gridlore | A couple of things...

The biopsy, take 2, has been scheduled for next Monday.

It was funny speaking with the scheduler. The appointment is an exact duplicate of the last one.

So I still had all the information written down in front of me.

I had to keep telling her that this was a second procedure, and I knew the rules.

Hopefully, this time they'll hit lymph node.

Other than that, I'm wandering between just feeling dragged out and outright miserable.

There is something wrong, that's certain. It's just figuring out what at this point.

A question for the local gamers (here he goes again.) How many of you have heard of the Pathfinder RPG?

Described as "D&D 3.75" it was produced by Pazio after WotC dumped their support companies and came out with D&D4e

I liked D&D3e, and have heard incredible things about Pathfinder.

I really want to run a game again.

I'm thinking of a Lost World/Cities of Mystery style campaign set in the Caribbean and Central/South America...800 years after scattered bands of dwarf and elf refugees fled a magical disaster and a century after the Genoese Navigator-Mage Christoffa Corombo managed to break the spell that blocked passage across the Atlantic.

Yes, Elvish Pirates of the Caribbean!

Just watched two hours of Pawn Stars on Lifetime. I love that show.

These days I hardly watch any scripted shows at all. I'm all about things like Top Chef, Tabitha's Salon Takeover and other reality and semi-reality shows.

Mainly because most television is crap.

An unexpected present arrived today. Thanks mikkop, I can hardly wait to see what it is!

I refuse to believe that after winning the World Series the Giants open 2011 with a five-game road trip. That's just not right!

Am I the only person on Earth who is kept awake by vicodin?

Terrifyingly, the 49ers are still alive in the race to win the NFC West.

The Niners are 5-9. And one game back of the division "leaders."

If they win their final two while the two teams currently sharing the lead lose one each...

Wow. We're meat in the playoffs, and the whole thing shows just how bad the NFC West is, but it could happen.

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I suppose it's a relative thing. :) It seemed damned complex to me, but I was coming to it after a 20 year hiatus from gaming, and the games I'd played before that were 2nd ed. D&D, MechWarrior/Battletech, Star Wars, and... uh... some superhero game with a name I don't remember. We started that campaign in 3.5, and transitioned to Pathfinder Beta as those rules were released, so I could see that it was making some good changes from 3.5, but it still seemed pretty complex for our DM to keep all the moving parts balanced.

The only system I've GM'd was 4th edition D&D, and the only reason I was willing to consider DMing that campaign is because it looked way simpler to design NPCs, monsters, and encounters than in 3.5/Pathfinder. If I'm going to DM, I have limited time to put together the adventures, and I'd rather focus on story, plot, and setting details than on mechanics, but that's just a personal preference. :)

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