Vexillology

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“Two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and black with a centered yellow emblem consisting of a five-pointed star within half a cogwheel crossed by a machete (in the style of a hammer and sickle).” Angola (original).

June 12, 2004 · 1 min · Bryant

Where's Corwin?

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Hey, I have my game schedule for The Black Road (original). Slot 1: Le Cygne: The Lost Swan of Amber (original) Slot 2: If You Can’t Take the Heat (original) Slot 3: Nine Losers in Akron (original) (Amber/Kill Puppies for Satan) Slot 4: My Life With Corwin (Amber/My Life With Master) Slot 5: empty Saturday appears to be my day for Amber-flavored indie games. This should be a whole lot of fun.

June 2, 2004 · 1 min · Bryant

Back to the fantasy

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I’m booked for GenCon Indianapolis 2004, in the Omni Severin. I’ll see some of you there, I’m sure.

April 13, 2004 · 1 min · Bryant

The chicken's egg

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It turns out that the Subservient Chicken was created by the Barbarian Group, a Boston-area Web design group. I note this mostly as an excuse to link to another site they did for my brother’s design collective, Release1.

April 10, 2004 · 1 min · Bryant

Experience that

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Ah, the Disney experience: It’s wholesome! The photo is from the Adventurer’s Club, which is a 1930s pulp-themed bar on Pleasure Island. The gimmick is the actors playing parts, who do skits and shows and songs (see picture) throughout the evening. I spent a lot of time there last week.

April 10, 2004 · 1 min · Bryant

Line up here

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Another Disney photo, perhaps bearing a certain weight of cognitive dissonance for my Unknown USA brothers and sisters. Hey, look: the Mouse (original) is attempting to reroute the ley lines (original) to the Fountain of Youth (original)! Someone’s (original) gotta stop ‘em.

April 10, 2004 · 1 min · Bryant

Brain movement

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So, did a lot of stuff happen while I was incommunicado or what? I refer, of course, to Nomar going on the DL. Good things about WDW: The new Kali River Rapids ride at Animal Kingdom. Top-notch water ride with the best line experience ever. Worth going to Animal Kingdom for, which is good, cause not much else is. The new Aerosmith-themed roller coaster at Disney/MGM. It’s got rollover loops, just like a real roller coaster! Add in Tower of Terror, and Disney/MGM is definitely the right place to go for thrill rides at Disney. ...

April 2, 2004 · 2 min · Bryant

Mouse ears

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Well, that was a vacation and a half. My digital camera broke midway through, so I have few pictures. I still had a metric ton or so of fun. More details later.

April 1, 2004 · 1 min · Bryant

Familial fun

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So while my mother was in the hospital, I got her a NetFlix account. Since she’s not always into the technogeeky thing, and because I wanted to make her life as easy as possible while recovering, I manage the queue. It’s worked out really well — she gets the fun of opening a surprise in the mail every few days. And I have a pretty solid idea of her tastes. But I’m feeling whimsical, so now I want recommendations from y’all. What would you rent her? The list of movies rented to date is in the extended entry — she claims to have enjoyed everything so far.

March 14, 2004 · 1 min · Bryant