The schedule for discovery in the White Wolf v. Sony case is currently as follows: Each party can serve 5 interrogatories and 4 document requests. Responses are due within 15 days of the services. Following that, White Wolf can take depositions from Wiseman, Grevioux, and McBride; Sony can take depositions from authors of the copyrighted works. Depositions have to be completed by 10/24/03. (Perhaps the cause of the recent subpoenas on White Wolf authors?) ...

O’Sullivan’s Pub in Somerville has burgers that are two inches thick, made of ground sirloin, and if you want they’ll put garlic on it. Or roll ‘em in pepper. Or whatever. Also, the french fries are slabs of potato. The beer selection isn’t great, but they have Bass on draft, so that’s OK. I’m feeling very content, food-wise, just now.

WISH 68 (original) wants to know about something I don’t have a lot of experience with: Have you ever played in or GMed a game with more than one GM? What was your experience with it? What were the strengths and weaknesses of having multiple GMs? Was it positive or negative? Would you do it again? If you’ve never tried it as a GM or player, would you like to? Why or why not? ...

The White Wolf Underworld lawsuit has involved Ken Hite (original). Fresh from his bi-weekly column comes the news: Or, in my case, with a subpoena, subcompetently served on my wife while I was out running my GURPS game. I’d like to thank everyone involved in the White Wolf-Sony lawsuit for that. Having seen Underworld (and thoroughly enjoyed it, in a cheap and tawdry fashion), and keeping in mind that I’m not a lawyer, I don’t think it was worth pestering my wife over. ...

The news that Ivan Reitman was named to Arnold’s transition team is only significant insofar as Reitman’s an old friend of David Cronenberg’s. I’m going to be very disappointed if we don’t start seeing biocybernetic devices propagating throughout California.

Ted Sarandis spent a while this afternoon explaining how good the Yankees starting pitching was, and how the Red Sox shouldn’t get too optimistic. Talked to a couple of Yankees fans. Went on about how the Sox were missing two starters, as if Mirabelli hasn’t caught for Wakefield all year long — and Wakefield was 2-0 in Yankee Stadium this year. Gotta love Boston sports media. Or ignore them, which seems to be working for the Red Sox. Onward, brave cowboys.

If I were part of any sort of political movement in California, I would pay close attention to this map. I would not waste time complaining about how foolish people were. I would figure out why the map looks like that, and take advantage of the reasons. Talking about how it’s time to stop holding back counts as complaining, by the by.

Since I think this piece (original) may make the rounds, some deflating is in order. John Lott purports to have proven that the media is biased in favor of black quarterbacks. He claims that his research means that Rush Limbaugh was right. However, his research (whether or not it’s sound) is completely irrelevant when judging what Limbaugh had to say about Donovan McNabb. Limbaugh made a very specific claim about one quarterback in particular. Straw man fallacy. ...

Couple of things you may have missed in the excitement of the recall: Condoleezza Rice is now in charge of Iraq. The State Department couldn’t get it done, and the Pentagon couldn’t get it done, so it’s the White House’s turn. Somewhat surprisingly, nobody told Rumsfeld. Judge Brinkema decided that since Zacarias Moussaoui can’t introduce the evidence that might exonerate him, prosecutors can’t introduce evidence that might convict him (original). The government considered putting Moussaoui before a military tribunal (original), but perhaps realized that it might look as though military tribunals and the enemy combatant label were just terms of convenience. It kind of bothers me that the government is blowing the case against an admitted Al Qaeda operative — get the damned evidence out there and let’s see what’s what already. ...

Today’s Monday Mashup concept was contributed by Eric McErlain, who runs the excellent Off Wing Opinion (original). He suggested Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend some time ago, but I put off using it for a while because I thought it was a little close to Body Snatchers. But time has passed and here we are. If you haven’t read I Am Legend, allow me to strongly recommend it. It’s the story of the last man on earth, beseiged by a horde of vampires. He defends himself, despite the fact that he has nothing to live for. In the end, he realizes that to the new society of vampires, he’s the legendary monster. My brief summary doesn’t do it justice, but it’s a start. Mash!