Why do fools use Summer Time or Daylight Saving Time? After all, here in Arizona we don't use it. We just change our hours of operation in different seasons to reflect the number of hours of daylight that are available.
So, I guess I ought to explain the comment posted 24/06/2004 at 01:36 hours by TruePirate. It all started when I was reading my subscription to Texie and I followed a link to Gaz. I replied, in what I thought was a polite manner, basically telling each side of the flamewar that what they were doing was pointless. I chose not to be goaded into entering the war when TruePirate posted here. I hope that he isn't disappointed, but I quit doing flamewars years ago. The short term fun is rather hollow in the end. I guess next time I should just let people flame themselves bored and not try to interject.
Anyway, Friday was Harley's twenty-fifth birthday, so we were dragged out to the Camarilla's Flagstaff campaign, Vampire Court game. Because Kitty, Rusty, Monte, and I didn't have characters we didn't actually enter the game until the last fourty-five minutes. It sounds like they'll give this fourth Friday game another chance in July, so I hope Harley likes his birthday present. We resisted playing this game and the games they play first through fourth Saturdays for some time. I'm not a fan of vampire, and their changling game is run on Saturdays while I'm still at work.
Despite not being a fan of vampire, it was good to see some people I haven't seen in a while. I guess Bobby has been in this game for years now (and is playing the current keeper of Elysium). Kitty invited him to be in her Vampire: The Requiem table top campaign when she starts it up.
[Virgin Radio News is so lame. I can't believe that they just called Shrek a children's film.]
Anyway, Monte made a Malk who defends the homeless who came to Flagstaff to "sort out" the Flagstaff police officers who have been urinating in homeless folk's shantytown homes uo there. Monte claims its based on a real news item, but no one there recognized the story. Rusty made a Gangrel from the Williams area. Kitty made a Nos also from Williams. So I made a Caitiff from Williams in their coterie, Jack Hammer. We are running from something, but we didn't elaborate because the players haven't had the chance to decide yet!
My clanless vampire character was sired by a thirteen gen Malk who abandoned his progeny when he discovered Jack didn't gain any Dementation. So Jack doesn't particularily care for Malks. (I made my character in another room from Monte, and didn't know he was making one. Oops!) Luckily, a brujah decided to mentor me in the finer points of camarilla society. Unfortunately, Jack has three days to find a clanhead who will accept him into Flagstaff so that he can be introduced to the Prince. In the few minutes I had to play him, Jack discovered quite a bit about current vampire-related events throughout Arizona just by listening to elders willing to chat about past and present without thought of a reward other than being listened to.
Saturday was Steve's FR 3.0 campaign again. It was just Jason, Kendal, Monte, Rusty, and I because Kitty wasn't feeling well and Smitty was at his going away party. Mike brought in a shield dwarf fighter who was resurrected by Moradin after his whole merchant caravan was slaughtered. Rusty brought in an aasimar bard from Mulhurand who was banished by servants of a rival god. They had been in the scorpion caves for some days and happened upon our campsite when they left. As a group we continued along the treeline until we had no choice but enter the forest. Once in the forest we eventually stumbled upon a party of drow. They had high ground (fifteen feet up in the trees), plenty of healing potions, and scrolls to dispell our longterm area effect spells (such as Briar Web). We barely managed to not lose anyone to the fight, thanks to the bard's music, the human fighter's use of the bard's crossbow, the dwarven fighter's choice to duel one of the drow clerics, the barbarian's choice to draw the male drow's spells and arrows, the paladin's choice to cast combat spells and use arrows of healing on party members, and the druid's choice to take the other drow cleric on in the trees as a black bear!
Sunday was Scott's Paladium game, which he admitted he was running as his way of working through his grief. We converted to second edition fully this time, which took half of our session to accomplish with only the one book. Scott claims that Game Depot can't get a copy from any of its distributors. Whatever. It's Paladium. How can they not obtain a copy?
We decided to take Fredrick on a stretcher while we continued on our way to the dwarven forge. We ran into the hermit's cabin, and he agreed to watch Fredrick while he recovered. (Bill didn't show up, but promised to do so for the next session.) We continued on when we stumbled upon a bear. the wolfen knight decided to attack it, and we nearly died before the mind mage was able to convince it to leave. There in the clearing we found some infinity blosoms and al dabir berries, which were of some major help.
The next morning, we left the clearing only to hear a large group headed our way. Because the mind mage and knight lack the prowl skill, deep voices speaking wolfen started demanding that we show ourselves. Maedros peeked out, saw that there were dozens of chained humanoids being led by orc, ogres, a huge troll, and a very large wolfen. So he cast a fog among the group, warned his companions that there was too large of a group to fight, and lead them in fleeing to safety. (The players were quite upset that we didn't free the slaves, but I pointed out that it was their characters' faults for not peering out to see the slaves as well. Those who act last, react.)
Eventually, we found ourselves being fired upon by a kobold-manned kobold ballista. Following the knight's idea, the water warlock talked the kobold into letting the party come forward to purchase kobold weaponry. We were ushered into the cave that had been our intended destination. There we looked at wares before the ranger bought a sword. Then, toasting the transaction, he crushed an al dabir berry into their drink and watched as the kobolds fell fast asleep. We then went deeper into the caves to find teh dwarven forge.
Afterward, I went to mass where Father Milt discussed the immediacy needed in following the path Jesus sets out for us. Then I came home, read some E-mail and web journals, posted here, and now have to head to bed because I get to work tomorrow. Yay. 
Nothing like a split weekend to make it seem like you didn't get one. Of course, it could be worse. I could be unemployed. Always remember that there are people worse off than you.
Nothing like a split weekend to make it seem like you didn't get one. Of course, it could be worse. I could be unemployed. Always remember that there are people worse off than you. Have a great week, everyone. 
Thanks to bassaf and stacinator for the quiz!
Well, u-- um, can we come up and have a look?
What Monty Python Character are you?
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