Monthly Archives: August 2012
Paul Ryan as Romney’s VP Pick
The best thing about Romney selecting Congresscritter Paul Ryan as his running mate has been summed up by this Iowahawk Twitter post (it’s a Twitter post, so minor grammar errors are tolerable): “Paul Ryan represent Obama’s most horrifying nightmare: math.“ … Continue reading
David Nilsen Called It
Back in 1992-1993, Game Designers’ Workshop (GDW) decided to update both the mechanics and the canonical Third Imperium setting for their science-fiction roleplaying game Traveller. They based the game mechanics for this new edition (Traveller: The New Era [TNE]) on … Continue reading
At Work Today
While waiting for a meeting to begin, I overheard some co-workers discussing variants of the P90X workout system. I couldn’t resist mentioning that P-38 was an excellent wrist workout system. FWIW, my original P-38, from a C-rations box (or, more … Continue reading
