Monthly Archives: June 2005

China! And other news

Posted on June 12,2005 by Toren

Here’s some news about China just for Marlo. In late March, Wal-Mart opened a store in the ancient city of Taiyuan. And check out wal-martchina.com Wal-Mart announced that it would export $18 billion worth of Chinese goods, and also China … Continue reading →

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Scoring at the Yards and Garages

Posted on June 12,2005 by Toren

There were tons of garage/yard sales today, and I stopped by probably 10 on my way home from Marlo’s this morning. There was one cluster of them on 14th and Ontario, and one of the tables was run by Mrs … Continue reading →

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My Birthday Month & Tidbits

Posted on June 10,2005 by Toren

My birthday is on the 28th. I figure I’ll have another birthday auction some time, I don’t know when. Probably not this month because gosh, there’s just too much excitement in June already. In celebration of my upcoming celebration, here’s … Continue reading →

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Other news

Posted on June 9,2005 by Toren

A Colorado high school student decided to test Army recruitment policies by telling a recruiter that he had dropped out of high school and was addicted to marijuana. The recruiter told the student how to get a fake diploma over … Continue reading →

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Strippers and Buskers

Posted on June 8,2005 by Toren

When the dollar coin and two dollar coin came out, I protested the terms “loonie” and “toonie” because they are something you might hear coming out of the mouth of a gay 7-year old. We didn’t call one- and two-dollar … Continue reading →

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Back to work and back to gaming

Posted on June 7,2005 by Toren

In a shocking turn of events, this week has been laden with roleplaying. Last Thursday, because of Cloud City and drawing deadlines, I postponed the Terak D&D campaign to Sunday afternoon. So that was 2 days ago. Tonight we played … Continue reading →

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Adolph Bush

Posted on June 3,2005 by Toren

I ran two Spaceship Zero adventures at the convention last weekend, and I played in a Star Wars game. On the Friday night was the Drexoll 24 hour game-a-thon, and I played some Fearsome Floors, and a pretty cool game … Continue reading →

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The New Number of the Beast

Posted on June 3,2005 by Toren

After Marlo and I saw Revenge of the Sith for the second time we realized that R2 and 3PO were responsible for Padme’s death. We wondered, how did the droids move a human body? 3PO is pretty useless and can’t … Continue reading →

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