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AND the aged wizzie returns. Again. ;P

Time to play catch up on the posts!

Oh yeah, Happy Post-250th to all!

Sheesh, I remember the 200th when I was in grade school. I did some math, and thought, 'When the 250th comes, I'll be really old!'. ;P

(SOmetimes, i hate being right!) >_<

All good Online Amigo. All good.

it has been an,... INTERESTING,... year for everyone I think. ;P

Hang in there! :D

No worries my online amigo.
<Edited for brevity. Long -winded wizzie was in full form again> ;P

Life has been practicing it's curve balls recently.
A LOT of practice.

Hang in there! We'll wait! :)

Happy post-250th to all!

Sheesh, I remember the 200th back in grade school, doing math and thinking that when it was the 250th, 'I would be really old!' :P

(SOmetimes, I hate being right!) >_<

Hey all,
Quick note, I know I JUST got back,
AND got hit with 3 car repairs in a row.

(I swear my cars are like jealous siblings. I cannot take one car in without all the others wanting attention too! Sadly this means they all find things to break on me so they can get said attention. I JUST spent over 6K on 3 cars in less than 3 weeks.)
>_<
(No. This is not normal. If it was, I would have gotten rid of all of them by now!)

ANYway, I have a chance to visit my family in Oklahoma for the 4th.
(Yes, I just saw some of them in Canada for the wedding, but not all of them, and did not have much visiting time.)

Leaving Thu morning, So I will be out of touch for the weekend.
I will check in if I have time, but should be back on by Monday night. Tuesday by the latest.

Happy 4th of July/BBQ/Grill day to all!

Hey all,
Quick note, I know I JUST got back,
AND got hit with 3 car repairs in a row.

(I swear my cars are like jealous siblings. I cannot take one car in without all the others wanting attention too! Sadly this means they all find things to break on me so they can get said attention. I JUST spent over 6K on 3 cars in less than 3 weeks.)
>_<
(No. This is not normal. If it was, I would have gotten rid of all of them by now!)

ANYway, I have a chance to visit my family in Oklahoma for the 4th.
(Yes, I just saw some of them in Canada for the wedding, but not all of them, and did not have much visiting time.)

Leaving Thu morning, So I will be out of touch for the weekend.
I will check in if I have time, but should be back on by Monday night. Tuesday by the latest.

Happy 4th of July/BBQ/Grill day to all!

Hey all,
Quick note, I know I JUST got back,
AND got hit with 3 car repairs in a row.

(I swear my cars are like jealous siblings. I cannot take one car in without all the others wanting attention too! Sadly this means they all find things to break on me so they can get said attention. I JUST spent over 6K on 3 cars in less than 3 weeks.)
>_<
(No. This is not normal. If it was, I would have gotten rid of all of them by now!)

ANYway, I have a chance to visit my family in Oklahoma for the 4th.
(Yes, I just saw some of them in Canada for the wedding, but not all of them, and did not have much visiting time.)

So I will be out of touch for the weekend.
I will check in if I have time, but should be back on by Monday night. Tuesday by the latest.

Happy 4th of July/BBQ/Grill day to all!

LOL, Oh I LUV to share!
(Whether or not i SHOULD share? Different story.) :P

It IS beautiful. If you like, wild, rough countryside. Then it is heaven. Google pics of Ucluelet & Tophino. If you find a resort called "The Black Rock", that was were we were at.

Let's see, tidbits,
-Beautiful hi-end resort, in a small town (more of a village actually) where most of the other places to stay (and there were a LOT of places) were Mom & Pop Local places. No hotel chains to be found. All restaurants, shops, tours, etc are all locally owned. (Not sure about the 2-3 larger resorts in the area)

-Resort is ON the water, most of the windows give at least a partial view of the shore. Which includes a view of waves, big black rocks, beach, water-stripped & storm tossed trees lining the rocks and shore, and lots of TREES, some growing out of said rocks in the ocean.

-Sitting on the balcony watching the waves crash as the sun sets, sipping plum saki. And of course on the balcony in the morning, sipping coffee while watching the same. (Rooms have the hotel-logo plush white robes to wear if you want. I felt very Posh.)

