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The last couple of Tuesday nights with my RPG-gaming buddies, it’s been fun playing a headstrong Priest in the Weird West. In real life, I’m an atheist Jew with no particular respect for clergy of any kind,  so I feel like I’m stretching my roleplaying muscles a bit.

I decided to honor the character with a backstory over at the Savage Games blog: Walking in the Promised Land

Check it out, fellow nerds. Cheers.

I’m inclined to believe him.

A good friend of mine is getting married soon. This makes me happy. I know he’s going to have a good marriage because he’s a good dude. I haven’t met the bride to be, but I hear she’s a lovely lady.

I’ve been married a good while. So I think I know a little bit about how this works.

Some people think that marriage is the end. It’s where the relationship hits its zenith. That’s it. The end. Everything after that is only a pale reflection of that happy day. The relationship can’t evolve from there. You’re done.

Not true. I love my wife more every day. And I will love her more every day until I die. On the ten-thousandth day of our union, I will love her 10,000 times more than the day we were married. That’s just the way it is. Love gets better with time. Continue Reading »

Stephen King agrees with Warren Buffett: rich dudes like them should pay more taxes.

Senate Republicans are so horrified, they opposed this rule even though most Americans (and most Republicans nationally) are actually in favor of the Buffett rule. Scary stuff.

Do I have to brainwash you through elaborate illusions manifested through my tentacle-powered psionic abilities, or what?

Well, maybe. If you’re playing in a Savage Worlds RPG. If that’s the case, the process can actually be a lot of fun for everyone involved. Some thoughts on this over at Savage Games.