rich_jacko

astatine210 and I finally started our quest (for...er...broken bits of stone) in

hobbesgoblin's long-awaited D&D game yesterday. Despite being more or less continuously involved at least one roleplaying game or another since 1997, I'd somehow never managed to play in the great grandaddy of them all before now. And it was great fun. We bashed stuff, looted rooms and all went 'Ding!' at the end. DINOSAURS RULE! :o)

I took a wide detour to next door for Neil H's birthday party. I went via home, in order to exchange dice for beer, and via chez Chivers to feed the cats. (In what I think is a first, Merlot had actually managed to catch and kill something, so maybe I needn't have bothered!) At the party, we ended up sitting round discussing global catastrophies until 2 in the morning, which was more enjoyable than it probably sounds.

Keeping to the global catastrophy theme, this morning

grok_mctanys and I went to see An Inconvenient Truth. While the snazzy toys at his disposal no doubt helped, Al Gore makes a surprisingly effective and compelling lecturer. The material was well-presented, (mostly) factual rather than political, and I even learned a few things I didn't know before. Gore is clearly passionate about his subject, and I can't help but wonder how different the world would be today if election officials in Florida had been able to count properly...

My long-running building saga seems to be winding up at last, with most of the scaffolding finally coming down today. With it, the fate of my TV aerial has been revealed - The builders hadn't just knocked it or blocked it, it's gone completely. Disappeared. There's an aerial lead dangling in mid-air. Methinks some calls are needed on Monday...

I'm roleplaying again later, of the Serenity variety. In the meantime, here goes the rest of the afternoon! ;o)