-Most exciting time?
Wedding took place on a 'beach'. There are three 'beaches' nearby. None of them have any sand. (Or hardly any sand) They shore is covered in crushed seashells. All of them have a steep slope to get to them. The one this was at had the steepest, windiest, hardest to get to trail. My mother needs help walking, she gets dizzy and loses her balance now. (She has already fallen several times.) She made it down and back up with help. The Brides mother is pretty much wheel chair bound. We TRIED, several of us, to get her wheel chair down to the beach, ended up breaking the plastic wheelchair front wheel on a rock/tree-root trap. Tried to walk her down, she was too weak. One of her family finally called it, and we gave her a roller-coaster ride back up the danger path, and she watched the wedding from an overhang spot above the tiny beach. (listened in via facetime)
Thats the short version. It was VERY 'exciting' for a moment or two there. ;P

It WAS a beautiful, scenic, and memorable wedding. All of their friends agreed it was the most 'them' wedding ever. :D

-My wife and I stayed the day after, went to church in a tiny local catholic church. (Little wooden church. I dont know what else to call it but 'Cute')

-Tried a couple of beers from local breweries. I am NOT a big beer drinker. DOn't really like beer. But these were well-made, and even I thought they were good. Turns out the Ucluelet local brewery was also an old church. When locals want to go drink there they say they are "Going to do Prayers". ;)

-Took a whale watch tour/boat ride after church. The average ride is 2.5-3 hours. We saw a harbor seal, a few sea lions, and after 2+ hours, finally found some whales. The wife was very excited. But frustrated at how difficult it is to take pics of moving critters in a boat bouncing on the waves. (Not as easy as those documentaries make it look.)

Hello.
The wizened wizard has returned from the wilds of Canada!

It was an adventure just getting there, and back.
Fun was had. Wedding was successful. (It had a couple of exciting moments)

Most mind-bending moment?
About to get on a plane in Vancouver, watching a beautiful sunset.
Landing the plane in Dallas, 4-1/2 hrs later, watching the sunrise.
o_O
My mind still hurts trying to wrap itself around THAT math.

The far west of Vancouver Isle is beautiful.
In a 'If I catch you outside during a storm, I will end you!' kind of way.

Was told by a local that the weather was PERFECT, 60 degrees, no humidity, no rain, no storms, My bro got very lucky with the weather.
The NEXT day? It got a little chilly, Fog rolls in that next night, I heard the lighthouse foghorn all, night, long. :)

I am glad to be back.
(The south Lousy-Anna humidity? Not so much! Did NOT miss that!)

I will start catching up. Soon.
(I am very tired, I have been up for about 36 hours straight at this point. Still, not 'exhausted', just, really want to go to bed soon.) ;P

Hello.
The wizened wizard has returned from the wilds of Canada!

It was an adventure just getting there, and back.
Fun was had. Wedding was successful. (It had a couple of exciting moments)

Most mind-bending moment?
About to get on a plane in Vancouver, watching a beautiful sunset.
Landing the plane in Dallas, 4-1/2 hrs later, watching the sunrise.
o_O
My mind still hurts trying to wrap itself around THAT math.

The far west of Vancouver Isle is beautiful.
In a 'If I catch you outside during a storm, I will end you!' kind of way.

Was told by a local that the weather was PERFECT, 60 degrees, no humidity, no rain, no storms, My bro got very lucky with the weather.
The NEXT day? It got a little chilly, Fog rolls in that next night, I heard the lighthouse foghorn all, night, long. :)

I am glad to be back.
(The south Lousy-Anna humidity? Not so much! Did NOT miss that!)

Hello.
The wizened wizard has returned from the wilds of Canada!

It was an adventure just getting there, and back.
Fun was had. Wedding was successful. (It had a couple of exciting moments)

Most mind-bending moment?
About to get on a plane in Vancouver, watching a beautiful sunset.
Landing the plane in Dallas, 4-1/2 hrs later, watching the sunrise.
o_O
My mind still hurts trying to wrap itself around THAT math.

The far west of Vancouver Isle is beautiful.
In a 'If I catch you outside during a storm, I will end you!' kind of way.

Was told by a local that the weather was PERFECT, 60 degrees, no humidity, no rain, no storms, My bro got very lucky with the weather.
The NEXT day? It got a little chilly, Fog rolls in that next night, I heard the lighthouse foghorn all, night, long. :)

I am glad to be back.
(The south Lousy-Anna humidity? Not so much! Did NOT miss that!)

Except for two hours ferry ride :)

Enjoy your trip! And wedding!

** spoiler omitted **

Thanks,... HEY! :P

Actually, the pics are GORGEOUS. If I could afford to stay, I would think about it.
(At least for the summer, It is HOT and Humid down here in South Lousy-Anna!)

In other news, I have been so busy with ,... let's stay PG and just call it 'malarky' (both family drama and work drama) that I almost forgot to warn everyone.

