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    Tastee (del.icio.us) links! (April 21st)

    Links for April 21st from 15:32 to 22:38: Michael Jackson's Credit Card – Another absolutely hilarious prank. Read all four pages for a gut-buster of an prank. The Visa Prank – I'd never heard of this prank site before, but this Visa prank is hilarious. Read all three pages of it. Language of the Perpetual Poor | Frugal Dad – I knew a few of these "perpetual poor" types when I was growing up (especially in extended family), but happily, my parents weren't this way. It's a heart-breaking list to read, to me, because I have an acquaintance or two who keep themselves down. Top reasons people don?t budget –…

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    Tastee (del.icio.us) links!

    Links for April 21st from 13:38 to 13:46: Newsweek’s N’Gai Croal On The ‘Resident Evil 5’ Trailer: ‘This Imagery Has A History’ – It’s like they’re all dangerous; they all need to be killed. It’s not even like one cute African — or Haitian or Caribbean — child could be saved. And given […] the not so distant post-colonial history […], why would you uncritically put up those images? Dubious Quality: Race and the Resident Evil 5 Trailer – When zombies don't look enough like zombies and people don't understand their own history.

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    Tastee (del.icio.us) links!

    Links for April 18th from 19:48 to 22:10: Without a Goal – An interesting look at the variety of goal-related options in games. Must games provide goals? If so, to what extent? RPG Thoughts – Campaign Plan – Courtesy of WO, this looks like a great way to plan campaigns. I'm going to try it for our game. JKHP:OS-tan/desktops – Very awesome OS-tans of the Linux distros. The Ubuntu lady is my background at work. How to cheat good – a thaumaturgical compendium – 'The only people allowed to use the word ?colour? are those with Indian surnames. ?Weight,? you may argue, ?I was bourne and razed in the english…

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    Wearing the GM hat

    I finally put on my robe and wizard hat — I mean, my robe and GM hat. I’ve been table-top roleplaying for about a year and half now, and I’m just now starting my first campaign. WO — who’s run a few games since arriving in Charlotte — found himself desperate to play in a good game. Those are damned hard to find here in Charlotte. They were — to my surprise, in reflection — a dime a dozen at Rose. Imagine my surprise when I found myself longing for my old Palladium and D & D companions. (My visit to an old GM’s blog prompted this post, in fact.)…

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    Tastee linkage

    The upgrade to WordPress 2.5 meant that my plugin for posting links went away for a while. There may be a duplicate or two towards the bottom of this list, but I have culled it a bit. Big, Brass Ones: Threat Level exploits cross-site scripting bug on CIA.gov – Boing Boing Gadgets – This is pretty dang slick. I need to find out how they've done that, exactly. Twenty Sided » Blog Archive » JC Denton: Not Just a Tough Guy – The clothing of Deus Ex. "I felt ridiculous having these philosophical and political conversations while dressed as a Morpheus cosplayer." The Swamp: Obama: Won't ask, don't mind tellin'…