Pjack

AmberCon NW 2009

2009-09-06T14:35:38Z

Here's what I'm running this year:

Sea Dracula. It'll be in an evening slot, probably Friday evening. Game will start an hour late to give all the players a chance to hit the bar first. (It'll help, trust me.)

The Kolvir Prince, an adaptation of The Mountain Witch. This'll be a long game, probably taking both the Friday morning and the Friday afternoon slots.

If the con is still hurting for games, I might run a slot of InSpectres. It would probably conflict with the games I want to play, though.

For you "Friday Morning Board and Card Game" fans, never fear; I hear that Jason is picking up the slack.

pjack @ 2009-08-25T06:00:00

2009-08-25T13:00:20Z

10:11 @paulandstorm Two words: Surfin' Bird. #

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pjack @ 2009-08-23T06:00:00

2009-08-23T13:00:08Z

00:35 "High on a hill was a lonely goatherd..." That song makes no sense. Why would he be lonely? He was high, and he had a goat! #

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pjack @ 2009-08-18T06:01:00

2009-08-18T13:01:25Z

17:41 @zoecello Just rename the piece "Dancing Heffalumps", and call it good. :) #
19:57 @Didaskalos I understand you can get a discount if you sign a lease. #

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Apocryphacts

2009-06-03T20:28:32Z

"The fundamental forces acting upon an airplane are lift, thrust, drag, and cloud nymphs."

What Will Pjack Be Doing On His Summer Vacation?

2009-05-21T23:34:45Z

Q: What will Pjack be doing summer term? (Aside from going to school full-time?)

A: He'll be designing outdoor geological maps for blind kids.

This summer is going to be crazy cool.

Extra Credit Question

2009-05-19T22:19:51Z

Extra credit question on my Geography midterm yesterday:

"Name the organism that fixes atmospheric nitrogen into the soil."

My answer:

"Steve."

...

To be fair: They did ask me to name it.

Back

2009-03-30T08:39:27Z

Back from Japan. Was most awesome. Can't brain right now. Classes starting tomorrow. Fuller report in the weeks to come. Ciao.

Tweets for Today

2009-02-08T14:01:15Z

19:03 @steampunked @karjack says, "Congratulations on not being on fire!" We're both glad to hear you're OK! #

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Tweets for Today

2009-02-05T14:01:56Z

15:15 Closing tabs. The internet is too distracting! #

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Tweets for Today

2009-01-24T14:08:24Z

10:05 Twitter has become unusable. Too many tweets! Maybe there's some handy "thread and filter" app? #
15:37 "Zero Degrees Kevin" would be a good band name. Or a good nickname for someone named "Kevin". #

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Tweets for Today

2009-01-22T14:11:11Z

18:38 Doing my PSY 303 homework. Q: "What variables are you measuring in your study?" A: "YOUR MOM" #

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2009-01-21T14:07:24Z

10:06 I'm sitting here quietly, but on the inside, I'm doing a dance of joy! #

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Tweets for Today

2009-01-20T14:17:02Z

11:42 Difficult to focus on my readings for class when there's a snoozing kitty on my lap. Little kitty snores are adorable and distracting. #

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Tweets for Today

2009-01-18T14:13:16Z

21:04 So cool to connect with old high school/college friends on Facebook! It's making me giddy and happy. Well, that and the sleep deprivation. #

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Welcome To Qwest! Please Bend Over!

2009-01-16T19:02:59Z

Short version: karjack and myself are without internet until this evening. (I'm at a school computer.)

Long version: We switched to Qwest as our ISP, effective today. We'd rather have kept EFN, but Qwest is cheaper... and right now, cheaper is better.

A Qwest representative told me that they would activate the service at 5 pm. All well and good. What they didn't tell me was that they would make the switch at 6 am, giving us a full business day without internet.

@%##@@*!*!!

OK, fine; I'm sure there are plenty of technical reasons why they need 11 hours to get us hooked up. Paperwork, bureaucracy, not enough staff, etc. But tell us that we'll be without internet for the entire day!

If all goes well, we'll have internet later today. If it doesn't, then I get to play with Qwest tech support. I'm not holding my breath. For our first day of "service", I'm not terribly impressed.

Tweets for Today

2009-01-16T14:08:15Z

15:40 @karjack W00t! Mostly-winning is better than mostly-losing. :) Seriously, awesome news. #

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Tweets for Today

2009-01-15T14:17:23Z

13:30 @warrenellis Oh hello, are you still here? I was busy catching up on @JohnCleese 's twitters. #
17:29 @wilw Zoe Keating is great! I highly recommend her bit on WNYC's "Radio Lab" show: tinyurl.com/5or5gy #

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Free Man

2009-01-14T20:12:58Z

Patrick McGoohan has passed away, at the age of 80. BBC News obit here.

The Prisoner had a profound impact on teenage-me. Before The Prisoner, I'd never seen anything made before my lifetime that I found in the least bit engaging or compelling. For me, any media made before Star Wars was completely uninteresting.

The Prisoner changed that. I'd had no idea that a show so engrossing, creative, and weird even existed... and it was already over 20 years old by the time I first saw it. It showed me that there was more to culture than late 1980s TV. (I'm still surprised when I discover something awesome that came out of the late 1960s, and I should know better by now!)

And it was mine. I'd found something unique and special that no-one at my school had even heard of. The Prisoner became part of my identity, in an important way. And then I got to introduce it to my friends, and that was awesome, too.

Even in 1989, 20 years after it was made, it was worth watching. Now, over 40 years later, it's still worth watching.

Rest in peace, No. Six.

Tweets for Today

2009-01-14T14:03:04Z

10:26 This computer keeps trying to switch my font to Arabic. ًثطمم لاث اشرهىل ىخىث خب فاشف! #
20:28 @debela Wait, there are APPROPRIATE caulk guns? #
20:33 @steampunked That's a nice picture. What planet is it? #
20:34 @StabbingContest You are made of win. Win, and inappropriate belly rubs. #

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Tweets for Today

2009-01-13T14:08:30Z

11:56 Your word of the day is "smoltification". As far as I can tell, it means "salmon puberty". I lern stuf at colege! #
05:11 I woke myself up at 2 am, giggling. I'm not sure what an Amish Sports Band is, or why it was so funny. Probably the chin beards and shorts. #

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Tweets for Today

2009-01-07T14:07:20Z

19:11 One day of classes, and I am exhausted! I'm sure I'll get back into the swing of things, eventually. #

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2009-01-06T14:12:28Z

08:15 Hello, Monday. #

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2009-01-03T14:09:51Z

12:17 Is a safe kite ever made out of metal, ever? #

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Tweets for Today

2009-01-02T14:06:34Z

00:27 @Didaskalos Depends. A cough can take weeks to go away. But if it's getting worse, then go now. #

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