The beginning of the battle where surprisingly to all, none of us got kilt. Here, Smaug faces off against an armored were-dog-rat thing and a couple of rat swarms. The valiant half-orc ranger succeeded with stunning aplomb. Isdra — the deva bard I play — nearly died, but overcame. Soltan continued his “cursed paladin” arc by rolling poorly all night. And Thorin the barbarian went all rage-y and dealt massive damage to the evening's überbad. Another lovely evening of D&D with my friends!
We killed the hag and looted the loot room, so this is a charge, not a retreat.
Our party's name, coined by moi.
I finished re-reading Ulysses, and yes, it's even better the second time around. My pet-insurance: saver or scam? article was published to Wallet Blog and I got into a FB flame war — my first flame war in maybe five years — as a result. FB has notified me that the flamer went on to post a fourth and fifth comment but after I found multiple misspellings and incomplete sentence errors in her I'm-a-nationally-syndicated-journalist bio, I decided not to give her the pleasure of my continued attention. (Sorry for sullying your Friend list, Becky; next time I'm in CA, the Tower Cafe Chicken Salad is on me). Lex went to Nana's house for a few hours and I finished editing and adding citations to “My First Kiss,” which is going to The Pinch sometime early next week. I thought about running but the idea of it made me tired and even more headachey, so instead I read my new Runner's World. Now I'm making dinner for the kids and waiting to hear from a client about whether they want me to send out a press release on Monday. Pretty good day, and a sunny weekend ahead!
I think the cats are trying to kill me.
It's better than yesterday, though. Any day that starts with one kid pooping in the bathtub and ends with the other kid channeling his inner Joplin (Janis, not Scott) is a day I'm OK with saying goodbye to.
Good thing BK already had a well-baby visit scheduled for this morning. Too bad it's turned to a sick-baby visit. Monstro is the top dog around here today for 1) letting me sleep in and 2) taking Lex to school and BK to our favorite doctor. Thanks, honey.
This ends LOUDLY, so monitor your speaker accordingly. The childcare supervisor at church took this video on her Blackberry this Sunday morning — it's a 3GP file.