Monthly Archives: August 2012

Paul Ryan as Romney’s VP Pick

Posted on 13 August 2012 by

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 →

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David Nilsen Called It

Posted on 4 August 2012 by

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 →

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At Work Today

Posted on 2 August 2012 by

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 →

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