Monthly Archives: June 2006

My tale of two (D&D) cities

Posted on June 17, 2006 by Steve

Cities. They’re one the most time-consuming, annoying and difficult elements a DM has to deal with in D&D. A village, a thorp, even a small town is more manageable because the D&D equivalent of GNP (GDP?) isn’t very high, unless … Continue reading →

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Animusic 2 on DVD

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Steve

The long awaited sequel to Animusic has arrived on DVD. What a cool marriage of music and computer graphics, if you like that kind of thing. It isn’t quite Pixar, well, maybe it’s what Pixar used to be in the 1980s … Continue reading →

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Douglas Coupland comes to Austin

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Steve

Last night my favorite contemporary fiction author came to Austin, the one and only Douglas Coupland. “Who?” you obviously may ask. I’ll cut to the chase. Douglas Coupland wrote Generation X which properly/improperly branded the generation of North Americans usually born after … Continue reading →

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Mad Max 27 years later

Posted on June 12, 2006 by Steve

Here’s another movie from my grade-school years that I heard so much about but never got around to seeing in its entirety until now. Actually, it had more fame when I got to high school and it made the rounds … Continue reading →

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The Split Enz remasters are fantastic

Posted on June 12, 2006 by Steve

Last week was really all about Ethan and Kelly’s wedding so a good chunk of my energies were there starting with the rehearsal dinner. (The Al Gore movie review had been pieced together earlier, the Friday morning before the wedding … Continue reading →

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2010 Olympics going with NHL rinks

Posted on June 11, 2006 by Steve

Over my vacation period (6/8-6/12) I read about how the IIHF has capitulated to going with the NHL-standard rink for the next set of Winter Games in Vancouver. Canada was awarded the Olympics again but due to cost overruns already, … Continue reading →

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Kelly & Ethan are now married!

Posted on June 10, 2006 by Steve

Hooray! Last night my friend Ethan tied the knot with his girlfriend Kelly and I’m rehydrated from all the drinking to finally write about it on Picyaune. What a great time it was. A very Austin wedding in my opinion which … Continue reading →

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An Inconvenient Truth: Must See for Democrats, Republicans would prefer The Omen remake

Posted on June 9, 2006 by Steve

I will start off with my full disclosure on this movie review since any former national office holder is a lightning rod, even when giving the time of day. First, Al Gore is on the board of directors at Apple, … Continue reading →

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Happy 65th Birthday to Tom Jones

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Steve

…and no sign of retiring anytime soon!    Tom Jones my favorite Welsh crooner (and I do know of other Welsh acts like Stereophonics and Catatonia) who continues to impress me with his musical decisions. I was also surprised to … Continue reading →

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The Venture Brothers Season One

Posted on June 4, 2006 by Steve

Imagine Jonny Quest being redone by the writers of The Onion, Spy, Sealab 2021, The Tick and the people who did the first several good episodes of Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law. Then throw in numerous comic-book, action-show and Sixties spy-movie references. Finally, sprinkle in funny … Continue reading →

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Feeding one of my geek addictions

Posted on June 3, 2006 by Steve

Today I renewed my subscription I think for at least the sixth time to this magazine. Those of you who don’t play D&D or other tabletop fantasy RPGS, you better stop reading, this won’t interest you. Especially those who I … Continue reading →

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Carolina Hurricanes won a nail-biter

Posted on June 2, 2006 by Steve

Last night the Carolina Hurricanes defeated the rather injury-hobbled Buffalo Sabres to win the Eastern Conference. Well at least a division winner also nailed the conference title. Then again, it’s the third season in five it went to the Southleast … Continue reading →

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Five Years for White Rock Vet Hospital

Posted on June 2, 2006 by Steve

Wednesday was the “observed” Five Year Anniversary for my Vet’s Grand Opening because I could’ve recalled that we took Miette there to be “fixed” in late April or early May of 2001. I was close. According to the celebratory materials, … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Anna!

Posted on June 1, 2006 by Steve

Today is my niece’s fourth birthday! She is out of school according to my brother, at her age my guess is that it was preschool. What a cool way to kick off the Summer for her. School ends and then … Continue reading →

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