by Lena on January 4, 2010
Dear DM Okay. So, here is the deal. Kevin’s wrists are bothering him and I forbade him to be on the computer this weekend at all — cause that’s what kind of power I have on Birthday Month. Boo-yah. So, now he’s all sullen and whiney about not being able to get on the computer. [...]
by Kevin Pettway on November 23, 2009
It’s the second installment of Dear DM! Enjoy, and don’t forget to post more questions below! Dear DM @Draad: Dear DM,
One of the players in my group recently told me that her definition of a RPG session is like “being in a movie”. The problem is that it fits perfectly the campaign we are in as, [...]
by Kevin Pettway on November 2, 2009
On June 17th, 1603 Joseph Desa was born to Felix and Francesca in the town of Cupertino Italy. (Well, Francesca anyway. Felix died just before Joseph’s birth.) Joseph grew into an extremely dim-witted young man, and was known around town as “the Gaper” for his tendency to stare slack-jawed into space. Not having any real [...]
by Kevin Pettway on October 30, 2009
Okay, I am pulling a blog card today. My grandmother died yesterday morning of Alzheimer’s complications… and I feel a little out of step with the rest of the world who didn’t just lose their grandmothers yesterday morning. She died as she lived, bitching and laughing, until she passed out at last, and the fluid [...]
by Kevin Pettway on October 28, 2009
Pixar is the movie studio responsible for bringing us such delightful fare as Toy Story, Toy Story 2, and soon to be Toy Story 3. They created A Bug’s Life, Monsters Inc., The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and WALL-E. Unfortunately they were also responsible for Cars and Up. So what’s the deal? How can you make so many [...]
by Kevin Pettway on October 23, 2009
Just as a point of clarification, a Justice of the Peace does not issue marriage licenses, the reporter misspoke. Bardwell refused to marry the couple after they already had a license. Okay, so Keith Bardwell has decided not to marry interracial couples because he feels that the families will not love the children produced from such [...]
by Kevin Pettway on October 21, 2009
Since no one guessed correctly, the winner of Monday’s challenge defaulted to what I arbitrarily decided was the funniest response. My pick was Eric, with his guess of “Cthlufleupagus”! Congratulations Eric, I will be in touch with you later today to get your mailing address so I can send you your artwork! Sarah Silverman is not [...]
by Kevin Pettway on October 19, 2009
Since this is being written before the contest is finished, we will have to wait until Wednesday to find out who the winner is! Oooo, I can’t wait! Britain has got a serious problem. There is one active security camera in Britain per fourteen persons living there. With just one percent of the world’s population, [...]
by Kevin Pettway on September 30, 2009
As my Romanian friend next door likes to say, this video “has my heart.” Now I know that many of you are cute-o-phobes, and I’d suggest that you just skip this one. It is endearing and uplifting, and you likely won’t want to watch. I, on the other hand, got almost ten seconds into it [...]
by Kevin Pettway on August 19, 2009
This is my favorite song… ever. (Well maybe second favorite. The Breakfast Song is right up there too!) Of course this one had to be cleaned up a bit to make it work safe, but I’m sure you’ll get the idea! And a late-arriving bonus video, for fans of The Guild, here is the gang’s [...]
by Kevin Pettway on August 17, 2009
It must be accepted as fact that mankind’s demise rides on the wings of his own scientific hubris, and that one day own own creations will rise up against us to slaughter us all. We all know this to be true. What is less clear however is the form that destruction will take. To clear [...]
by Kevin Pettway on August 14, 2009
Friday Geek-Out Because it’s come up recently and I was curious, I thought I’d ask what everyone’s opinions were concerning social lubricants while gaming. When I was young, all gaming pretty much went hand in hand with whiskey and pot, which led to some very memorable moments, and other moments which probably should have been [...]
by Kevin Pettway on August 12, 2009
When I was four or so my mom used to have me kept after (pre)school with a crotchety old woman everyone called “Nanny.” Nanny kept kids for extra cash, which was pretty normal back then. She never wore anything but an old house dress (think mu-mu, but way older) and we kids had to stay [...]
by Kevin Pettway on August 7, 2009
A couple of weeks ago Roxanne (one of my D&D players) took some pix as we were playing the last big scene before the transition to paragon level. The giant army which had been bedeviling the party for months finally attacked. I thought it might be fun to show you guys what my gaming table [...]
by Kevin Pettway on August 3, 2009
When I was thirteen, I and my best friend at the time went to the theater to see Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla. It was a great time, and being that it was summer, when we got back we decided to go swimming in the pool. There followed a series of titanic Godzilla-themed battles with much splashing and [...]
by Kevin Pettway on July 29, 2009
About… oh… eight or nine months ago Lena and I went out looking for driftwood to put in our new aquariums. We found lots of cool pieces, Florida being a swampy place, and we began treating the wood according to a well-respected aquarium book we had purchased for just such esoteric information. It took about [...]
by Kevin Pettway on July 24, 2009
Hey! What the hell’s up with this? I’m glad you asked! This is the final planned change to the comic, and to the website. While I made the plans to do this a month or so ago, I figured it’d be best to break it all in slowly. That’s why the switch to 3 days [...]
by Kevin Pettway on July 22, 2009
This just made me so happy I had to share.
by Kevin Pettway on July 20, 2009
Monday Question: Okay, I had another question I was going to ask, but I’ve decided to wait until next week for it and ask everyone what they thought about the new Harry Potter movie, or failing that when or if are you planning to see it? As I write this the movie opens tomorrow, and [...]
by Kevin Pettway on July 9, 2009
Vote for HOLE every day! It brings new folks in and helps fuel this site! Today is the first installment of background info on the world of Lesser Earth, also known as “Much, Much More Than Anyone Really Wants to Know About This Comic.” As befits Dungeons and Dragons Thursday, all of this material is [...]