Comments on: MERP Friday: May 1 http://www.harpingmonkey.com/2009/05/merp-friday-may-1/ My sole intention is learning to fly; Condition grounded, but determined to try. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:01:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rich Rogers http://www.harpingmonkey.com/2009/05/merp-friday-may-1/comment-page-1/#comment-780 Rich Rogers Sat, 02 May 2009 14:13:21 +0000 http://www.harpingmonkey.com/?p=1152#comment-780 M This past week I put the finishing touches on a presentation for a year-long project at work and gave it to a director and two HR heads and received some acclaim. Next week I put it to the head honcho who will hopefully agree to the proposal and institute a major change in how we evaluate performance and provide feedback to our employees within the work group. E I caught up on Sarah Connor Chronicles and watched the season finale. I know this show won't make it to a third season, but it really should. HBO ro Showtime should snatch this show up and continue it. It will never get the numbers that Fox wants for it and that makes me a bit sad. The wife and I also started watching February episodes of Fringe again. We'd missed on episode and for a while my wife wanted to watch that episode before continuing, but she finally relented and we're hooked again. It is so X-Files the good stuff but with a framework for why weird stuff happens. I love it. We also watched four episodes of Spaced this week, this show is pure and amazingly entertaining geekery. R I just finished the audiobook version of Lirael by Garth Nix, it was a fun book but I had a few problems with it. #1 The two main characters began too miserable for me to engage or sympathize with them for a long stretch and I almost gave up. #2 When one of the characters started to show some backbone, I wanted to like him. But then near the end he reverted and I just wanted to punch him in the eye. #3 The book ended with no resolution, just a set up for the last book in the trilogy. Thank God I already have the audiobook for the third cued up. If I'd been reading this right when it came out, I would have been super-pissed. P I started my old school D&D game this past Monday. It was so fun to sit down at a table with four gamers and look across at their faces and watch them roll dice. I'm really loving that, been a few years since I got this not at a con or quick visit back home in TN. As Mick mentioned, we began our short PTA miniseries, Nebula Blue. It was fun, but I am out of practice with PTA and it showed. Luckily, the playgroup was forgiving and even stepped in to bring some fun, so yay. M
This past week I put the finishing touches on a presentation for a year-long project at work and gave it to a director and two HR heads and received some acclaim. Next week I put it to the head honcho who will hopefully agree to the proposal and institute a major change in how we evaluate performance and provide feedback to our employees within the work group.

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I caught up on Sarah Connor Chronicles and watched the season finale. I know this show won’t make it to a third season, but it really should. HBO ro Showtime should snatch this show up and continue it. It will never get the numbers that Fox wants for it and that makes me a bit sad.
The wife and I also started watching February episodes of Fringe again. We’d missed on episode and for a while my wife wanted to watch that episode before continuing, but she finally relented and we’re hooked again. It is so X-Files the good stuff but with a framework for why weird stuff happens. I love it.
We also watched four episodes of Spaced this week, this show is pure and amazingly entertaining geekery.

R
I just finished the audiobook version of Lirael by Garth Nix, it was a fun book but I had a few problems with it.
#1 The two main characters began too miserable for me to engage or sympathize with them for a long stretch and I almost gave up.
#2 When one of the characters started to show some backbone, I wanted to like him. But then near the end he reverted and I just wanted to punch him in the eye.
#3 The book ended with no resolution, just a set up for the last book in the trilogy. Thank God I already have the audiobook for the third cued up. If I’d been reading this right when it came out, I would have been super-pissed.

P
I started my old school D&D game this past Monday. It was so fun to sit down at a table with four gamers and look across at their faces and watch them roll dice. I’m really loving that, been a few years since I got this not at a con or quick visit back home in TN.
As Mick mentioned, we began our short PTA miniseries, Nebula Blue. It was fun, but I am out of practice with PTA and it showed. Luckily, the playgroup was forgiving and even stepped in to bring some fun, so yay.

]]> By: Daniel M. Perez, The Gamer Traveler http://www.harpingmonkey.com/2009/05/merp-friday-may-1/comment-page-1/#comment-776 Daniel M. Perez, The Gamer Traveler Fri, 01 May 2009 22:37:47 +0000 http://www.harpingmonkey.com/?p=1152#comment-776 Burning Wheel: Rome? Why do you do these things to me, dude. Seriously. Though I should point out that, in regards to your S7S note of a guest swashy player, my name does not actually appear in the post, so you forgot. By adding this comment I fix that. ;-) <abbr><em>Daniel M. Perez, The Gamer Traveler’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGamerTraveler/~3/_nRKcJmcj9c/" rel="nofollow">Dhani Jones, Gamer Traveler</a></em></abbr> Burning Wheel: Rome? Why do you do these things to me, dude. Seriously.

Though I should point out that, in regards to your S7S note of a guest swashy player, my name does not actually appear in the post, so you forgot. By adding this comment I fix that. ;-)

Daniel M. Perez, The Gamer Traveler’s last blog post..Dhani Jones, Gamer Traveler

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