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  <title>At a school fundraiser this afternoon and the fire department...</title>
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  <title>Dungeon Masters Guide(Advanced Dungeons and Dragons)</title>
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    <h3><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/329887055?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss">Dungeon Masters Guide(Advanced Dungeons and Dragons)</a></h3>
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    <div class="review"><p>This is thick, though not necessarily physically so: very small type written in language that is very hard to read linearly. That said, this tome is absolutely FILLED with bits of gaming wisdom. <br /><br />I've never actually been able to pick this up and read it from start to finish due to the dry, rambling language used. I've skimmed through it though more times than I can count, going over some sections more than others.<br /><br />This combination of reading difficulty mixed with my only being able to skim the material has given the book an almost magical quality: I've found that I can pretty reliably pick the book up, open it to a section I'm interested in reading about, and be almost assured that I'll read something I haven't read before (or don't remember reading). Quite frequently this "new" section will have some pearl of wisdom embedded in it that I've never seen before. I'd swear Gygax somehow cast a spell on the book ("Book of Infinite Wisdom"?).<br /><br />Also, the Appendices are a gold mine. TONS of tables mixed with information that any fan of these types of games would love (Appendix N, looking at you).<br /><br />I easily rate this 5 stars as a book that I love and hold dear. But as a gaming reference I find this a bit harder to rate. I know I could bookmark the sections I need to know, but part of the charm of playing this version of D&amp;D is in how loose it plays. Why bother then?</p></div>
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  <title>Dominion | Play Details | BoardGameGeek</title>
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  <a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/play/details/7487724">Dominion | Play Details | BoardGameGeek</a>: <p>Two losses against Kel after the two youngest went to bed Friday night. Got my butt handed to me both games… Both games had a really interesting mix of cards on the table, and I think I tried too many different things at once in both games. Fun though.</p>
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  <title>One more of the hawk, from our perspective on the ground.</title>
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  <title>Took the girls on an adventure to see the hawk nest this...</title>
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  <img src="/img/2012-05-05-15-50/Tookthegirlsonanadventuretoseethehawknestthis....png"><p>Took the girls on an adventure to see the hawk nest this afternoon on campus. Had Kel take a screenshot of us from the webcam’s perspective, that’s us on the ground.</p>
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  <title>via Hawkcam — SSEC</title>
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  <title>Ender&apos;s Game (Ender&apos;s Saga, #1)</title>
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    <h3><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/306487325?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss">Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1)</a></h3>
    <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/306487325?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss"><img src="/img/books/20120502200152.jpg" alt="Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1)" /></a>
    <div class="review"><p>I've been meaning to read this for years now, having heard so many great things about it. &#13;<br />&#13;<br />Ender's Game has been really hard for me to rate. I thought the story was good, a classic sci-fi war novel with a great moral. I liked the characters as they were very believable (for the most part). The science was interesting and I enjoyed that they left most to the imagination. The action was also portrayed well. All that said, nothing really stands out as being "exceptional" when I think back on it. Really good, yes, but not exceptional. Maybe I've been spoiled by more recent sci-fi/fantasy (Old Man's War, Hunger Games).&#13;<br />&#13;<br />Overall a good sci-fi story and a fun ride. Liked it.</p></div>
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  <title>The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes</title>
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    <h3><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/272958073?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss">The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes</a></h3>
    <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/272958073?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss"><img src="/img/books/20120502182502.jpg" alt="The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes" /></a>
    <div class="review"><p>I finished this awhile ago but haven't had time to write a review.&#13;<br />&#13;<br />I really liked this and wished I would have read it sooner (Kel is a fan and told me to read it years ago). A lot trippier than I thought it'd be, the story follows Morpheus, otherwise known as "Dream" or "The Sandman", as he's accidently imprisoned by a sorceror attempting to capture Death. With Dream imprisoned, humanity's sanity begins to suffer...&#13;<br />&#13;<br />I thought the story got a lot better as it went on, with the last story being especially awesome (the story with Death). I was also very surprised that these stories take place in the same "universe" as both John Constantine and the Justice League (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, etc.).&#13;<br />&#13;<br />I really like this world/character that Gaiman has created and am looking forward to reading more.</p></div>
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  <title>Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 (Mouse Guard, #1)</title>
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    <h3><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/322653600?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss">Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 (Mouse Guard, #1)</a></h3>
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    <div class="review"><p>Went to the library with the girls and picked this up on a whim.&#13;<br />&#13;<br />I had heard good things about this series and I wasn't dissapointed. This is a great fantasy story that can be read by kids and yet still has a very gritty feel to it that keeps the story very tense. &#13;<br />&#13;<br />It is very obvious that the author has put considerable time thinking about the different aspects of a mouse's life in this world. This world, though no different from our own beyond anthropomorphic animals, is very dangerous for mice. The book does a fantastic job of conveying a sense that danger lurks around every corner. &#13;<br />&#13;<br />Although the art does an excellent job in helping to give the world a gritty feeling, there were several times I found it really hard to distinguish between certain mice. That said, each mouse has a ton of character making me both grow attached to each and causing the story to become that much more tense as they're constantly threatened.&#13;<br />&#13;<br />The author has crafted an incredible little world for these mice to live in. Great book.</p></div>
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  <title>officialssay: We apologize for the departure from our standard...</title>
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  <title>Which finger did you hurt kiddo?</title>
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  <title>The author of a webcomic I follow recently got to go on a zero-g...</title>
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  <img src="/img/2012-04-16-13-04/TheauthorofawebcomicIfollowrecentlygottogoonazero-g....png"><p>The author of a webcomic I follow recently got to go on a zero-g flight and did an incredible comic on his experience: <a href="http://english.bouletcorp.com/2012/04/15/22-seconds/">The Bouletcorp » 22 SECONDS</a>.</p>
<p>The rest of his stuff is pretty good as well, highly suggest it.</p>
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  <title>Stone Age | Play Details | BoardGameGeek</title>
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  <a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/play/details/7366556">Stone Age | Play Details | BoardGameGeek</a>: <p>Played with Kel after the kids went to bed on Friday night. I got crushed. I thought I was off to a really good start and then I got way to complacent, letting Kel get cards I knew were really good for her. I can’t remember the final score, but it was somewhere on the order of 260 to 180.</p>
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