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2008-03-04 - 12:55 p.m.

Got the word today that a gentleman named E. Gary Gygax passed away.

Most of you have likely never heard of him. He created a little game called Dungeons & Dragons, which has arguably changed gaming forever. I know it changed MY life. I was in high school at the time, and I met a gentleman in my karate class who invited me to CSUF to play with his gaming group. I met a bunch of folks that were my friends for several years. We played lots of role-playing and board games over those years, and I was allowed to be as creative and nuts as I wanted to be. I really came out of my shell back then, and it was all due to fictional characters on pieces of paper that I had created. For that, I'll always be grateful - to that group and to Gygax.

I'm sure that, now, he knows if God plays dice with the universe.

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Is this the last day for Hillary? We'll know soon. The primary contests four states happen today; the big two are Texas and Ohio. If she wins either one, then she'll take it as a sign that she's destined to be ~~queen~~ president.

If she loses both, she still may not give up. She's worked for this her entire adult life - she's not going to go away easily.

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Okay, this is taking the concept of being a good neighbor too far:

BAKER COUNTY, Fla. -- A woman is accused of borrowing a gun from a neighbor and then shooting and killing her husband Monday in their home south of Macclenny, according to the Baker County Sheriff's Office.
Investigators said Meloney Jackson borrowed a gun from a neighbor, entered the house in the 7000 block of John Rowe Street and shot Kevin Jackson.

Quote from FARK: "Hi, I'm your neighbor. Could I borrow a cup of sugar, two eggs, and a gun to kill my husband?"

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Also from FARK: a seventeen-year-old failed while carjacking, so he took public transportation home...with the shotgun still in his lap. He was photographed with the shotgun on his lap, and subsequently arrested.

Obviously a future Darwin Award winner.

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Okay, I have things to do. At least at work, I won't be bombarded with election news.

Be seeing you.

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