew Spaulding, a constitutional scholar with the Heritage Foundation, release a paper opining that Barack Obama may be in breach of the Constitution of the United States for accepting the Nobel Peace Prize. I have read Mr. Spaulding’s paper, and I find him to be full of fail. There is a [...]