I will also be traveling this week.
Going to attend my 'little' brother's wedding. In Canada.
He moved to Washington State, and the closest town to him is in Canada.
I've seen pics. He lives in a Hallpark postcard. :P

SO I will be leaving Louisiana on Tues, June 16, and returning on the following Tuesday.
Oi Vey, I think I've got it (mostly) worked out now, but we dont get to travel a lot. Just GETTING there will be an adventure for us! :D

Once we get there, (Vancouver) it will be midnight.
Once we make it through customs, we get to check into the airport hotel, where I will hopefully get a couple of hours sleep, before getting back up to grab our rental car and drive to the Ferry.
The Ferry is a two hour ride, and then we have another 2 hour drive across the island to the ocean side, where we will arrive at the resort.

Ucluelet Is supposed to be a vacation wilderness wonderland. The pics are beautiful. Definitely out of our usual wheelhouse. We are looking forward to it.

SHORT version, (too late!)
I will probably be out of touch the entire week. Not expecting a lot of time to have access to web-browsing. :)

In other news, I have been so busy with ,... let's stay PG and just call it 'malarky' (both family drama and work drama) that I almost forgot to warn everyone.

I will also be traveling this week.
Going to attend my 'little' brother's wedding. In Canada.
He moved to Washington State, and the closest town to him is in Canada.
I've seen pics. He lives in a Hallpark postcard. :P

SO I will be leaving Louisiana on Tues, June 16, and returning on the following Tuesday.
Oi Vey, I think I've got it (mostly) worked out now, but we dont get to travel a lot. Just GETTING there will be an adventure for us! :D

Once we get there, (Vancouver) it will be midnight.
Once we make it through customs, we get to check into the airport hotel, where I will hopefully get a couple of hours sleep, before getting back up to grab our rental car and drive to the Ferry.
The Ferry is a two hour ride, and then we have another 2 hour drive across the island to the ocean side, where we will arrive at the resort.

Ucluelet Is supposed to be a vacation wilderness wonderland. The pics are beautiful. Definitely out of our usual wheelhouse. We are looking forward to it.

SHORT version, (too late!)
I will probably be out of touch the entire week. Not expecting a lot of time to have access to web-browsing. :)

YAY!
In other news, I have been so busy with ,... let's stay PG and just call it 'malarky' (both family drama and work drama) that I almost forgot to warn everyone.

I will also be traveling this week.
Going to attend my 'little' brother's wedding. In Canada.
He moved to Washington State, and the closest town to him is in Canada.
I've seen pics. He lives in a Hallpark postcard. :P

SO I will be leaving Louisiana on Tues, June 16, and returning on the following Tuesday.
Oi Vey, I think I've got it (mostly) worked out now, but we dont get to travel a lot. Just GETTING there will be an adventure for us! :D

Once we get there, (Vancouver) it will be midnight.
Once we make it through customs, we get to check into the airport hotel, where I will hopefully get a couple of hours sleep, before getting back up to grab our rental car and drive to the Ferry.
The Ferry is a two hour ride, and then we have another 2 hour drive across the island to the ocean side, where we will arrive at the resort.

Ucluelet Is supposed to be a vacation wilderness wonderland. The pics are beautiful. Definitely out of our usual wheelhouse. We are looking forward to it.

SHORT version, (too late!)
I will probably be out of touch the entire week. Not expecting a lot of time to have access to web-browsing. :)

I have to agree. I think I'll be doing a lot of -review-reading.

OR just asking for reminders. :P

Sorry to hear that RDK
May was one of those months for a lot of us I gather.

I work for the State too (via a University) Said University has 'suddenly' discovered that they were $25 MILLION in the hole budget wise.,
TWO years in a row,... <facepalm>

So yeah, lots of changes. None good. All overly complicated, and (IMHO) designed to make us give up on collecting Comp Time and similar stuff, so they dont have to pay it out. :P

Yeah,... They can fire me if they want, (good luck to them on finding another to do my job, for my small amount of $$) but they cannot break me! :)

Um,... Welcome back! :D

I'm traveling today, post in 8-10h

we lost in semifinals from future and defending champions, but got the bronze! and girls got the gold! :)

mission accomplished

Still great, and very cool!

Hey all,

FYI, My Work life STINKS right now. :P

(I mean, it can be a hot mess on a good day, but it is getting ridiculous) :(

SO, if I vanish from posting-Radar for a day, or three, I'm probably just trying to dig my way out from under a lot of shenanigans being busy at work.

Probably. ;P

That is all. Carry on! :D

Hey all,

FYI, My Work life STINKS right now. :P

(I mean, it can be a hot mess on a good day, but it is getting ridiculous) :(

SO, if I vanish from posting-Radar for a day, or three, I'm probably just trying to dig my way out from under a lot of shenanigans being busy at work.

Probably. ;P

That is all. Carry on! :D

Hey all,

FYI, My Work life STINKS right now. :P

(I mean, it can be a hot mess on a good day, but it is getting ridiculous) :(

SO, if I vanish from posting-Radar for a day, or three, I'm probably just trying to dig my way out from under a lot of shenanigans being busy at work.

Probably. ;P

That is all. Carry on! :D

Safe travels!

Ragadolf wrote:

Personal prejudice, but MOVING is one of my Top-Three LEAST favorite things to do. Ever.

I've moved at least 15 or 20 times in my life. Hopefully this is going to be the last one. However, if not, I'm pretty used to it by now.

Oh I get it. I'm USED to it. (I've done my share of city/college/state/hopping over the years.)

Still don't LIKE it. At all. :P

But Still, New house? COOL! :)

Sergei the Haunted wrote:

Ragadolf wrote:

OK, I dont know where to move to, need to know which room the 2 very dead bodies are in,... :)

It's the one on the lower right with the two sideways yellow people in it. Zoom in old man. ;P

LOL.

Well Rags DOES operate a theater, thus must the drama always be heightened!

Oh,... You have NOoooooo idea how true that is!

Pat- sorry to hear it's 'intense'.
(Is that legal-ese for 'a hot mess'?)
good luck!

David- New business? Good luck!
House hunting? Cool, Have fun.

Actually MOVING? NOT so cool.

Personal prejudice, but MOVING is one of my Top-Three LEAST favorite things to do. Ever.
It ranks right up there with looking for a new job, and divorce. :P
(For me at least)

Once you GET moved? THEN you're back to 'Cool' again! :D

OK, I dont know where to move to, need to know which room the 2 very dead bodies are in,... :)

Had a bit of a long week, got called into work early both days(and I work morning tomorrow, so can't ask me to come in earlier than we open! HA!), *and* I started my early(ie, 5:30am, and then 4:30am) morning walks again. 1.3 miles the first day, and 2+ the second. Sadly, a bit too chilly this morning.

Am just now catching up.

Ugh, I feel that. It's dance season for my rentals. SO many days of different dance schools, morning noon and nights. :(

And of course my university is having EXTREME money issues (They 'misplaced/overspent' $50 million in two years) :P

So, do they balance their budget? NO!
They come up with entirely new, overly complicated, near-impossible to fulfill correctly time sheet changes, to make it more difficult for us to log in our overtime/Comp Time so they wont have to pay it. >_<

When the majority of your job is essentially all nights and weekends, (I run the campus auditorium) that is a problem. :P

And DON'T even get me started on State Inventory!

MOst days I prefer Ravenloft to University. Not gonna lie. It's safer. :P

I'm getting the feeling we will be switching to combat rounds shortly. If you haven't checked the map in a while, you might want to reposition yourself. Most of the party is still clustered in the first room.

Yeah I get the feeling you are probably right.

Yeah, that’s where the ‘Cole goes first’ usually comes from…

Yes. Yes it does. :)

Sterling Starshadow wrote:

Sterling decides to let the more martial companions brave forward solo if they wish...

I love how you say this, and then are the first one to say you're walking into a new room that is clearly haunted.

LOL, I hadn't thought of it that way. :)

I mean, he's not the FIRST one to enter the room. (Unless I misread the posts?) :P

But he for sure isn't going to be the first down the hallway with the now clearly homicidal maniac on the other end!

Besides, he knows how to deal with spirits, but I haven't really battle-tested his melee combat skills as such. Much. Yet. ;P

"IT'S ALIVE!!"

Oh my,
THAT was,... Perfect.

Karrin, please don't ever change! :D

EDIT- Yeah, I had to go back and say it IN game too! ;P

Best. Adventuring. Group. Ever.
<Mic Drop>

Honestly, I'm not mad at you for choosing $$ over gaming. :)

I mean, I WISH I could choose gaming over RL, but yeah, bills aint gonna pay themselves.
;P

Hang in there!

So, Happy MOther's Day!(?!?) :)

Had a good day with the wife.
(DId not have to Work today, YAY!)
Got to see a musical show, and took her out to dinner. :)

AND finally finished updating Justin.
Not that much difference between 12 to 13 for wizzies, (Thank goodness)
But I did a re-training (Thank you Dungeon Monkey!) And had to check all of the little nit-picky things, (Caster levels, DC's, etc)

Believe it or not, dropping TWO of the original feats actually nerfed him.
A little bit.
(OK, A VERY little bit, at this level the average dmg dice results are about the same. But it's still true!) :)

See you all in the game! :D

Patrick Curtin wrote:

Relatively annoyed strangers to boot. No one likes being called as a witness

It's not fun, I only testified once as a material witness. Got about two quips in when the Judge told me to stick to the facts, buzz kill!

Yeah, I probably wouldn't last long.

I just noticed that there are two Sterlings on the map, and zero Sergeis

<Scooby-Doo> "Hruuh?!?" </Scooby-Doo>

Wow. Just,... Wow.

I know I look forward to interviewing strangers on my days off. :P

Hang in there! :)

LOL,
I DO luv the banter and commentary of the PC's! :)

Keep it up everyone!
(It makes me want to do better too!) :D

yay dedication! :)

True, true.
At least it isn't as bad as it COULD be. (I guess.) (?!?) :P

I once had a Monday that lasted ALL. WEEK. LONG.
No exaggeration.
By Friday I was saying: "I dont even care about Friday anymore. Can it just PLEASE not be MONDAY anymore? Can it just please be Tuesday?!?"

;P

Well, you are winning in LIFE, (so I am told)
But behind in the FUN category. :)

I'm right there with you. :P

Yes, it has been a week, for sure. I am going to try my best to post up today, I am keeping my benchmarks in mind, but my hearing starts in one week. Like, best Thursday. On the plus side I saved our clients* $50K in rental fees by securing free conference space rather than renting a conference room for $850/day, so I look good.

*It’s all the Army, but different parts take their money out of different buckets. And, contrary to popular myth, the government doesn’t particularly like overpaying for things, especially ridiculous amounts of money.

Man oh man, I do not envy you! Good luck!

<Sigh>
It has been a LOOONG week.
And it is only Wednesday.
>_<

That is all, carry on,...

<Sigh>
It has been a LOOONG week.
And it is only Wednesday.
>_<

That is all, carry on,...

<Sigh>
It has been a LOOONG week.
And it is only Wednesday.
>_<

That is all, carry on,...

OK, posted.
Enjoy! :D

Nighters Silver Rose!

Hello, Finals week here.
You'd THINK I'd be bored. Or at least slow? But Nope.
SO much drama, (Between renters) You'd think they were auditioning for a Soap Opera. ;P
A SPANISH soap opera. :)

Managed to get my passport paperwork sent off. And paid a small fortune for as much 'expediting' as they can promise (and charge) for. Now I just have to actually buy plane tickets and a hotel reservations. O_o

Sigh. I'm trying to NOT spend money. I really am! :P

So, I wrote up Justin's 'level up' post.
(Ye D&D and Ravenloft powers I am a wordy lil aged wizard.)
Hopefully it will serve as a bit of entertainment for everyone. And perhaps a peek into the wizzie's brainbox. :)

It is spoilered for length, and to separate the 'behind the scenes' parts from the general public access. Feel free to read it all at once, or the 'public' parts first, and then the spoilers. Either way. :)

I'll likely post it tonight.
(Otherwise I'll just keep tweaking it. Although my tweaks HAVE been making it a bit shorter. A bit.) :D

Hope everyone is having a good week?
Carry on!

So I started writing Justin's "Level up" post last night,...

Yeah. It's getting away from me. (He IS a wordy lil wizzie, ain't he?!?)
;P

Again, no REAL time passing, other than how long it's taking me to write it, in between trying to help my wife nail down a new job, get (and pay for ) passports so I can make my 'Lil'' brothers wedding in June. (He lives in Washington state. Like in the middle of a Hallmark card. But getting married in Canada.) And just keeping with up the 'usual' level of insanity from work. :P

You know, I USED to think that retiring to a beach and lounging around sounded boring.
Now? It's starting to sound better and better. >_<

Maybe I can see if there's any truth to those posts about retirees just living on cruise ships. Everything included, and cheaper than retirement homes.
<Insert 'Thoughtful emoji' here>

I don't *think* that was meant as a complement?

But Hey! You do you! :D

Ragadolf wrote:

Kenzo Hagetora wrote:

Awesome, hopefully life calms down a bit for you soon.

Seconded! :)

It's not, this is going to be a hell week but hopefully a hell week that produces some revenue so I can live with that...

That works. Even storm clouds have silver linings. :)

Awesome, hopefully life calms down a bit for you soon.

Seconded! :)